The more immediate the consequences, the more trustworthy the behavior.

Before analyzing the consequences of a fact; analyze its causes.

He that drinks his cider alone, let him catch his horse alone.

If you’re using business metaphors, may I suggest hostile takeover. It’s more appropriate.

Forgiveness does not wipe away the consequences of the sin. The consequences are borne by somebody.

We urge Ukraine to assess the political consequences of this decision and prevent a large-scale social and economic catastrophe, which will also affect hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian citizens.

The proposal is extremely complex and has far-reaching consequences for our members, as well as for the nation’s mortgage markets.

There will be sentencing and some further consequences at that time. I think you either need a long-term drug program or a long term in county jail.

The science done by the young Einstein will continue as long as our civilization, but for civilization to survive, we’ll need the wisdom of the old Einstein — humane, global and farseeing. And whatever happens...

After bearing the consequences of a mistake, the person either becomes a better person or completely succumbs to the atrocity.

‘It’s okay. I understand that you’re tempted and know you shouldn’t grab the apple, and when you did you wanted to drop it. But I’m not good at resisting temptation. I’d rather eat the fucking...

The hardest mistakes to learn from are those that lack consequence.

We have indicated to them that should there be incidents like there were today, there will be consequences.

The consequences for the region are far-reaching and significant and that will take a significant amount of time for the rebuilding,

The world is crazy. You need a license to drive a car and go fishing. You don’t need a license to start a family. Two people have sex and BAM! Perfectly innocent kid is born...

There are always consequences to the truth.

The only way to find peace is to face the unknown and trust that God has heard your tears.

Words have consequences.

I don’t know how you can characterize the tone at the top at this company as encouraging accountability and doing the right thing when nobody’s looking if Mr. Edmondson continues as CEO, and there appears...

The walls were coming down around me, but still, I couldn’t imagine telling the truth. Not now. It was too late. How can I tell Mom and Dad what we’d done? It would ruin everything....

Whatever the politics of such a decision, it would be ordinary people who would suffer the consequences. Cutting aid now would undermine already fragile local institutions and only hurt ordinary people.

Actions always have consequences!

The consequences (of a civil war) for the people of Iraq would be catastrophic.

The only pressure I agree to, is my conscious and not peer pressure.

For all the consequences of aggression, and also for aggression, I am blaming NATO,

Don’t make such decisions whose bad results make you look like you are your own enemy.

Ukifanya maamuzi kubaliana na matatizo yake.

The consequences of our actions take hold of us, quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we have ‘improved.

This doctrine of forgiveness of sin is a premium on crime. ‘Forgive us our sins’ means “Let us continue in our iniquity.” It is one of the most pernicious of doctrines, and one of the...

Just forget about everything. Just go somewhere and get smashed and pretend like there are no problems or consequences. I know why. Because there are still problems and consequences. And going and–and–partying doesn’t make them...

This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture.Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other,for hatred comes home to the hand that chose it.

Coexistence measures are designed to ensure that GM crops can be grown alongside non-GM crops without negative economic consequences caused by accidental mixing of the two.

The [U.S.S.] Greeneville incident points out the unintentional consequences of non-professional people being in inherently hazardous operations,

We all have a certain knowledge about how the universe works. And when someone comes along and challenges that knowledge, we don’t know how to deal with it. We aren’t hardwired that way. It’s difficult...

Life is full of choices. They could have called for help. They could have stopped and walked away. They made their choice that day, now they must pay the consequences.

Students are already suffering the consequences through probation, fines, criminal record and punishment through their own schools.

We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us.

If you’re going to go hell for leather into that hairpin you are going to pay the consequences.

Daja doesn’t exactly need to be tested on whether she’s honorable or not.” “Doesn’t she? Don’t all of you? This is your first taste of the things which may come from your being powerful mages....

Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a...

It would be advisable to realize that we will eventually become whatever it is that we’ve created. And too often what we’ve created is a massive mess.

This was one of the casualties of war, that trust itself seemed to die a thousand deaths.

People say that it’s the big decisions that are important… that these are the type of issues worthy of prolonged consideration. But no one ever explains how it’s the little choices that send your life...

I want to be a jerk like the rest of my friends, and have fun, and not care about the consequences, but I just can’t now.

The whole world is now one vast uncontrollable experiment – the way it always was, Crake would have said – and the doctrine of unintended consequences is in full spate.

Planetologist call it the conundrum of unforeseen ecological consequence. I call it the whack-a-mole rule of human meddling. She clasped both hands like a child hammering. WHACK! We change something here. Oops, that makes another...

And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles...

Each time we make a choice we are either moving toward freedom and prosperity or bondage and misery.

It was extremely quiet, thin volumes. The markets were sufficiently thin that if you wanted to do anything of consequence, either buying or selling, you probably would have moved the market.

The consequences are implied. If the result is annulled, you don’t get the medals for a result that doesn’t stand. If someone is not eligible, that athlete cannot have a valid result.