Quotes About Consequences

bad things for good reasons

Maybe wrist corsages cut off circulation to the brain? I mean, is that why so many girls do stupid things on prom night? I

How much did you put in there?" Liz shrugged and looked slightly guilty. And slightly wicked. It was a terribly evil combination. "I couldn't be sure that he'd eat it all, and if he just took one bite, that might not be enough to --" "Liz," I whispered, needing her to get to the point. "Five times more than recommended!" she blurted

Megan's voice is harder. She's challenging authority, and I instantly regret letting her become my friend. It's maybe the worst thing I could have done to her.

H?rs?zlar çok ÅŸey istememelidir; bu ironik ama gerçektir. Yürüyerek kaçamayaca??n bir yerde asla durma. Geride b?rakamayaca??n bir ÅŸeye asla sahip olma. (syf. 28)

Chelovek takma ad?ndan daha eski bir kural vard?r, en eski yalanc?n?n bile inkâr edemeyeceÄŸi bir gerçek: dürüst birini doland?ramazs?n. EÄŸer doland?r?rsan… Buna piÅŸman olursun. (syf. 157)

Kat stood there looking at the very boys who had stolen the first tooth she had ever lost and tried to ransom it to the tooth fairy; the two young men who had once stolen a Tyrannosaurus rex from the Museum of Natural History—one bone at a time.

Katarina Bishop bir suçluydu. Ama o güne dek eline hiç silah almam??t?. Kimseye vurmam??t?. O ana kadar birinin can?n? yakmak nas?l bir ÅŸey, bilmiyordu. Hale'in yüzündeki ifadeyi gördüÄŸünde, sözlerini geri almak istedi. Ayn? zamanda bu sözlerin onun can?n? daha fazla ac?tmas?n? da istedi. (syf. 181)

Who is Baine?" Nella asked. "My computer," Dr. Laas said. "A man I had an affair with programmed the voice in before he left. I told him to go, you see, and this was his revenge. Baine sounds just like him." "Do not insult me," Baine answered. " I am a thousand times superior to your fly-by-night lover. He is now in jail on Station 1217, by the way, for indecent exposure." "Really?" Dr. Laas brightened. "How delightful.

Como nada sale gratis, el coñac le ha asignado a otra raza. Ahora parece un piel roja, rojiza su cara en general, en particular sus pómulos, repletos de venillas rotas que se ramifican día tras día para conquistar ya la base de su nariz.

Era demasiado amor. Demasiado grande, demasiado complicado, demasiado confuso, y arriesgado, y fecundo, y doloroso. Tanto como yo podía dar, más del que me convenía. Por eso se rompió. No se agotó, no se acabó, no se murió, sólo se rompió, se vino abajo como una torre demasiado alta, como una apuesta demasiado alta, como una esperanza demasiado alta.

Bir kad?na yalan söylediÄŸiniz zaman kimsesiz ve bir bahanesi olmayan o çaresiz çocuk oluyoruz yeniden. Kad?n t?pk? bitkiler gibi, t?pk? orman?n f?rt?nalar? gibi, t?pk? sular?n girdaplar? gibi bizi en karanl?k semavi tasar?lar ve niyetlerle besliyor. Bunu baÅŸtan bilmek iyidir. Tersi sözkonusuysa y?k?c? sürprizlerle kar??laÅŸaca??z demektir.

Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.

Trust me, you can't play the game if you don't know the rules. And if you don't know the rules, someone's bound to get hurt.

There is an old and very wise Native American saying: Every time you point a finger in scorn—there are three remaining fingers pointing right back at you.

you're either gonna let them fulfill their destiny and bloom, or, more likely, you're gonna screw it all up and damn them to the depths.

dreamweaves were doing more harm than good. They were endangering people, making them believe in a false sense of security. Resulting in a population of delusional people, running around, taking unnecessary risks. And I think we all know that nothing good comes of that!

You can't escape karma ... It is what it is. It doesn't judge, it's neither good nor bad like most people think. It's the result of all the actions, positive and negative--a constant balancing act of events--cause and effect--tit for tat--reaping and sowing--what goes around comes around ... However you phrase it, it's the same in the end.

We can't take our ball and go home when the consequences mean a weaker America.

The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.

Unfortunately, some of our greatest tribulations are the result of our own foolishness and weakness and occur because of our own carelessness or transgression.

Weaknesses are part of human nature. What matters are the consequences they can have on a squad.

Everything has an opportunity cost, and the big things we want in life - like happiness and healthy relationships and wealth - they all have big opportunity costs.

Republicans controlled the federal government for decades after the Civil War, and their policies funneled wealth upward -- with dire consequences. In 1893, the economy crashed, and too few Americans had enough purchasing power to revive it. Lincoln had been right: Government that served the wealthy would ruin the country.