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Consequence Quotes
"Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things."
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"I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences."
86
"After the first blush of sin comes its indifference."
79
"Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our tendencies, upped the stakes."
70
"Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful."
69
"A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode."
64
"If you do something, expect consequences."
62
"It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities."
58
"It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say."
58
"A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes."
57
"If we believe a thing to be bad, and if we have a right to prevent it, it is our duty to try to prevent it and damn the consequences."
57
"I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that."
57
"All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations."
56
"The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair."
54
"Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the past and address the problems of the present."
54
"Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences."
53
"Nothing is free in this world. That which comes before you is your very own."
53
"The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock."
52
"Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched."
52
"The absurd consequences of neglecting structure but using the concept of order just the same are evident if one examines the present terminology of information theory."
52
"You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences."
52
"What you do as president has consequences."
51
"I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it."
51
"If I'm going to do anything extreme, I want it to have consequences."
49
"Where do consequences lead? Depends on the escort."
48
"Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed."
47
"One of the key issues will be personal honour vs. the good of the many, and unforeseen consequences."
47
"The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself."
46
"There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences."
44
"The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective."
44
"Everything has a consequence to it."
43
"I mean that the function of the police is to solve problems that have law-enforcement consequences in a way that is based on a genuine partnership with the neighborhood in both the venting of the problem and the discussion of the solution."
43
"One can't have something for nothing. Happiness has got to be paid for. You're paying for it, Mr. Watson - paying because you happen to be too much interested in beauty."
42
"Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions."
41
"All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions."
41
"Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences."
41
"Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences."
39
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences."
39
"Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did."
39
"We will smite the Jews where we meet them and whoever goes along with them must take the consequences."
39
"If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe."
38
"So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially accommodations that child will get."
37
"There is not much that even the most socially responsible scientists can do as individuals, or even as a group, about the social consequences of their activities."
37
"Maybe consequences are dear friends in stealthy disguise."
36
"There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use."
36
"I think a commission set up to examine slavery and the consequences of it, would probably be a very fruitful, important dialogue for the United States to be involved in."
35
"In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do in mine."
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