Quotes About Outcome

You never know how they're going to play out, but 'Pork and Beans' definitely had the same vibe as the 'Buddy Holly' video in that you just knew it was going to work.

I wasn't happy with the outcome in Vietnam. Now, I've never said that, but, you know, I'm getting to an age where I think I'd better start saying it... And I don't mean that to sound that I'm being critical of somebody or blaming somebody.

From time to time, I may adjust a situation to achieve a desired outcome for the benefit of my children, but that's not meddling.

The same road always leads to the same place. If we get on it expecting to go somewhere different, we'll be disappointed, won't we? As you said, it isn't very smart. ...Do the same things, get the same results. Simple, stupid.

Shit Does'nt Happen, It's Cause and Effects! " You Cause It, & You Endure the Effects! Correct???

Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive.

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.

If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?

We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.

Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will all be judged on one thing: the result.

Each new epoch in life seems an encounter. There is a tussle and a cloud of dust, and we come out of it triumphant or crest-fallen, according as we have borne ourselves.

If you get to it, And you cannot do it, There you jolly-well are, Aren't you?

They vow to amend their lives, and yet they don't; Because if drown'd, they can't—if spared, they won't.

What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.

Whatever happens will be for the worse, and it is therefore in our interest that as little should happen as possible

The Cream Does NOT Always Rise To The Top! There is a serious misconception, misconnection and mistake in this idea of thinking

What people don't like to think about is that you can do everything right—in life or in a treatment protocol—and still get the short end of the stick.

Honestly, you tried your best and sometimes everything worked out perfectly. Other times, it went all horribly wrong.

The simple rule: some get saved, but most don't. The choices are important before the years begin to go so very fast.

When you do something stupid and die, it's pathetic," I said. "When you do something stupid and survive it, then you get to call it impressive or heroic.

You think this is going to work? This peaceful summit thing?" "Sure," I said. After a second, I added, "Probably." "Probably?" "Maybe," I said. "We're down to maybe now?" I shrugged. "We'll see.

Kid. You just made the last mistake of your life.' 'God,' I said. 'I wish .

You will probably find, in life, that successes and victories tend to overshadow the risks you took, while failure will amplify how idiotic they were.

What one deserves and what one experiences are seldom congruent.