“The absence of pain led to an absence of fear, and the absence of fear led to a disregard for consequence.” — Victoria Schwab Copy Share Image
Shallow uniformity is not an accident but a consequence of what Marxists optimistically call late capitalism. — Nick Cohen Copy Share Image
The creative consequences of man's imaginative strivings may never make him whole; but they constitute his deepest consolations and his greatest glories. — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
Even members of the nobility, let alone persons of no consequence, would do well not to have children. — Yoshida Kenko Copy Share Image
Real repentance means that a man has come, not only to be sorry for the consequences of his sin, but to hate… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe in, is at the end of the day of little consequence.The… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
Instability of temper ought to be checked when it disposes men to wander from one scheme to another: since such a fickleness… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I've never worried about payback. People are hungry for leadership that's not afraid of political consequence. — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
One of the most helpful things I introduced (and of very considerable consequence to Canadians) was my ultimate success in persuading my… — Judy LaMarsh Copy Share Image
Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
What people today call inflation is not inflation, i.e., the increase in the quantity of money and money substitutes, but the general… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The word sacred comes from sacrifice, to cut up. That means that in order to have a sacred journey, you have to… — Anthony Lawlor Copy Share Image
You cannot take any people, of any color, and exempt them from the requirements of civilization - including work, behavioral standards, personal… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
As a leader, you have to not only do the right thing, but be perceived to be doing the right thing. A… — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Copy Share Image
Nature imitates herself. A grain thrown into good ground brings forth fruit; a principle thrown into a good mind brings forth fruit.… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
You've got to be fairly solemn [about the environment]. I mean the mere notion that there are three times as many people… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
The gentleman has nine cares. In seeing he is careful to see clearly; in hearing he is careful to hear distinctly; in… — Confucius Copy Share Image
This is the joint responsibility of everyone who was involved in the introduction of the euro without understanding the consequences. When the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Technically speaking, since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents,they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
The 'Rise, Rebel, Resist' video is a reflection of the outrage the American people are feeling at the absurd hypocrisy, and overwhelming… — Otep Shamaya Copy Share Image
If you sat with a pencil and jotted down all the decisions you've taken in the past week, or, if you could,… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Charles Babbage proposed to make an automaton chess-player which should register mechanically the number of games lost and gained in consequence of… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
In other words, the propositions of philosophy are not factual, but linguistic in character - that is, they do not describe the… — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image
The sea has now changed from its natural, to river coloured water, the probable consequence of some streams falling into the bay,… — George Vancouver Copy Share Image
“Whether you try too hard to fit in or you try too hard to stand out, it is of equal consequence: you… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Since our economy is closely allied with that of foreign countries, not one of us can be indifferent to what consequences these… — Hjalmar Schacht Copy Share Image
Of all the weapons in the Federal Reserve arsenal, words were the the most unpredictable in their consequences. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The GOP/corporate right-wing, it seems, never really considers the consequences of their actions. — Steven Weber Copy Share Image
I'm very interested, in all my books, in community, what binds people together, which I think is an obvious consequence of being… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nothing of any consequence happens unless people get behind an idea. It begins with an individual and they share the idea with… — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to… — Kailash Satyarthi Copy Share Image
Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
You must live life with the full knowledge that your actions will remain. We are creatures of consequence. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real language of Paradise? — Hugo Ball Copy Share Image
To be extremely self-centred, only interested in your own satisfaction, always brings negative consequences in the long run. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The teachings of the Gospel have direct consequences for our way of thinking, feeling and living. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There comes a point at which a law can be so unjust it is necessary openly, lovingly and with a willingness to… — Robert P. George Copy Share Image
The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image