“Some of the nations of Europe who believe in the one wife system have actually forbidden a plurality of wives by their laws; and the consequences are that the whole country among them is overrun with the most abominable practices: adulteries and unlawful connections through all their villages, towns, cities, and country places to a most fearful extent.” BelieveCountryWholeLawNationsCitiesPracticeWifeConsequenceEuropeConnectionsTownsVillageFearfulForbiddenAdulteryPolygamyUnlawfulCity And Country Author:Orson Pratt
“From my earliest youth I have regarded the connection between Ireland and Great Britain as the curse of the Irish nation, and felt convinced, that while it lasted, this country would never be free or happy. In consequence, I determined to apply all the powers which my individual efforts could move, in order to separate the two countries.” TwoCountryMovingOrderIndividualNationsFeltEffortYouthConsequenceConnectionsDeterminedConvincedCurseBritainIrelandGreat BritainTwo CountriesIndividual Effort Author:Theobald of Bec
“Community is a consequence. It results when people come together to accomplish things that are important to them and succeed. People who are uninvolved cannot feel this connection.” PeopleFeelsImportantTogetherCommunityResultsSucceedConsequenceConnectionsAccomplish Author:Richard Cornuelle
“Thinking is the accurate and deliberate instituting of connections between what is done and its consequences.” ThinkingDoneConsequenceConnectionsAccurateDeliberate Book:Democracy and Education: Top American Authors Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors
“To "learn from experience" is to make a backward and forward connection between what we do to things and what we enjoy or suffer from things in consequence.” SufferingEnjoyConsequenceConnectionsLearning Experience Book:The Later Works, 1925-1953 Source: The Later Works, 1925-1953
“The Clinton's secret is that they live in a morally discontinuous universe-events do not have consequences, and what happened 15 minutes ago has no connection to what happens now. Beware of power when it masters the secret of popular amnesia.” HappensUniverseSecretHappenedMinutesEventsMastersConsequenceConnectionsClintonAmnesia Author:Lance Morrow
“One of the unintended negative consequences of online advertising has been the loss of value in traditional classifieds. It's simply quicker, simply easier for an end user who's online, on a broadband connection, to look things up and to figure out what they want to buy.” WantLooksHas BeensEndsValuesLossFiguresEasierConsequenceNegativeConnectionsTraditionalAdvertisingOnlineUsersBroadbandNegative ConsequencesOnline Advertising Author:Eric Schmidt
“Creating a close connection to those you do business with has its many risks, rewards and consequences. There are few things in business I have encountered that are more difficult than firing someone, particularly if that someone has always been, or has become a friend. On the flip side, I have been rewarded with many friends.” IfsInspirationalHas BeensDifficultSidesFriendshipBusinessRiskCreatingConsequenceConnectionsRewardsFlipFiringMany Friends Author:Mark Cuban