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Quotes About Consequences

One of the reasons for the political success of price control is that part of its costs are hidden. Even the dire consequences of the shortage are unable to show the whole picture.
~ Thomas Sowell
Attitude-changing curriculum programs can be assessed in a number of ways, including (1) how effective they are in the specific area in which they claim to be effective (drug prevention, for example), (2) the academic and emotional costs they entail, and (3) their wider social consequences. Remarkably
~ Thomas Sowell
Una de las razones del éxito político del control de precios es que parte de sus costes están ocultos. Incluso las terribles consecuencias de la escasez son incapaces de mostrar el panorama completo.
~ Thomas Sowell
Grab a plate and throw it on the ground. Okay done. Did it break? Yes. Now say sorry to it. Sorry. Did it go back to the way it was before? No. Do you understand?
~ Katherine Woodward Thomas
We all know that once we allow fear to hijack us and step into the driver's seat of our lives, that we're apt to say and do some really dumb, pretty destructive things.
~ Katherine Woodward Thomas
Odd how a single, impulsive action could lead to a string of consequences.
~ Kathleen Buckley
O remorso pode ser uma grande inconveniência, especialmente quando o que fizemos ou deixamos de fazer pode ter consequências muito sérias.
~ Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Tis a fact I've learned all too well that words cast out in the light of day, like doves, oft come home to roost in the darkest hours." -Christopher
~ Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
A woman's scorn has been the downfall of a goodly number of men and the cause of many a conflict.
~ Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
I wish kids at school would quit calling me a porno dork-face, though. There wasn't any sex involved! I got knocked out, I panicked and called the cops. Okay, somewhere along the line everybody's clothes fell off, but that's not exactly a federal crime. Is it? I hope you don't work for the FBI. (You don't, do you?) - Email Excerpt (Page: 21) From: Douglas Bracken To: Dr. Rita I. Milton Sent: Friday, November 08 - 5:05 PM Subject: Pressing Concerns
~ Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson
Burning a bridge, as any tactician will tell you, sometimes saves more than it costs. I
~ Kathleen Rooney
But if I do not accept my responsibility, then I have not changed at all. You are right when you say I have shown my true face to the world. Now I must accept the consequences of a life built on truth, and embrace the woman I have become.
~ Kathryn Caskie
She lifts her head to meet my gaze. 'I'm not with you.' 'Sometimes circumstances can push you in the wrong direction and you end up making bad decisions. Sometimes decisions are taken out of your hands and fate intervenes.
~ Kathryn Hughes
He had promised Charles Danvers that he would stay away from his daughter and he had willfully and recklessly broke that vow despite the best of intentions. However, Charles Danvers had made many promises as well, promises he broke when he took his own life. So if his old friend's ghost ever did come a-haunting, Grey would feel reasonably justified in telling him to sod off.
~ Kathryn Smith
I once told you that all actions have a cost, we simply must decide if they are worth paying. If you do not act in the best interest of your own happiness you will regret—and pay for it—for the rest of your life.
~ Kathryn Smith
I often think, why did I let her in? Didn't I know she was bad? And I did, of course I did, but I also knew that I couldn't keep that door shut all my life, just because it was dangerous, just because there was a chance of getting hurt.
~ Kathryn Wesley
There are times when the law jeopardizes those who obey it.
~ Kathy Acker
Their freedom to make choices means they are free to make wrong ones." -Luke Skywalker
~ Kathy Tyers
We need to look unblinkered at the truth; the greater honesty we show, the freer we are to face the consequences. The root of the tyranny was Hitler's immeasurable hatred of our Jewish compatriots. Hitler never concealed this hatred from the public but made the entire nation a tool of it.
~ Kati Marton
Those who play with fire should expect to be consumed by it.
~ Katie MacAlister
I hope you are pleased with yourself. You have made a spirit cry.
~ Katie MacAlister
And you over there, the one always straying from the rules…we will come for you soon. (heart) You know…you can't live here anymore, don't you? (heart)
~ Katsura Hoshino
Those who trespass in others' souls will always get burned in the end.
~ Kazuki Takahashi
Seto Kaiba [to Koji Nagumo]: You poor duelist...When you insult my little brother...you insult Kaiba Corporation. I assume you're prepared for the consequences...
~ Kazuki Takahashi