Consequence Quotes
1836 quotes by 1341 authors
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Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because…
— Flannery O'Connor
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The only solution to the violence problem in America is a return to traditional parental involvement. This should be encouraged by every elected official. Also,…
— Bill O'Reilly
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'The Accursed' is very much a novel about social injustice as the consequence of the terrible, tragic division of classes - the exploitation not only…
— Joyce Carol Oates
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But if you - if what - the reports are true, what they're saying is, is that as a consequence of us getting 30 million…
— Barack Obama
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Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed.
— James Otis
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The only difference between an experienced knitter and new knitter is that the experienced knitter makes bigger mistakes faster. Be bold; there are no terrible…
— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in…
— Thomas Paine
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The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must…
— Blaise Pascal
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The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.
— M. Scott Peck
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Power is an instrument of fatal consequence. It is confined no more readily than quicksilver, and escapes good intentions as easily as air flows through…
— Mike Pence
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Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be…
— Natalie Portman
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Being Muslim has become synonymous with pointed questions, with tension and mistrust, even with conflict. It has become a global phenomenon with profound consequences for…
— Tariq Ramadan
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The truth is often terrifying, which I think is one of the motifs of Larry and Andrew's cinema. The cost of knowledge is an important…
— Keanu Reeves
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If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade agreements, we have to make sure those Americans who have suffered as a…
— Susan Rice
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Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following…
— Eric Ries
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I mean, if a person acts irresponsibly in his own life, he will pay the consequences. And it's not so much divine retribution as it's…
— Pat Robertson
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Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence…
— Maximilien Robespierre
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
— Jim Rohn
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