Cause and effect Quote by John Steinbeck

“The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped…

— John Steinbeck

“Almost every major turning point in the history of mankind was a side-effect of totally unrelated intentions.”

— Abram Gitspof

Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow

— Anonymous

“History may not be a very practical study, but it teaches some useful lessons, one of which is that nothing is accidental, and that…

— Brooks Adams

“Like the ripples from a stone tossed into the pond from the water’s edge, the effects of our choices extend infinitely outward. Even the…

— Justin Young

Actions are sometimes performed in a masterly and most cunning way, while the direction of the actions is deranged and dependent on various morbid…

— Anonymous

“But what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened had such and such a moment turned out differently? One could presumably…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

“One person's actions can alter the course of history, and a political or military mischance can touch off a catastrophic reaction that has repercussions…

— Timothy Venning

“When it is a question of ascertaining whether or not some human act has really taken place, [historians] cannot be too painstaking. If they…

— Marc Bloch

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“Of such things, petty annoyance and aimless thrusts, is history made.”

— Isaac Asimov

We can't see ahead of time what actions are going to be the ones that move history in dramatic ways.

— Frances Moore Lappé