Consequences Quotes
1504 quotes by 1144 authors
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With calm, knowledgeable precision, Daniel Ziblatt wades into the adjacent swamps of federalism and nineteenth-century European history, emerging with hands full of gems. Beneath the…
— Charles Tilly
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The universe may be tenderly indifferent to our fate, but we shouldn’t be. We are our brothers’ keepers. There is right, and there is wrong.…
— John Dufresne
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But we must not, if we are loyal, disperse our energies in a partisan warfare that is waged without regard to its consequences to the…
— Bainbridge Colby
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Eating disorders can have serious medical and psychological consequences which, left unchecked, can kill. Parents should address this issue and ask their children to discuss…
— Tipper Gore
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Proponents of the Central America Free Trade Agreement have conveniently ignored this fundamental fact: the effect of trade on incomes in Central America and how…
— Stephen F. Lynch
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In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of…
— Herman Kahn
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The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
— Theodore Kaczynski
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There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which…
— Joseph Barber Lightfoot
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Taking the things people do wrong seriously is part of taking them seriously. It’s part of letting their actions have weight. It’s part of letting…
— Francis Spufford
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Temptation can be tormenting, but remember: The torment of temptation to sin is nothing to compare with the torment of the consequences of sin. Remorse…
— Edwin Louis Cole
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More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question.
— Mortimer Adler
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That democratic socialism, the great utopia of the last few generations, is not only unachievable, but that to strive for it produces something so utterly…
— Friedrich August von Hayek
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Repentance out of mere fear is really sorrow for the consequences of sin, sorrow over the danger of sin — it bends the will away…
— Timothy Keller
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The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today.
— S. N. Goenka
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America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the…
— Larry Elder
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My dislike has no consequences. It accrues only in my mind—like preserves on a shelf or guns zeroing in, and never firing.
— Renata Adler
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The benefits and consequences of globalization have a great deal to do with whether we're intelligent and thoughtful about how we approach globalization, or whether…
— Ethan Zuckerman
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The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.
— J. Philippe Rushton
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A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing.
— Bruce Lee
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When once the woman has tempted us, and we have tasted the forbidden fruit, there is no such thing as checking our appetites, whatever the…
— George Washington
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