Consequences Quotes
1504 quotes by 1144 authors
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When Europe dominated, there were no or few feedback loops. Or, to put it another way, there were few, if any, consequences for its behaviour…
— Martin Jacques
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Ever since the Meiji restoration in 1868, Japan has turned its back on Asia in general and China in particular: its pattern of aggression from…
— Martin Jacques
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I have problems with this very extreme form of capitalism where the pendulum has swung so far in one direction, where the focus is completely…
— Noreena Hertz
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Thanks to presidential immunity and executive control of the Justice Department, there are no consequences to executive branch lawbreaking. And when it comes to presidential…
— Ben Shapiro
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More and more, I find that the news reads like a particularly random game of Consequences.
— Craig Brown
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Some people see life as a game of chess, while others prefer to see it as a game of cricket; but the longer I live,…
— Craig Brown
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I have never suffered under any delusion that saving the whales in the Antarctic sanctuary would be easy, but the one thing I am certain…
— Paul Watson
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My methods produce lasting behavioral change without unpleasant consequences, because the change does not come from an effort of will. It comes from examining your…
— Srikumar Rao
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We do not fully understand the consequences of rising populations and increasing energy consumption on the interwoven fabric of atmosphere, water, land and life.
— Martin Rees
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The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work better than any…
— Ban Ki-moon
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I was profoundly moved to be the first United Nations Secretary-General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. I also visited Nagasaki. Sadly, we…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Good intentions can often lead to unintended consequences. It is hard to imagine a law intended for the workforce known to Henry Ford can serve…
— Tim Walberg
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The novel at its nineteenth-century pinnacle was a Judaized novel: George Eliot and Dickens and Tolstoy were all touched by the Jewish covenant: they wrote…
— Cynthia Ozick
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The consequences of ignoring the Lord and His prophets are certain and often accompanied by great sorrow and regret.
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
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To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of…
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
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We have ministers who are incapable of doing what has been ordered from above because there is no follow up, because there are no consequences.…
— Basmah bint Saud
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In the 1970s, New York City defaulted on its debt, and yes, the consequences were painful. Enrollment plummeted at City University campuses, which until then…
— Charles Duhigg
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In America, people with lots of money can easily avoid the consequences of bad bets and big losses by cashing out at the first sign…
— Robert Reich
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When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.
— Jorge Ramos
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Secret ops by secret forces have a nasty tendency to produce unintended, unforeseen, and completely disastrous consequences. New Yorkers will remember well the end result…
— Nick Turse
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