Quotes About Consequences

Old enough to kill means old enough to die

Proof of war, when it comes, always comes too late.

The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time.

Warmaking doesn't stop warmaking. If it did, our problems would have stopped millennia ago.

Present wars impoverish the lords that win as much as those that lose.

I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.

All wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished.

You shouldn't dare a person who doesn't have anything left to lose.

Don't mess with me, Calvin. You'll only get hurt.

Okay, so I'll admit I'm curious. Big deal. We both know what that leads to. Dead cat.

You shouldn't dare a person who doesn't have anything left to lose.

Si comienzas a imaginar cosas que no van a ocurrir, lo único que conseguirás es salir herida.

Drop that towel, and I'll throw in champagne." "Tempting." She made her way toward her bedroom. "But since I might be pregnant, I couldn't drink." He gave a long sigh. "And with those chilling words, the raging fire in his loins vanished.

Las mujeres anhelan lo que no pueden tener, incluso aunque no sea bueno para ellas.

What happened with Hurricane Katrina was the American electorate was forced to look at what lay behind the veneer of chest-beating. We all saw the consequences of having terrible government leadership.

If you let words go buzzing out of your mouth like bees, she always told me, they will come back and sting you.

Just because it's natural doesn't mean you can be as stupid as you want with it.

Be not deceived, God's not mocked. Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.also quoted by Jesus Christ

Well there you have it, just like drinking and driving, if you get behind a wheel with a phone in your hand and you cause a death, then chances are you will face very serious charges.

The Sword of Damocles,

Secrets are always found out, and when they are, people get hurt.

Yes. Strangely enough, war has a way of absolving us of the mistakes we make while in its dreadful shadow, but it keeps this absolution a secret. I didn't realize I was playing my cards against a cruel opponent that had its own cards to play.

Everything in my life suddenly shifted into focus. It was like time froze and I was given a dazzling moment to comprehend the difference between that moment and the one before it. No one made choices for me. I made them. If I took no risks in the choices I'd made, it was because I didn't have the courage to take them or didn't want to live with the consequences. I didn't want to risk disappointment myself. It had been safer to defer than to strike our on my own.

war has a way of absolving us of the mistakes we make while in its dreadful shadow, but it keeps this absolution a secret.