Quotes About Outcome

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.

They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.

As ye sew, so shall ye rip.

Unless we change direction, we are likely to end up where we are going.

After all is said and done, a lot more will have been said than done.

For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind...

On ne saurait faire une omelette sans casser des oeufs [You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs].

Every outcome has its cause, and every predicament has its solution.

Walk the paths of logic. Every outcome has its cause, and every predicament has its solution. Every lock its key.

Von Rumpel laughs. He appreciates that they are trying to play the game. But don't they understand that the winner has already been determined? He

Life can turn out a million ways. - Pg. 82

What was certain, though, is that sheer good luck—the untimely elimination

As so often happens in human affairs, fate intervened at the moment of victory and destroyed the best-laid plans.

the consequence was unfortunate.

It's funny how things work out sometimes.

It would be nice to think that I could get to the end of a third outing with some of my reputation still intact.

go? We argued. I told him it was a fait accompli.

I think that you can take things personally or get hurt feelings as a result of something not working out just because your psyche said it should or you deserve it, or whatever it is.

You can't control what's going to happen to the book you're about to publish.

It's a crapshoot, publishing.

I just try to do my best to shoot the puck and we'll see what's going to happen with it.

There are times when success doesn't make sense on a purely mathematical basis. I've played absolutely perfectly before, put in a masterful performance, and then my perfect play evaporated because one guy lost his mind and got lucky. Of course, I've also won that way.

With any character you portray, you can never play the end in the beginning. You have to pursue and attack your intention as if they're going to be successful.