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Quotes About Consequences

Baby being part of this life I feel like I'm bound to end up with somebody that's been with everybody.
~ Drake
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
~ Margaret Atwood
I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!
~ Richard Pryor
Those who hurt others will also hurt themselves.
~ Natsuki Takaya
You're born into this life paying for the sins of somebody else's past.
~ Bruce Springsteen
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
~ Henry David Thoreau
You only get one chance at life, not two! Don't joke around with your own life.
~ Dohee
Life would have been easier for me if I just hadn't met you. But then it hadn't been my life.
~ Erich Fried
I wondered how many times in my life I had done something just because I wanted to without weighing the consequences.
~ Lisa Kleypas
And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you.
~ Ian McEwan, Atonement
A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.
~ Jewish proverb
Except for a few who actually killed people, hardly any "revolutionaries" have been punished for what they did during the Cultural Revolution. Those
~ Ji-li Jiang
There have always been those who argued that the end justifies the means, that the means aren't really important," [King] said. "But we will never have peace in the world until men everywhere recognize the ends are not cut off from the means, because the means represent the ideal in the making, and the end in the process, and ultimately you can't reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.
~ Jill Lepore
Karl Marx began making predictions about the consequences of capitalism. He saw in the increase in the production of goods a decrease in the value of labor and a widening inequality between the rich and the poor.
~ Jill Lepore
Never do anything that you don't want to have to explain to 9-1-1 personnel.
~ Jill Shalvis
This enchanted crown that you so coveted shall be upon your brow like a crown of thorns... ... for you will not be able to remove it until you have made up for the ills you have caused. And until that day, you shall never again set foot on the golden shores of Themyscira.
~ Jill Thompson
This enchanted crown you so coveted shall be upon your brow like a crown of thorns... ...for you will not be able to remove it until you have made up for the ills you have caused. And until that day, you shall never again set foot on the golden shores of Themyscira.
~ Jill ThompsonThompson
I want you to take a moment here and write down all the problems that are plaguing you at this moment, from big to small. Now ask yourself what you contributed in creating your current situation. Did the professor fail you because you never went to class? Did your boss yell at you because you were on YouTube instead of working?
~ Jillian Michaels
Freedom of speech does not protect you from the consequences of saying stupid shit. [ Blog post, March 12, 2012 ]
~ Jim C. Hines
Isaac: "Besides, is it really stealing if you're stealing from an asshole?" Lena: "I'd have to double-check, but I don't think the criminal code includes an asshole clause.
~ Jim C. Hines
Prometheus had stolen fire from the gods and suffered the consequences. I had returned the gift of the gods, and the price had been my dreams.
~ Jim C. Hines
None of us can foresee the consequences of such a step." Ponce de Leon ran his fingers through his hair, smoothing it back into place. "Though after centuries of watching mankind, I sometimes suspect intelligence is overrated.
~ Jim C. Hines
Judge not, lest ye be punched in the face for being a self-righteous prick.
~ Jim C. Hines
The fact that you're poised to commit genocide undermines your judgement on ethical matters.
~ Jim C. Hines