Consequence Quotes

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Gratitude is not a spiritual or moral dessert which we may take or push away according to the whims of the moment, and in either… — Noel 'Razor' Smith
Modern economics is sick. Economics has increasingly become an intellectual game played for its own sake and not for its practical consequences for understanding the… — Mark Blaug
The consequences for human welfare involved in questions about human capital spillovers are simply staggering. Once one starts to think about them, it's hard to… — Robert Lucas, Jr.
It is not the responsibility of the Federal Bank - nor would it be appropriate - to protect lenders and investors from the consequences of… — Ben Bernanke
Most, probably, of our decisions to do something positive, the full consequences of which will be drawn out over many days to come, can only… — John Maynard Keynes
I believe that success brings responsibility. It also does not bring immunity to the consequences of our quickening march towards oblivion. The bottom line is… — Harry Chapin
The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are… — Al Gore
Global climate change is real and we have a limited time to change our behavior or live with the consequences. We can all help by… — Kyra Sedgwick
Now it is the least developed world who are not responsible for this climate change phenomenon that bore the brunt of climate change consequences so… — Ban Ki-moon
We thus find ourselves in the situation that the entire theory of man-made global warming-with its repercussions in science, and its important consequences for politics… — Zbigniew Jaworowski
We find ourselves, one way or another, in the midst of a large-scale experiment to change the chemical construction of the stratosphere, even though we… — Frank Sherwood Rowland
A sound-bite culture can't discuss science very well. Exactly what we're losing when we reduce biodiversity, the causes and consequences of global warming-these traumas can't… — Barbara Kingsolver
I have neither the learning nor the experience to know whether the doomsayers are right about the human causes of climate change. But I am… — Jeremy Paxman
We have to all shoulder the responsibility for keeping the planet habitable, or we're going to suffer the consequences - together. — Barack Obama
We cannot interfere in one area of the ecosystem without paying due attention to both the consequences of such interference in other areas and to… — Pope John Paul II
When an issue becomes a vital part of a political agenda, as is the case with climate, then the politically desired position becomes a goal… — Richard Lindzen
People are entirely too disbelieving of coincidence. They are far too ready to dismiss it and to build arcane structures of extremely rickety substance in… — Isaac Asimov
If what the science tells us about climate change is correct, then unabated it will result in catastrophic consequences for our world — Tony Blair
I'm not the poorest president. The poorest is the one who needs a lot to live. My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds. I'm… — Jose Mujica
I have come to the conclusion that there is nothing good that doesn't have bad consequences and nothing bad that doesn't have good consequences. — Pete Seeger

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