Consequence Quotes

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Friend, many and many a dream is mere confusion a cobweb of no consequence at all. Two gates for ghostly dreams there are: One gateway… — Homer
The term blowback, which officials of the Central Intelligent Agency first invented for their own internal use, . . . refers to the unintended consequences… — Chalmers Johnson
The experience of Somalia shows that famine in the late 20th century is not a consequence of a shortage of food. On the contrary, famines… — Michel Chossudovsky
Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house. — Fran Lebowitz
I think video games and that stuff should be as violent as possible, but age-appropriate. It should be realistic. When it's not realistic you run… — Darren Aronofsky
When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. — Lois McMaster Bujold
The public totally discounts low-probability high-consequence events. The individual says, it's not going to be this plane, this bus, this time. — Amanda Ripley
For too long we have occupied ourselves with responding to the consequences of cruelty and abuse and have neglected the important task of building up… — John Hoyt
The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest players has engaged… — A. Bartlett Giamatti
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. — Margaret J. Wheatley
I think we continually need to understand how important an event the war was - how defining, how central to who we are. Everything that… — Ken Burns
It is not often that nations learn from the past even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it. For the lessons of historical… — Henry A. Kissinger
Hindsight is of little value in the decision-making process. It distorts our memory for events that occurred at the time of the decision so that… — Diane F. Halpern
When we fear punishment, we focus on consequences, not on our own values. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
We can never make anyone do anything against their will without enormous consequences. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
I think that there is a problem with rewards and consequences because in the long run, they rarely work in the ways we hope. In… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common good.' It is… — Ayn Rand
If the consequences are the same it is always better to assume the more limited antecedent, since in things of nature the limited, as being… — Aristotle
Consider whether fulfillment of the goal you have chosen will constitute success. What is success? If you possess health and wealth, but have trouble with… — Paramahansa Yogananda
In their zeal for particular kinds of decisions to be made, those with the vision of the anointed seldom consider the nature of the:Â process:Â… — Thomas Sowell

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