Natural selection is the blind watchmaker, blind because it does not see ahead, does not plan consequences, has no purpose in view.… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Socrates' way of life is the consequence of his recognition that we can know what it is that we do not know… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
I have no idea on timing. It’s easier to tell what will happen than when it will happen. I would say that… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It is this third consequence that has been elaborated in greatest detail and has formed one of the most significant pillars of… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
Something bad happened on both Mars with its dried-up watercourses and Venus with its runaway greenhouse effect. Could something bad happen on… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules. — John Irving 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
Have you not budged an inch, then? Such is the daily news. Its facts appear to float in the atmosphere.... We should… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Back in the '50s and '60s, most politicians were concerned about not talking about faith, partly because there were consequences you had… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Iraq War is the largest strategic blunder in U.S. history … On every level - moral, strategic, military and economic -… — Tomas Young Copy Share Image
We must not constantly talk about tackling obesity and warning people about the negative consequences of obesity. Instead we must be positive… — Andrew Lansley Copy Share Image
It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of… — Henry George Copy Share Image
Inflation could be a very - is a likely consequence out of what's going on now. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When you take on the position of president, you are committing yourself to, first and foremost, protecting the American people. You are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Half a century ago, the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wrote that happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
A critic is never too severe when he only detects the faults of an author. But he is worse than too severe… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
It is not the responsibility of the Federal Bank - nor would it be appropriate - to protect lenders and investors from… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
In this life we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
We can never make anyone do anything against their will without enormous consequences. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
For every stone that [Pablo Escobar] threw, he would get many thrown back at him and us, his family, because we were… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
Bad policies, stupid policies, gutless policies have real consequences. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
In academic life, false ideas are merely false and useless ones can be fun to play with. In political life, false ideas… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty… — Hugh Sidey Copy Share Image
Glenn used to say the reason you can't really imagine yourself being dead was that as soon as you say, 'I'll be… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image