One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The idols of today are unmistakable - self-esteem without achievement, sex without consequences, wealth without responsibility, pleasure without struggle and experience without… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
I'm enjoying the most perfect tranquillity, free from all worries, and in consequence would like to stay this way forever, in a… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
There is not much that even the most socially responsible scientists can do as individuals, or even as a group, about the… — Eric Hobsbawm Copy Share Image
So many of man's actions appear to have no immediate consequence but, concealed, do their work until finally all catches up and… — Tobsha Learner Copy Share Image
If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
There is at least one thing more brutal than the truth, and that is the consequence of saying less than the truth. — Ti-Grace Atkinson Copy Share Image
Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences - some good, some bad and some unintended. It is… — John B. Larson Copy Share Image
In history an additional result is commonly produced by human actions beyond that which they aim at and obtain -- that which… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
All I can say is, I did my best. This was the job I undertook, I did my best, and I could… — Mr. Lee Copy Share Image
My mother had been an English teacher in India before she came to the U.K., and she taught me to read early… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
With the war in Iraq, he [Dalai Lama] feels that the causes of that lie maybe hundreds of years ago, and he… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Anyone who has actually had to take responsibility for consequences by running any kind of enterprise whether economic or academic, or even… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nobody who comes out of the movie [Aquarius] focuses on those [sexual] scenes, because they are not the heart of the film.… — Sonia Braga Copy Share Image
If the chief party, whether it be the people, or the army, or the nobility, which you think most useful and of… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The most self-disciplined people in the world aren't born with it, but at one point they start to think differently about self… — Rory Vaden Copy Share Image
This is what I mean when I say I would like to swim against the stream of time: I would like to… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
There are fewer media writers in traditional settings. That is a beat that many legacy brands cannot afford. On the other hand… — Tom Rosenstiel Copy Share Image
The problem with much of the debate over this issue is that we confuse two separate matters: immigration policy (how many people… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
What all this tells me is that a large proportion of the people in positions of power across Australia - politicians and… — Clementine Ford Copy Share Image
How do we take our anger and transform it into sacred rage? How do we create a language that opens the heart… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
NASA's myriad failures are in many ways the natural consequence of a catastrophic combination of bureaucracy, monopoly, and a calcifying aversion to… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
Rapping for me is more about being entertaining and giving something back to the fans. I want people to say, 'There goes… — Pooch Hall Copy Share Image
There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept… — Joseph Barber Lightfoot Copy Share Image
When men no longer fear God, they transgress His laws without hesitation. The fear of consequences is no deterrent when the fear… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
I don't accept the idea that literature can be just entertainment and that there is no consequences of literature in the real… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable. — Steve Backley Copy Share Image
Thinking is the accurate and deliberate instituting of connections between what is done and its consequences. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
I think our nation faces enormous challenges, and we need leaders who are willing to tell the truth and do the right… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
“It is the responsiblity of every human to know their actions and the consequences of their actions and to ask questions and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“No, I will finish what I started, here, at Glimpa’s Arch. The act belongs to me, the consequence, pleasing or not, belongs… — J.Z. Colby Copy Share Image
The consequence of Mr. Bush's and Blair's historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that… — Walid Jumblatt Copy Share Image
The character of covetousness, is what a man generally acquires more through some niggardliness or ill grace in little and inconsiderable things,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Women ought to be free - as free as we are,' he declared, making a discovery of which he was too irritated… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
Ironically enough, the only people who can hold up indefinitely under the stress of modern war are psychotics. Individual insanity is immune… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image