Quotes About Consequences

commitment three months from now that we'd never accept if it were next week—and then discover too late that we still don't have any time for it. Researchers term this the "Yes . . . Damn!" effect.

You do not have to give people reasons to be violent, because they already have plenty of reasons. All you have to do is take away their reasons to restrain themselves.

When I have the opportunity to interview one of these men, I always ask if the death penalty would have deterred him from his crime. Without exception, he'll say no. I asked one rapist why, and he responded by asking me a series of questions. Had I ever skipped school? Yes. Did I know in advance that I would be punished if caught? Yes. Then why did I do it? Because I didn't think I would be caught, I said. There you go, he said.

The absurd consequences of neglecting structure but using the concept of order just the same are evident if one examines the present terminology of information theory.

Remember that one day of your idleness kills 12,000 souls ... there is only one thing that may be said in your exoneration-that you do not know the truth. This is possible, The villain does his job so shrewdly that only a few guess the truth. We have told you several times. Is it possible that you believe our murderers more than you believe us?

The gaze of her clear eyes held them transfixed. "You must understand that when anybody, bruja or curandera, priest or sinner, tampers with the fate of a man that sometimes a chain of events is set into motion over which no one will have ultimate control. You must be willing to accept this responsibility.

We had a kettle: we let it leak: Our not repairing it made it worse. We haven't had any tea for a week.... The bottom is out of the Universe!

The sin ye do by two and two ye must pay for one by one.

They've taken of his buttons off an' cut his stripes away,An' they're hangin' Danny Deever in the mornin'.

The sin they do two by two they must pay for one by one.

THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH. YOU'LL PAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEAL OR AT THE END, BUT TRUST ME, YOU WILL PAY.

what we do, good or bad, is returned in full measure in this life rather than in the hereafter.

Be proactive." Far too often we react to our children's behavior, often on impulse, without regard for the consequences and with no plan for what we are trying to achieve. In those instances we are being acted on and not consciously choosing to act. Seeing a situation from

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.

When you have never done a thing before and that thing is not simply and clearly right or wrong, you frequently do not know if it is a cruel thing, you just go ahead and do it. Maybe later you'll be able to determine whether you acted cruelly. Too late, of course, but at least you'll know.

I was afraid of the consequences of my acts in the right way, beyond guilt, but it was too late. I'd already become the person I should have been afraid of becoming.

Destiny is not to be trifled with. Do not commit the tragic error of satisfying present appetite at the cost of future fulfilment

Do not spit in the well - you may be thirsty by and by.

You have fallen badly, señor gringo. Bribery is a very serious crime in this country. You will have to pay.

That was one of the bad things about being able to read: people could nag you from a great distance.

Such was the cost of dealing with the Romans: even when one fought against them, the stain of their violence licked and crackled at the soul like a fire about to engulf an entire forest.

I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.

For shame doesn't arise from the shameful action, but from discovery and exposure.