Quotes About Consequence

Trophic cascades, as defined by Diamond in his "Rosetta Stone" paper, are the secondary effects that can ramify from level to level in consequence of a single extinction.

It's a fact of life: every move we make, every word we utter, has an effect on the world. Sometimes it's minor, sometimes it's of great significance.

even a pawn must not be sacrificed to no purpose.

I wish someone had shaken me and said, "Intervene while you can before it's too late." It may not have made a difference, but I don't know.

Sorry I painted the word 'twat' on your garage door.

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where they're going to sit

Zoe had to do something or she would be roadkill.

Fail not in this charge at your peril.

But for the want of a nail, a kingdom was lost

We do not even have time to find out if our momentum is taking us over the nearest cliff.

When they invented the car they invented the collision and the darkness of what time leads the willing body to do.

David has won everything he coveted and lost everything he cared for. This snapshot of agony sums up for generations the price of power, the intersection of family and public life, the way in which we injure ourselves and are then staggered by the pain.

Which would prove I'm a monster, Arnie? Sacrificing the people I love for the fight? Or walking away from the fight to save the people i love?

John cursed himself. Or rather, he cursed the past version of himself for so thoughtlessly screwing over the current version of himself.

That ability to see the right choice, but not until several hours have passed since making the wrong one? That's what makes a person a dumbass, folks.

War is about remaking the world to suit the whims of some powerful group over the whims of some other powerful group. The dead are just the sparks that fly from the metal as they grind it down.

Now, he numbly stands stock-still, in abject fear that this whole catastrophe may well be his doing.

when selling your soul it's important to remember that there is no buy back clause in the contract

Those who constantly seek escapism from reality are in danger of building a reality that's impossible to escape from

When you try to build Heaven on earth you end up building ghetto's of Hell

she wonders if we feel more regret for the things we do or for the things we didn't do

Wait. Are you about to do something really stupid? -GUARD

Don't make a deal with the devil.

There are consequence every action, whether evil or good.