Quotes About Outcome

All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there.

The problem with unintended consequences isn't with the consequences, it's with the unintended. Just because you didn't' intend for something to happen doesn't mean you didn't want it to.

The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

Did you have to murder him? Yes, as a matter of fact I did. Well, the deed's done. No use complaining.

Failure is not frailty. Success never guarantees.

It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences...

Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?

This is the paradox for me: in failure alone is there any possibility of success. I don't think I'm alone in this – nor do I think it's an attitude that only prevails among people whose work is obviously 'creative'.

You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.

In fact, most successful people are those who have been well supported, financially and emotionally, by their parents when they were children. Likewise, as I discussed in chapter 2, the rich countries liberalized their trade only when their producers were ready, and usually only gradually even then. In other words, historically, trade liberalization has been the outcome rather than the cause of economic development.

Destiny can sometimes be history coming back to bite you in the arse.

What would have to be true for the option under consideration to work out fantastically?

If it Will it Will

Wrong behavior carries with it the seeds of its own retribution.

that we got what we deserved in life.

Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences if they're not, he'll suffer for it.

The answer is simple: You are you, the person who will live with the consequences of what you do. No one else can be responsible, because no one else will experience the consequences of your actions as you will.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end.

Actions are the seeds of fate. Deeds grow into destiny.

Poor Ike. He'll say do this and do that and nothing at all will happen.

It's funny, isn't it. You plan for years, play 9 tough games, and then your hopes of a World Cup win and the resultant career-high rest on an hour and a half of T20 equivalent cricket.

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.