“Fast-paced from start to finish, ‘The Honourable Schoolboy’ is fired by le Carre’s conviction regarding evil done and its consequences.”
― Alan Furst
“I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.”
― Albert Camus
“There are so many guys that come up and have strong hearts, but they just have to understand what the consequences are and how to execute the things that they learned to make themselves successful.”
― Allan Houston
“It’s just like my dream to shoot things with no consequences.”
― Amanda Seyfried
“The Taliban and its backers bear the responsibility for the consequences of this outrageous act.”
― Amanullah Khan
“Choosing to avoid uncomfortable feelings offers immediate short-term relief, but avoidance can lead to long-term consequences.”
― Amy Morin
“When you make a stance, sometimes there are consequences.”
― Andre Ward
“Britain is now living with the consequences of allowing an underclass to take root and fester.”
― Andrew Neil
“If poverty and underdevelopment are primarily consequences of poor institutions, then by weakening those institutions or stunting their development, large aid flows do exactly the opposite of what they are intended to do.”
― Angus Deaton
“As a novelist, I remain interested in the notion of a single reckless act and its consequences.”
― Anita Shreve
“Any president’s actions have real consequences in real people’s lives.”
― Arianna Huffington
“We will smite the Jews where we meet them and whoever goes along with them must take the consequences.”
― Arthur Seyss-Inquart
“We all make decisions, and within those decisions, we have consequences.”
― Ashlyn Harris
“The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.”
― B. F. Skinner
“Has there ever been a crisper expression of the consequences of ‘intersectionality’ than a ban on Jewish lesbians from a Dyke March?”
― Bari Weiss
“There are consequences for just expressing generally conservative views. And if those views take on the more extreme dint, the judgment can be swift.”
― Ben Domenech
“In India, there are real consequences to inattention; drivers who jeopardize pedestrians can be lynched on the spot.”
― Bharati Mukherjee
“’Sonchiriya’ speaks of the consequences of societal bias and the bloody consequences of revenge when human lives become casualty.”
― Bhumi Pednekar
“I watch old ‘Truth or Consequences’ on Hulu. ‘Concentration.’ And ‘The Match Game’ with Gene Rayburn.”
― Billy Crystal
“If you’re going to break the rules, you have to live with the consequences.”
― Brandon Webb
“Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.”
― C. L. R. James
“I’m the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they’re not happy, I have to take the consequences.”
― Carlos Ghosn
“We seek the truth and will endure the consequences.”
― Charles Seymour
“The Bible is clear that those who fail to heed the Lord’s discipline – whether nations, cities, or individuals – suffer devastating consequences.”
― Charles Stanley
“Is the proposed operation likely to succeed? What might the consequences of failure? Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of material and supplies?”
― Chester W. Nimitz
“I feel badly for the people who suffer from the side effects and consequences of hazardous pharmaceuticals. It’s antithetical to the Hippocratic oath.”
― Chris Kilham
“I don’t speak particularly well. That’s one of the consequences of being extremely ugly.”
― Chris Martin
“When anger rises, think of the consequences.”
― Confucius
“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 of conduct and of the consequences of conduct: they were concerned with a society of will and commandment.”
― Cynthia Ozick
“We have a lot of talented people in this Congress, and we can avoid a lot of unintended consequences if we just included them.”
― Dan Webster
“Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.”
― Dana Rohrabacher
“I do worry about not just the policy consequences of Trump’s terrible policies – and they are devastating – but also just in the idea that the president is to some extent also the head of state.”
― Daniel Pfeiffer
“Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our tendencies, upped the stakes.”
― David Foster Wallace
“We are a country of laws. When you take that away, the consequences are enormous.”
― David Grann
“Everything we do has consequences.”
― Dennis Potter
“There are consequences if you act militarily, and there’s big consequences if you don’t act.”
― Dennis Ross
“’Stand your ground’ laws based on the ALEC model have had harmful consequences and need to be reconsidered.”
― Dick Durbin
“In my case, I learned that although God loves us, he doesn’t grant us immunity from the consequences of our choices.”
― Donna Rice
“History provides a laboratory in which we see played out the actual, as well as the intended, consequences of ideas.”
― Elizabeth Coleman
“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.”
― Eric Hobsbawm
“I’m very interested in the more grass-roots consequences of the economic meltdown: issues related to mortgage foreclosures, debt collection, and the practices of credit card companies and others who hold a lot of consumer debt.”
― Eric Schneiderman
“If I’m going to do anything extreme, I want it to have consequences.”
― Evan Rachel Wood
“Opposition provides choices, and choices bring consequences – good or bad.”
― Ezra Taft Benson
“Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.”
― Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“There’s something about the intimacy of comics that gives you a false bravado; you don’t always consider the consequences.”
― Gene Luen Yang
“Consequences are unpitying.”
― George Eliot
“Did I want Britain to remain in the E.U.? Yes. Did I fear the consequences if we quit? Yes. Did I argue passionately for that during the referendum? Absolutely I did.”
― George Osborne
“The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences.”
― George Soros
“Constitutional arguments that seem as dry as dust can have momentous consequences.”
― George Will
“To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and irritation.”
― Gordon W. Allport
“’The Guardian,’ with its deep journalistic traditions, is careful about context and explanation. It sees itself as a gatekeeper, and it worries about consequences.”
― Graydon Carter
“Significant consequences can begin very inconsequentially. That’s one thing that fascinates me. The other thing that fascinates me is how accident can undermine something that’s unfolding, something that might have played out differently otherwise.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay
“Above all, we must avoid the pitfalls of tribalism. If we are divided among ourselves on tribal lines, we open our doors to foreign intervention and its potentially harmful consequences.”
― Haile Selassie
“I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.”
― Harry Emerson Fosdick
“A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.”
― Helmut Jahn
“Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.”
― Henry Kissinger
“In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of such a war, and to methods for coping with the consequences should war occur despite our efforts to avoid it.”
― Herman Kahn
“I find any kind of ‘organizing’ very difficult. And that has irksome consequences when it comes to books, since I’ve often wound up buying books twice because I couldn’t find what I already have in all my mess.”
― Herta Muller
“One of the frustrations of prison life, which is also one of its intended consequences, is that the prisoner is made ineffective. He is unable to be of much use. The aim is to render him powerless.”
― Hisham Matar
“Dreams have consequences.”
― Hisham Matar
“Since our economy is closely allied with that of foreign countries, not one of us can be indifferent to what consequences these disturbances can have at home and abroad.”
― Hjalmar Schacht
“Steroids can seem necessary to compete at the highest levels, and the quick rewards can outweigh the long term consequences to the user’s health.”
― Howard Berman
“For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.”
― Ian Lustick
“When the Israeli leaders launched their expansionist war in June 1967 they never envisaged that 40 years later they would still be haunted by the consequences.”
― Ismail Haniyeh
“I’ve made a decision and now I must face the consequences.”
― J. Michael Straczynski
“There’s no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.”
― Jack Welch
“It is obviously sensible the crossing of a border ought not to protect a criminal from the consequences of his crime.”
― Jacob Rees-Mogg
“To be clear, geoengineering won’t solve global warming. It’s not a ‘techno-fix.’ It would be enormously risky and almost certainly lead to troubling unforeseen consequences.”
― Jamais Cascio
“I don’t think about consequences too much.”
― James Arthur
“The A.M.T. is much reviled by tax experts across the political spectrum for its unintended consequences and fiendish complexity.”
― James B. Stewart
“For each of our actions there are only consequences.”
― James Lovelock
“Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed.”
― James Otis
“Members of Congress and their staffs should be the first to feel the negative consequences of poorly written legislation, not the last.”
― Jeff Duncan
“History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.”
― Jeff Vandermeer
“I have people in my family with bipolar disorder, and for years I’ve watched them struggle with the disorder’s extreme moods and often devastating consequences.”
― Jenna Blum
“I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it’s too late.”
― Jo Brand
“It is not possible to spend on one thing and then not have consequences on something else.”
― Johann Lamont
“Despite explicit warnings, the consequences of the invasion were underestimated.”
― John Chilcot
“The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.”
― John F. Kerry
“When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.”
― Jorge Ramos
“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”
― Josiah Stamp
“Local government is a gamble that can have disastrous consequences when it fails.”
― Joy Reid
“Elections have consequences.”
― Judd Gregg
“Workplace romances – or even the illusion of a workplace romance – can carry many ramifications and consequences.”
― Judy Smith
“After realizing that we would eventually be able to build molecular machines that could arrange atoms to form virtually any pattern that we wanted, I saw that an awful lot of consequences followed from that.”
― K. Eric Drexler
“Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.”
― Karl Kraus
“I think words have consequences, and I think actions have consequences.”
― Kenneth Frazier
“Governments can inflate their way out of debt, but that has consequences, doesn’t it?”
― Kent Conrad
“Life is mortal. There are all these rewards and consequences. Sometimes you embrace them, and sometimes they knock you over.”
― Kurt Vile
“Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying.”
― Lady Starlight
“If you do something, expect consequences.”
― Larry King
“All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations.”
― Lawrence Lessig
“There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I’ll still be paying for my prior use.”
― Layne Staley
“Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences.”
― Lee Siegel
“In physics, all can you do is predict the consequences of physical laws.”
― Leonard Mlodinow
“I can’t listen to music while writing – any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.”
― Lincoln Child
“Stalking is a serious crime with serious consequences.”
― Lisa Madigan
“BP cannot undo a settlement it negotiated and signed just to avoid its consequences.”
― Luther Strange
“The law does not require a man to cease to be a man, and act without regard to consequences, when he becomes a juror.”
― Lysander Spooner
“Language that is designed to dehumanize has consequences.”
― Maajid Nawaz
“I do think everybody pays their dues in Gilead, whether you’re the most high-up commander or not. Everybody has to face the consequences of their actions.”
― Madeline Brewer
“Disconnection or alienation from the past has political consequences.”
― Mal Peet
“A victory for the Taliban in Afghanistan would have catastrophic consequences for the world – particularly for South Asia, for Central Asia, and for the Middle East.”
― Manmohan Singh
“Each money-printing exercise brings about unintended consequences. These unintended consequences are higher inflation rates than had no money been printed.”
― Marc Faber
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
― Marcus Aurelius
“Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.”
― Marcus Garvey
“The United States cannot have the image of warmongers, with all the potential consequences it could have for our respective countries.”
― Marine Le Pen
“I just love having a buzz all the time, regardless of the consequences.”
― Mark Roberts
“The idea of lasting consequences isn’t your usual ‘Archie’ trope.”
― Mark Waid
“Responsible choice involves consequences, not the least of which are relinquishments all along our way.”
― Marsha Sinetar
“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 towards the non-western world: relations were simply too unequal.”
― Martin Jacques
“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 1895 onwards and the colonies that resulted were among the consequences.”
― Martin Jacques
“I have always worried about who can read, who can’t, who doesn’t, and the great, life-altering consequences hidden within those distinctions.”
― Maryanne Wolf
“If eviction has these massive consequences that we all pay for, a very smart use of public funds would be to invest in legal services for folks facing eviction.”
― Matthew Desmond
“Eviction comes with a record, too, and just as a criminal record can bar you from receiving certain benefits or getting a foothold in the labor market, the record of eviction comes with consequences as well. It can bar you from getting good housing in a good neighborhood.”
― Matthew Desmond
“Arguably, the families most at need of housing assistance are systematically denied it because they’re stamped with an eviction record. Moms and kids are bearing the brunt of those consequences.”
― Matthew Desmond
“Failing to continue to support the public higher-ed system in California will have devastating long-term consequences.”
― Mitch Kapor
“Losing a part of a breast or all of one or both has, obviously, serious psychological consequences.”
― Molly Ivins
“We cannot blindly pursue the goal of machine intelligence without pondering its consequences.”
― Moshe Vardi
“Those who embezzle public funds should be ready to face the consequences.”
― Muhammadu Buhari
“The features of globalization have huge consequences on pandemics. It just connects us so much more closely… And as a consequence, every one of these viruses that passes from animals to humans has the capacity to infect all of us.”
― Nathan Wolfe
“Drying up of capital has different consequences in different environments.”
― Naveen Tewari
“You don’t get dead and there not be consequences.”
― Neal Adams
“When I step up to that penalty spot, I know the consequences. They’re the same whether I miss the first, second, third – or the 10th – it will be the same.”
― Nikita Parris
“Given the pervasive secrecy of the Bush-Cheney administration, and the sorry consequences of that disposition, President Barack Obama’s early emphasis on openness in government seems almost inevitable.”
― Noah Feldman
“Sooner or later, jihadist-style terror and WMD are going to come together and the consequences could be horrendous.”
― Noam Chomsky
“State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome.”
― Noam Chomsky
“Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.”
― Norman Cousins
“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.”
― P. J. O’Rourke
“Truth in our society often takes a back seat to securing gainful consequences.”
― Pamela Meyer
“When we are confronted with extreme situations, we forget about moral issues; we simply act and must then accept the consequences.”
― Park Chan-wook
“One of the lasting consequences of the unrest of the late 1960s was the removal of adult authority from the lives of undergraduates at many colleges. And, as a consequence, residential communities developed much as students themselves wanted them to.”
― Parker Conrad
“We know that if al Queda or one of these terrorist organizations were to get a weapon of mass destruction from Iraq, that they would have no hesitation about using it to catastrophic consequences; the potential is for hundreds of thousands of casualties.”
― Paul Cellucci
“There are great and terrible consequences to any act of violence, and they reverberate beyond the act itself.”
― Paul G. Tremblay
“Poles understand perhaps better than anyone the consequences of making toothless warnings to brutal tyrants and terrorist regimes.”
― Paul Wolfowitz
“Philosophically I am, or at least have been, a follower of Sartre. I am very interested in the choices we make, or don’t make, in life-defining matters. That moment of ‘angst’ and its consequences can be such a cruel thing.”
― Per Petterson
“I can’t worry about the consequences of what I do; that’s not my job.”
― Peter Landesman
“It has always been clear that any use of nuclear weapons would have catastrophic humanitarian consequences.”
― Peter Maurer
“While the nature of warfare is changing and wars are moving into cities, they are also becoming longer and their consequences more impactful.”
― Peter Maurer
“It seems that, every several months, you have to expect there is going to be a terrorist incident or that there could be a terrorist incident somewhere. Right away, you’re thinking, ‘What are the consequences? Is this the first part of a larger attack? Is it coordinated, or a lone wolf?’”
― Peter T. King
“I am not a politician… I only suffer the consequences.”
― Peter Tosh
“Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made.”
― Pope Benedict XVI
“Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences.”
― Ralph Merkle
“You can’t promulgate injustice without consequences.”
― Rand Paul
“I haven’t heard of any cases of anti-American blog posts being censored or bloggers encountering consequences for anti-American speech on the web in China.”
― Rebecca MacKinnon
“All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.”
― Reinhold Niebuhr
“Ideas have consequences that can transform society.”
― Ricardo Salinas Pliego
“Clearly there are always unintended consequences of any legislative or regulatory act that’s taken in the heat of battle.”
― Richard Grasso
“I learned that you appreciate what you earn much more than what is given you. I also learned that decisions have consequences.”
― Richard M. DeVos
“Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.”
― Robert Dale Owen
“In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.”
― Robert Green Ingersoll
“Ideology has consequences.”
― Robert Greenwald
“Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“One of the happy consequences of my brain is that I rarely sleep.”
― Robert Rinder
“Ideas have consequences.”
― Robert Zubrin
“From day one, I told people there are consequences for not abiding by the law.”
― Rodrigo Duterte
“It’s rare to find a film that goes for broke and says, ‘To hell with the consequences.’”
― Roger Ebert
“We need different perspectives here in Washington – someone who has private-sector experience, somebody who’s actually created jobs, manufactures products, understands the incentives and disincentives, the intended and unintended consequences of legislation.”
― Ron Johnson
“When it comes to judicial nominations, President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats are fond of reminding Republicans that elections have consequences.”
― Ron Johnson
“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.”
― Rudolf Arnheim
“Liberalism has consequences. It has never worked, folks! It has never worked. And it has never fulfilled its promise.”
― Rush Limbaugh
“I don’t think I’ll ever do a show with violence where there’s no consequences, ’cause I know the consequences.”
― Salim Akil
“I’ve worked in a mortuary and seen the consequences of what guns and knives do to people.”
― Salim Akil
“The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America’s small businesses.”
― Sam Graves
“Mutations can arise anywhere in the genome, in gene DNA and noncoding DNA alike. But mutations to genes have bigger consequences: They can disable proteins and kill a creature.”
― Sam Kean
“If there are no consequences now for breaking the prohibition on chemical weapons, it will be harder to muster an international consensus to ensure that Hezbollah and other terrorist groups are prevented from acquiring or using these weapons themselves.”
― Samantha Power
“It’s unfortunate that there’s such a disconnect between what’s happening on our legislatures and what the public knows about, the consequences what that means for ourselves, our mothers and our wives.”
― Sandra Fluke
“What happens when we questions power structures? What are the consequences?”
― Sarah Gadon
“We are a nation of laws, and breaking those laws have consequences.”
― Scott DesJarlais
“Elections have consequences.”
― Scott Garrett
“Elections have consequences.”
― Scott Walker
“Historical experience shows that a crisis causes either a recovery or catastrophic consequences.”
― Sergei Lavrov
“With every year that passes, the more we have to be careful not to forget the causes and consequences of the Great Recession.”
― Sherrod Brown
“Every decision that they take has enormous consequences, and ripple out from the White House.”
― Sidney Blumenthal
“Where do consequences lead? Depends on the escort.”
― Stanislaw Lem
“There are real-world, devastating consequences for disabled women marginalised by the kinds of attitudes that deny them full agency over what happens to their bodies.”
― Stella Young
“The only difference between an experienced knitter and new knitter is that the experienced knitter makes bigger mistakes faster. Be bold; there are no terrible consequences in knitting.”
― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
“Proponents of the Central America Free Trade Agreement have conveniently ignored this fundamental fact: the effect of trade on incomes in Central America and how to alleviate the adverse consequences of trade liberalization on the poor.”
― Stephen F. Lynch
“What you do as president has consequences.”
― Steve Forbes
“The GOP/corporate right-wing, it seems, never really considers the consequences of their actions.”
― Steven Weber
“Progress to reduce hunger is being made by tackling both the cause and the consequences of extreme poverty and famine.”
― Tae Yoo
“But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory.”
― Talcott Parsons
“We don’t want to repeat the unintended consequences that surfaced following the NAFTA agreement.”
― Ted Yoho
“Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.”
― Thomas Hobbes
“There is no question that liberals do an impressive job of expressing concern for blacks. But do the intentions expressed in their words match the actual consequences of their deeds?”
― Thomas Sowell
“Actions have consequences.”
― Tom Cotton
“Bilingualism is a great asset for any individual, but it has perilous consequences for a nation.”
― Tom Tancredo
“If terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government.”
― Tommy Franks
“The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to produce consequences which they then use to justify further terror.”
― Tony Blair
“A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.”
― Viktor Orban
“’CSI’ has not only remained a top-rated show through seven seasons; it has had real-world consequences. Police and prosecutors complain of a ‘CSI’ effect’ that leads juries to demand more physical evidence than they used to expect. College officials use the same term to describe spiking enrollment in forensic-science programs.”
― Virginia Postrel
“You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.”
― W. Somerset Maugham
“A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and – at some point – finality of judgment.”
― Warren E. Burger
“I am now in that happy comfortable state that I do not hesitate to indulge in any fancy in regard to diet, but watch the consequences, and do not continue any course which adds to weight or bulk and consequent discomfort.”
― William Banting
“There are no rewards or punishments – only consequences.”
― William Inge
“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.”
― William J. Perry
“Greece’s debts are all denominated in euros, but it isn’t clear who holds how much of those debts. For that reason, the consequences of a national bankruptcy would be incalculable. Greece is just as systemically important as a major bank.”
― Wolfgang Schauble
“The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may.”
― Woodrow Wilson
“I follow my desires, and I’m prepared to take the consequences.”
― Yasmine Hamdan
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