Quotes About Consequence

Do you know what would happen to you if I had found you then? This—and a helluva lot more.

A bad deed always brings a punishment.

As to the history of the revolution, my ideas may be peculiar, perhaps singular. What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected ... before a drop of blood was shed.

A warrior does not kill because it is his wish to, but because he must. And because he has been made strong enough to do it. Killing is not easy. It shouldn't be. If it becomes easy for you... you become a killer.

When you see me running, its already too late." Harry Hubbard

when the role of dissenter is left to the Fool, there may be trouble ahead for everybody.

Damn right I voted for him. But if I'd known then what I know now, I wouldn't have cast a vote—I'd have cast a brick.

One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner.

No one could say it was my choice to kill the twins, any more than it was my decision to bring them into the world.

Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.

Adam did not take away the will, but made it a slave where it was free. It is not only prone to sin, but is made subject to sin.

For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God

The crisis is primarily, perhaps almost entirely, the consequence of decisions taken by private firms in an environment of minimal regulation

Poetry is man's best means of perceiving most profoundly the action and the consequence of his own emotions.

There is a price to be paid for everything, and it is a good idea to find out that price before you make the agreement.

War merely gives people an excuse to indulge themselves further, to murder with impunity.

It didn't matter whether a thing existed or not. What mattered was the trouble caused by those who believed in its existence.

Wickedness never rests easily so, in a way, one might almost feel pity for the wicked, for they are destined to live their lives in fear, in a prison of the heart.

Parker had no pity for the two men, not after listening to them boast of what they'd done, but neither was he experiencing any sense of triumph, only a vague depression. It wasn't entirely due to the nature of the case, although that was part of it; mostly it was a consequence of exposure to the workings of the legal system. Anyone who spent time in a courtroom emerged with scars. The only variables were quantity and depth.

You're a vile human being," said Pettle, the words spilling from his mouth before he could stop them.

I think Philip could spend an afternoon throwing puppies from the top of the Empire State and only stop when his arm got tired." "It's not the same as killing

Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.

Reflection involves not simply a sequence of ideas, but a consequence—a consecutive ordering in such a way that each determines the next as its proper outcome, while each in turn leans back on its predecessors.

I do nothing upon myself, and yet am mine own executioner.