Quotes About Consequence

ABHORRING  (ABHO'RRING)   The object of abhorrence. This seems not to be the proper use of the participial noun. And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.BibleIsaiah,lxvi. 44.

Can sensual pleasure be the great end of an immortal spirit in this life? That pleasure cannot be lasting, and it must be followed by remorse, which is obtained either by doing injustice to, or degrading, a fellow-creature. And does not a woman, when she forfeits her honour, degrade herself, not only in the sight of the world, but in the secret thoughts of even a profligate lover, destroying her own consequence with him?

Why look'st thou so?'— With my cross-bow I shot the ALBATROSS.

Do you think anyone in the history of this world ever set out to fight for the wrong side?

Whenever you made a choice, especially one you'd been resisting, it always affected everything else, some in big ways, like a tremor beneath your feet, others in so tiny a shift you hardly noticed a change at all. But it was happening.

Your actions is like a raindrop; it falls into the pond making ripples and then its over...

Sorry!' Dave's friend yelled when he saw me. 'That was my-' But i wasn't listening as,instead,i took every bit of the anger and stress of the last few minutes and days put it behind the ball, throwing it overhead at the basket as hard as i could. It went flying, hitting the backboard and banging through the netless hoop at full speed before shooting back out and nailing Dave Wade squarely on the forehead. And just like that, he was down.

This was just not fair. To get a taste of freedom, only to instantly be punished for it.

I'd made my choice, though, and I couldn't take it back.

This lost, loose feeling that no consequence could be so harmful as the sense of staying where you were, or of being who you are.

feeling and action are always linked

Somebody out of touch with reality, when she jumped she probably thought she'd fly.

Sometimes, even though you know something is a mistake, you can't stop yourself from going there.

Couldn't he have checked his shoelaces BEFORE entering a dark, super-creepy cave?

It was clear that the man was no fool. But what was the use of not being a fool if you acted like this?

And every one of these events is connected. But not by luck: it's pure cause and effect.

History is often the tale of small moments—chance encounters or casual decisions or sheer coincidence—that seem of little consequence at the time, but somehow fuse with other small moments to produce something momentous, the proverbial flapping of a butterfly's wings that triggers a hurricane.

Victory carries a moral burden the vanquished never know

Defenestration," I said. "'The act of throwing someone through a window.

That would be just dandy. All we'd have to do is sit back and wait for them to wipe each other out. But that doesn't explain the message written in blood. That's the mark of a seriously deranged mind. An intelligent mind, but one without a conscience.

If I tell you, will you let met go? - You bet, partner. [...] - You promised! - Nope. I said you bet. You did ... and you lost.

That was one problem with dramatic exits: Sometimes they wound up making you look like a bubblehead.

Attitudes change once the die is cast

Scream now, Duchess, while you've got the chance. You won't get another.