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Consequence Quotes
"I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences."
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"Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things."
21
"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."
15
"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."
12
"The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair."
12
"Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful."
11
"Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences."
11
"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."
11
"Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched."
10
"It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities."
9
"Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions."
9
"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."
9
"Only a fool lights a fire and tries to hide at the same time."
9
"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."
9
"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."
9
"One of the key issues will be personal honour vs. the good of the many, and unforeseen consequences."
9
"If you do something, expect consequences."
9
"Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed."
8
"What you do as president has consequences."
8
"I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it."
8
"The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective."
8
"You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences."
8
"Nothing is free in this world. That which comes before you is your very own."
8
"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."
7
"There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences."
7
"In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do in mine."
7
"Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences."
7
"There are consequences to ignoring consequences that are a consequence of my blatant unwillingness to learn from my consequences."
6
"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."
6
"All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations."
6
"Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our tendencies, upped the stakes."
6
"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."
6
"The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself."
6
"Maybe consequences are dear friends in stealthy disguise."
6
"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."
6
"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."
6
"We will smite the Jews where we meet them and whoever goes along with them must take the consequences."
6
"Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done."
5
"Every shortcut has a price usually greater than the reward."
5
"Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass."
5
"Anyone who considers using a weapon of mass destruction against the United States or its allies must first consider the consequences... We would not specify in advance what our response would be, but it would be both overwhelming and devastating."
5
"A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes."
5
"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."
5
"Where do consequences lead? Depends on the escort."
5
"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."
5
"There are consequence every action, whether evil or good."
5
"Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences."
5
"There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use."
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