Worldbuilding to me is taking the consequences of an idea.

I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad…

— Tom Segev

The world's problems are, by and large, human problems-the unavoidable consequence of egoic sleepwalking. If we care to look, all the signs are present…

— Adyashanti

The prediction of nuclear winter is drawn not, of course, from any direct experience with the consequences of global nuclear war, but rather from…

— Carl Sagan

When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked "What is a hero?" ...My answer was that a hero is someone who…

— Christopher Reeve

It's easy to make mistakes. It's living with the consequences of them that's the hardest.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Actions have consequences... first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.

— Anonymous

The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society.

— Margaret Mead

Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions… Likewise in your pleasures, ask yourself…

— Lord Chesterfield

There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.

— Ben Horowitz

“Each day I learn that every single action we take has its own consequence – for either good or bad.”

— Ginny Dye

Washington bureaucrats have classified the very air we exhale as a pollutant and have gone unchallenged in this incredible assertion. The logical consequence is…

— Ron Paul

If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get…

— Abraham Lincoln

Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying.

— Lady Starlight

So, I'm not the only one who believes that there is such a thing as "the law of gravity," and if it's a law,…

— Ray Comfort

The average American expends more time becoming informed about choosing a car than choosing a candidate. But, then, the consequences of the former choice…

— George Will