Quotes of: Unintended-consequences Keyword

There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus, and consequently an uncle of the late emperor, whose name was Claudius Caesar.

Frederic William Farrar

Detroit, my 'great' subject, made me the person I am, consequently the writer I am - for better or worse.

Joyce Carol Oates

If we keep on ignoring and leaving children to their own devices at home, they become latchkey kids, and trust me, the consequences of that are not good.

Eric Braeden

I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that.

Javier Bardem

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.

Thomas Huxley

Investing in women's lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations - and consequently in our own long-term national interests.

Liya Kebede

But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.

Lydia M. Child

Not all intelligence can be artificial now, so if we make a mistake, the consequences are no longer simply located within an institution or a national culture.

William Irwin Thompson

We must recognize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.

Gaylord Nelson

The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences.

Louis Pasteur

We do not fully understand the consequences of rising populations and increasing energy consumption on the interwoven fabric of atmosphere, water, land and life.

Martin Rees

The lawlessness of frontier life in America has been pictured as a remarkable phenomenon. In reality, it was the natural consequence of indiscriminate mixing of volatile substances.

Paul Harris

I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late.

Jo Brand

Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our tendencies.

David Foster Wallace

More and more, I find that the news reads like a particularly random game of Consequences.

Craig Brown

When you act dramatically in that way it often has a consequence that is very negative.

George Woodcock

In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour.

Henri Bergson

Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness.

Helen Hayes

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

Henry A. Kissinger

If men understood domestic economy half as well as women do, then their political economy and their entire consequent statecraft would not be the futil muddle which it is.

James Stephens

The more ships have grown in size and consequence, the more their place in our imagination has shrunk.

Rose George