Good works are indispensable to salvation - not as its ground or means, however, but as its consequence and evidence. — John Stott Copy Share Image
The public totally discounts low-probability high-consequence events. The individual says, it's not going to be this plane, this bus, this time. — Amanda Ripley Copy Share Image
The true defense against wealth is not a fear of wealth - of its fragility and of the vicious consequences that it… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
We’re stuck in the middle and need to decide what kind of sport do we want to be. Either anything goes and… — Steve Yzerman Copy Share Image
It's important that you work on things that you care about and do a good job and not be too worried about… — Walter Munk Copy Share Image
I do think that I have a better sense of how military action can result in unintended consequences. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Things always work out for me because I do whatever I want without worrying about the consequences. — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
I examine the consequences later, when a new situation arises and I then face the new situation. And that's it. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
This is the day when people reciprocally offer, and receive, the kindest and the warmest wishes, though, in general, without meaning them… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
You have to let people express themselves in the way that they need to express themselves. You have to express yourself in… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences...Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
If we did not have a patent system, it would be irresponsible, on the basis of our present knowledge of its economic… — Fritz Machlup Copy Share Image
The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
And you can claim whatever you want to of being pro-life or pro- choice, but the right to a abortion is not… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
“I decree and I declare that I am not a raw material but rather a finished product. God knows me and knows… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn't worry about the… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
Desire is something very egoistic. If you desire something, you also have to take the consequences of that. You have to study… — Odd Nerdrum Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest evils is the foolishness of a good man. For the giving man to withhold helping someone in order… — Mike Norton Copy Share Image
We should consider the possibility that many, and perhaps even all of Jesus' hell-fire or end-of-the-universe statements refer not to postmortem [after… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
One of our great strength, world capitalism, is the most successful economic system possible, but has also become one of shorter and… — Arthur Demarest Copy Share Image
[Pascal] was the first and perhaps is still the most effective voice to be raised in warning of the consequences of the… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
Whatever one of us asked the other to do - it was assumed the asker would weigh all the consequences - the… — Sheldon Vanauken Copy Share Image
The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There's no bad consequence to loving fully, comma with all your heart. You always gain by giving love. — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
Anybody who is in a position to serve this country ought to understand the consequences of words. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The state spends much time and effort persuading the public that it is not really what it is and that the consequences… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
Sentimentality, like pornography, is fragmented emotion; a natural consequence of a high visual gradient in any culture. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
At this level, the individual perceives the maintenance of the expectations of his family, group, or nation as valuable in its own… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share Image
A novelist must preserve a childlike belief in the importance of things which common sense considers of no great consequence. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The essence of war is fire, famine, and pestilence. They contribute to its outbreak; they are among its weapons; they become its… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them. — John Milton Copy Share Image
So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of… — Robert Sternberg Copy Share Image
When once the woman has tempted us, and we have tasted the forbidden fruit, there is no such thing as checking our… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“When you act on your beliefs, the realisation that happens is caused by you and this will in turn lead to a… — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
There are certain things for which civilization has no answer. But if you choose to meddle thus, then you must be prepared… — Jimmy Sangster Copy Share Image
It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
You can't have intentions without consequences. The question is, who pays for the consequences? Saving fish from drowning. Same thing. Who’s saved?… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Ideation is not a synonym for innovation, conformity is not its simple antonym, and innovation is not the automatic consequence of "creative… — Theodore Levitt Copy Share Image
More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image