Consequence Quotes - Page 11

• On a grander scale, when a society segregates itself, the consequences affect the economy, the emotions, and the ecology. That's one reason why it's easy for pro-lifers to eat factory-raised animals that disrespect everything sacred about creation. And that is why it's easy for rabid environmentalists to hate chainsaws even though they snuggle into a mattress supported by a black walnut bedstead.

  Joel Salatin

  Hate, Animal, Disrespect

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• He said that men believe the blood of the slain to be of no consequence but that the wolf knows better. He said that the wolf is a being of great order and that it knows what men do not: that there is no order in this world save that which death has put there.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Believe, Men, Blood

  Cormac McCarthy (2013). “The Border Trilogy”, p.331, Pan Macmillan

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• What is the point? We assume that every time we do anything we know what the consequences will be, i.e., more or less what we intend them to be. This is not only not always correct. It is wildly, crazily, stupidly, cross-eyed-blithering-insectly wrong!

  Douglas Adams

  Assuming, Crosses, Knows

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.734, Pan Macmillan

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• The Crone, the Reaper... She is the Dark Moon, what you don't see coming at you, what you don't get away with, the wind that whips the spark across the fire line. Chance, you could say, or, what's scarier still: the intersection of chance with choices and actions made before. The brush that is tinder dry from decades of drought, the warming of the earth's climate that sends the storms away north, the hole in the ozone layer. Not punishment, not even justice, but consequence.

  Starhawk

  Dark, Moon, Fire

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• Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences.

  Jennifer Armintrout

  Inspirational, Strength, Grief

  Jennifer Armintrout (2008). “Blood Ties Bundle: Blood Ties Book One: The Turning\Blood Ties Book Two: Possession\Blood Ties Book Three: Ashes to Ashes\Blood Ties Book Four: All Souls' Night”, p.379, MIRA

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• And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions that give rise to our act. Everything turns on our intentions.

  Sándor Márai

  Giving, Guilt, Doe

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• HOROSCOPE: Today is a good time for making new friends. A good deed may have unforeseen consequences. Don’t upset any druids. You will soon be going on a very strange journey. Your lucky food is small cucumbers. People pointing knives at you are probably up to no good. PS, we really mean it about the druids.

  Terry Pratchett

  Mean, Journey, Knives

  Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett (2015). “All the Discworld's a Stage”, p.111, Oberon Books

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• The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.

  George Orwell

  George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). “Animal Farm and 1984”, p.129, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Shouldn't we also ask ourselves what the consequences are of scrambling to provide the "most" of everything to our children in a world of fast dwindling resources?

  John Taylor Gatto

  Children, World, Resources

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• ...to speak of them out loud, to speak of their hunger and pain and loneliness and humour, to make them visible so that can not be ravaged in the dark without great consequence.

  Eve Ensler

  Pain, Loneliness, Dark

  Eve Ensler (1998). “The Vagina Monologues”, Villard Books

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• I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation. I therefore do not regret my conduct and will bear the consequences that result from my conduct.

  Sophie Scholl

  Regret, Bears, Opinion

  Bundesarchiv Berlin, ZC 13267, Bd. 3, www.bpb.de. February 1943.

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• The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.

  Jeanne DuPrau

  Anger, Boss, Trouble

  Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.56, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.

  J. K. Rowling

  Strong Women, Destiny, Names

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• They don't have intelligence. They have what I call 'thintelligence.' They see the immediate situation. They think narrowly and they call it 'being focused.' They don't see the surround. They don't see the consequences.

  Michael Crichton

  Thinking, Jurassic Park, Situation

  Michael Crichton (1997). “Michael Crichton's Jurassic World”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Patience, Smart, Evil

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.49, Penguin

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• We frequently find that the influence of good women is underrated. It is an influence that is often subtle but yet has tremendous consequences. One woman can make a great difference for a whole nation.

  James E. Faust

  Differences, Good Woman, Influence

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• A miracle to confound natural law, a baffling reversal of the inevitable consequences . . . a miracle. . . . An act of high imagination -- daring and lurid and impossible. Yes, a cartoon of the mind.

  Tim O'Brien

  Law, Imagination, Miracle

  Tim O'Brien (2009). “Going After Cacciato”, p.242, Broadway Books

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• The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.

  Markus Zusak

  Ugly, Wonder, Worst

  "The Book Thief". Book by Markus Zusak, 2005.

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• You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked a belief? I see nothing particularly courageous about risking one's life. So you lose it, you go to your hero's heaven and everything is milk and honey 'til the end of time. Right? You get your reward and suffer no earthly consequences. That's not courage. Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer change and stretch consciousness. Real courage is risking one's clichés.

  Tom Robbins

  Real, Hero, Milk And Honey

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• What they do not comprehend is man's helplessness. I am weak, small, of no consequence to the universe. It does not notice me; I live on unseen. But why is that bad? Isn't it that way? Whom the gods notice they destroy. Be small... and you will escape the jealousy of the great.

  Philip K. Dick

  Men, Unseen, Doe

  Philip K. Dick (2012). “The Man in the High Castle”, p.43, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. When you desire a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Desire, Action, Wells

  "Memory". Book by Lois McMaster Bujold, 1996.

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• The great news is that God knows everything about you, both good and bad, and He still loves you and values you unconditionally. God does not always approve of our behavior. He is not pleased when we go against his will, and when we do, we always suffer the consequences and have to work with Him to correct our thoughts, words, actions, or attitudes. And while you should work to improve in the areas where you fall short, nothing you do will ever cause God to love you less…or more. His love is a constant you can depend on.

  Joel Osteen

  Attitude, Fall, Love You

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• Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever.

  Rick Warren

  Eye, Forever, Time On Earth

  Rick Warren (2004). “What on Earth Am I Here For?”

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• If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God and if you fail to worship Him, you will create other things (idols) to give your life to. You are free to choose, what you surrender to but you are not free from the consequence of that choice.

  Rick Warren

  Pride, Idols, Giving

  Rick Warren (2012). “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, p.74, Zondervan

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• Set aside those things that don't really matter and do something with eternal consequences.

  Richard G. Scott

  Matter, Eternal

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