The world has been tragic since the day Adam and Eve sinned in the garden. From that moment murder, mayhem and war… — Louie Giglio Copy Share Image
The important consequences to the American States from this Declaration of Independence, considered as the ground and foundation of a future government,… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
you can't live life without consequences. They occur regardless of the decision. A consequence is an outcome, good or bad. You can… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
...life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking for it; that the thinking person has a philosophical duty to examine both the… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Creating a close connection to those you do business with has its many risks, rewards and consequences. There are few things in… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
People of this teenager's age are on the brink of adulthood and have to be allowed a greater degree of responsibility. A… — John Scott Copy Share Image
If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with;… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
All successful men have agreed in one thing -- they were causationists. They believed that things went not by luck, but by… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A ground frequently taken by Christian theologians is that the progress and civilization of the world are due to Christianity; and the… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
I believe I live in a black and white. I think things are like either black or white. I don't really believe… — Venus Williams Copy Share Image
The "Lucifer Effect" describes the point in time when an ordinary, normal person first crosses the boundary between good and evil to… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
Gratitude is not a spiritual or moral dessert which we may take or push away according to the whims of the moment,… — Noel 'Razor' Smith Copy Share Image
Both good and evil, when they are full grown, become retrospective...That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporary suffering, 'No… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The third group [of society] are those irresponsible and reckless ones having little regard for the consequences of their acts, or whose… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
Of this I am certain, that no one has ever died who was not destined to die some time. Now the end… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The irony is that we've seen this model work really well in Massachusetts because Gov. Romney did a good thing, working with… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
She wanted to leave, she wanted to lie alone face down on her bed and savor the vile piquancy of the moment,… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
But you are involved in the world, and your actions have consequences for other people, and if you don't recognize that, then… — Malcolm Bradbury Copy Share Image
Mostly we're motivated to control ourselves in public. Mostly. At home the motivation is much less clear. At home there's a bit… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
Photography is solitary and there are lags between seeing with your eyes and seeing through the lens, and then seeing the image… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
Most of us avoid telling the truth because it's uncomfortable. We're afraid of the consequences-making others feel uncomfortable, hurting their feelings or… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
A scientist naturally and inevitably ... mulls over the data and guesses at a solution. He proceeds to testing of the guess… — Edwin Powell Hubble Copy Share Image
The most noticeable weakness of Congressmen is their timidity. They fear the use to be made of their "record." They are afraid… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The Indian government has managed to turn the concept of nonviolence on its head. Nonviolent resistance and nonviolent governance. Unlike, say, China… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Through my youth, there was imposed on us a culture relentlessly English. English books were all you could buy; English television filled… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other on the… — Jean de Joinville Copy Share Image
I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
The basic question that the 'new science' raises for our balance sheet is the issue of what scientific questions have not been… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
The subjective mind is entirely under the control of the objective mind. With the utmost fidelity it reproduces and works out to… — Thomas Troward Copy Share Image
Granted, prostate exams aren't the most enjoyable things in the world, but they only last about 10 seconds. It's well worth it.… — Len Dawson Copy Share Image
A genuine approach to budget cutting - knowing exactly what you're cutting and why, and with what real-life consequences - is beyond… — George Packer Copy Share Image
God works with power, and can make the unwilling willing; if He undertakes the conversion of a soul, it will be converted.… — Thomas Goodwin Copy Share Image
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes… — Marion G. Romney Copy Share Image
Is a brazen and innocent confrontation with paternal authority an unbearably terrifying prospect to some? Are the consequences of a fathers anger… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
It is precisely because a child's feelings are so strong that they cannot be repressed without serious consequences. The stronger a prisoner… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Whatever evils either reason or declamation have imputed to extensive empire, the power of Rome was attended with some beneficial consequences to… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Political conflict rests to a very large extent on a universal ignorance of consequences, as the people who are benefited by any… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image