“If you encounter a human shadow burned permanently into the concrete in Hiroshima, you realize that this is the trace of a very ordinary person now elevated into the emblematic. Time, shame, complicity, or discomfort are the only things that make us pretend History is impersonal or far removed from the power and consequences of our every lived moment.” IfsHumansPersonsMomentsRealizingOrdinaryShadowConsequenceShameEncountersConcreteBurnedDiscomfortHiroshimaComplicityOrdinary Person Author:Chris Abani
“Resistance is a result of our mind being attached to having things a certain way rather than the way they actually are. It is a mental habit of the ego that we need to become aware of in order to see the consequences. Only then can we see into our thought system and realize that nothing could be more of a waste of time than to resist and complain about what already is.” WayNeedsMindCertainOrderRealizingResultsHabitEgoWasteConsequenceComplainingResistanceWasting TimeOur Thoughts Author:Lee L Jampolsky
“[Hillary] Clinton is too much into regime change and a little bit too aggressive without knowing what the unintended consequences might be. Yes, we could get rid of Assad tomorrow, but that would create another political vacuum that would benefit ISIS.” LittlesMightPoliticalBitsKnowingToo MuchTomorrowBenefitsLittle BitConsequenceClintonAggressiveRegimesIsisVacuumsAssadUnintended ConsequencesRegime Change Author:Bernie Sanders
“The French Revolution printed money because they didn't have any, so they just printed it, and this was a revolutionary step which of course we are still reaping the huge consequences of today. It struck me that this was beginning to happen...there had been scandals where shares had been printed.” StillsHappensTodayCoursesStepsShareHugeRevolutionConsequenceRevolutionaryScandalPrintedFrench Revolution Author:Marina Warner
“By definition it uses and plays and delights in time. It delights in the interlacing of chronologies and the consequences of that interlacing. And those have personal and psychological expressions in a character. Aside from other issues of writing, psychological characterization is what narrative can do best.” WritingPlayCharacterUseCan DoIssuesExpressionConsequenceDefinitionsDelightPsychologicalNarrativeCharacterizationChronology Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“Most of the ugly wars in history have been wars of religion. And there's nothing more dangerous than someone with religious certitude who creates consequences in the world that to me are simply inexcusable.” WorldHas BeensWarReligiousDangerousConsequenceUglyCertitude Author:Sam Hamill
“I have witnessed firsthand the anguish of this humanitarian tragedy - in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and other conflict and post-conflict zones. The destruction of lives and hopes, the emotional trauma, and the economic, social, and political marginalization of the displaced, the human insecurity, with real and potentially devastating consequences over generations, in ever-widening arenas of conflict. We can and must ensure the human rights of the displaced. That begins by making their voices heard.” HumansRealPoliticalSocialVoiceRightsGenerationsHeardEconomicEmotionalConflictConsequenceDestructionTragedyHuman RightsIraqTraumaHumanitarianPostsZoneInsecuritySyriaAnguishPakistanPalestineArenaMarginalizationEmotional Trauma Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“Time moves on. You can't go back in time. Everything has a consequence, and the last episode of the last season is no exception.” LastsMovingConsequenceSeasonsExceptionEpisodesBack In TimeGo Back In Time Author:Jon Hamm
“You need your freedom. You need to be able to do what you want to do as a journalist, as a person who's speaking for other women as you speak for yourself, and you make a choice. You have to be tough enough to take the consequences of that choice.” WantNeedsPersonsEnoughAbleChoicesSpeakToughConsequenceWhat You WantJournalistYour Freedom Author:Anne Roiphe
“We could have saved Wall Street without putting our future in jeopardy. I predicted that there would be all-around consequences - in the long run as well as in the short run. People are now saying we can't afford health care reform because we spent all the money on the banks. So, in effect, we're saying that it's better that we give rich bankers a couple of trillion than giving ordinary Americans access to health care.” PeopleGivingWellsLongWould BeCareRunningRichStreetsEffectsWallCoupleOrdinaryConsequenceAccessSavedReformHealth CareOur FutureLong RunsBankersJeopardyHealth Care Reform Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“What we are saying is we have to be smart about the ideology that is putting this idea into the world that a woman must be defined by her idea of modesty, that she is the vessel for honor in a community. And I believe that we have to be very pragmatic, too, about the consequence of this. Women in Iran and Saudi Arabia are jailed, punished and harassed if they don't cover themselves legally, according to the standard of those countries. So the consequences for many women is oftentimes very dark.” IfsWorldBelieveIdeasCountryI BelieveCommunityDarkHonorSmartStandardsConsequenceIdeologyDefinedIranModestyVesselArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisBeing SmartPragmatic Author:Asra Nomani
“One of the nice things about being me is you show up in a town, you meet somebody interesting and entertaining, and for 48 hours, what a wonderful person to be around. You mess around, and all of that is super, super fun, and you don't have to deal with the long-term consequences of it.” PersonsLongShowsFunTermHoursInterestingDealsNiceWonderfulConsequenceTownsMessLong TermEntertainingBeing MeNice Things48 HoursWonderful Person Author:Guy Branum
“I'm very pleased we got that nuclear agreement. It puts a lid on the nuclear weapons program. We have to enforce it, there have to be consequences attached to it. But that is not our only problem with Iran.” ProblemWeaponsConsequenceProgramNuclearAgreementIranNuclear Weapons Author:Hillary Clinton
“We do have the nuclear weapons agreement with Iran, that's an enforcement consequence, action for action, follow on. We have a plan, we will watch them, we will be vigilant.” ActionWatchesPlansWeaponsConsequenceNuclearAgreementIranNuclear WeaponsEnforcementVigilant Author:Hillary Clinton
“When stepping into the mind of a psychopath, you realize that there is something missing in their brain that they do not understand the consequences of their actions- in a sense.” MindActionRealizingBrainMissingConsequencePsychopath Author:Lorraine Toussaint
“Only as long as we believe in our own identity over time does it make sense for us to make future plans, avoid risks, and treat our fellow human beings fairly - for the consequences of our actions will, in the end, always concern ourselves.” BelieveHumansLongDoeEndsActionHuman BeingsPlansRiskIdentityConsequenceConcernTreatsFellowsMake SenseOur ActionsFuture PlansConsequences Of Our Actions Author:Thomas Metzinger
“If you have something to get off of your chest, there is a proper way to do it. Everybody has a bad day, and, for some people, you're under a microscope and you have to deal with the consequences of having a bad day in front of people. But everyone has them.” PeopleIfsWayDealsFrontsConsequenceChestsBad DayMicroscopesHaving A Bad Day Author:Donald Faison
“Western conception of history has had great consequences over the last two hundred years. You see it in the invasion of Iraq. You see it in almost everything that is said and done.” YearsSaidTwoDoneLastsHundredConsequenceWesternIraqConceptionInvasionSaid And Done Author:Pankaj Mishra
“As a sensitive filmmaker, I think you have to really be careful in how you explore it. Not that you can't tell any story you want - I'm not calling for censorship or anything. But if you're going to have violence, I think it's important to deal with the consequences of that on a human level, not just to make people laugh.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantHumansImportantStoriesLevelsDealsLaughingViolenceCallingConsequenceCarefulSensitiveFilmmakerBe CarefulCensorshipMaking People Laugh Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“My country has been wracked with violence for a long time. Just to see all the violence on the news makes you sick. It's true that violence is in our nature, but I try to explore deeply where it comes from and where it goes and what it creates. Not in a moralistic or preachy way, but just to observe the real consequences of violence in a human being or in a society.” WayTryingHumansLongHas BeensRealCountryHuman BeingsViolenceNewsLong TimeConsequenceSickConsequences Of Violence Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“All the words that George Bush used in public during the early stages of the crisis - "wanted, dead or alive," "a crusade," etc. - suggest not so much an orderly and considered progress towards bringing the man to justice according to international norms, but rather something apocalyptic, something of the order of the criminal atrocity itself. That will make matters a lot, lot worse, because there are always consequences.” MenMatterWantedUsedOrderJusticeAliveProgressStageHe ManConsequenceCrisisInternationalCriminalsEtcNormAtrocitiesOrderlyApocalypticCrusades Author:Edward Said
“I don't think that anything of any consequence is known a priori: all our knowledge is built up by modifying the lore passed on to us by our ancestors in light of our experiences, and the best a philosopher can do is to learn as much about what has been discovered in various empirical fields, and use it to try to craft an improved synthesis.” ThinkingTryingHas BeensUseLightCan DoKnownFieldsConsequenceBuiltPhilosopherVariousCraftsAncestorSynthesisModifying Author:Philip Kitcher
“I would include non-medical sex selection as one of those practices that I think is morally questionable and that can carry adverse social consequences.” ThinkingSocialSexPracticeConsequenceMedicalSelectionAdverseQuestionable Author:Michael Sandel
“I find poignancy in the moments when a person realizes that she has made mistakes. I am not as interested in the mistakes themselves as I am with the consequences and how the person responds to her realization.” PersonsMadeMomentsRealizingMistakeConsequenceRealizationMade A MistakePoignancy Author:Dana Spiotta
“A military mindset is objectively analyzing a planned course of action and anticipating the likely consequences before you take that action.” ActionCoursesMilitaryConsequenceMindsetAnalyzing Author:Tulsi Gabbard
“And, you know, I don’t want to have to worry that she is going to get sick as the consequence of having, having her lunch.” KnowsWorryConsequenceSickLunch Author:Barack Obama
“I believe that it is made out of the same cloth of mind, but it is an add-on, it was something that was specialized to create what we call the self. And it exists for very special purposes and it has very special, and I think by and large good consequences, although not only good consequences.” ThinkingMindBelieveMadeSelfPurposeI BelieveSpecialConsequenceAdd Author:Antonio Damasio
“Mental illness is a real thing. It has real material consequences for people who suffer from it and at the time even the most biological finding reflects social context in very important ways, and so I think psychiatry is better off looking both at biology and at social context and really trying to think of the relationship between these and I think doctors and patients are better off that way.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingImportantRealSufferingSocialMaterialsFindingsConsequenceDoctorsPatientIllnessMental IllnessBiologyBetter OffPsychiatryReal ThingsDoctors And Patients Author:Jonathan Michel Metzl
“I've seen so many horrible and awful results and consequences of people practicing alcoholism. It's murder, I've seen that. I've seen a lot of suicides, a lot of strange sins.” PeopleSinResultsStrangeConsequenceMurderSuicideHorribleAwfulAlcoholism Author:Malachy McCourt
“After a lot of debate and a lot of work, what people decided is, it makes a great deal of sense to be open in the system and allow people to begin to build better flu vaccines. I mean, we're still making them in eggs that come out of chickens. And we can see the consequences of that with the current H1N1 lack of vaccines.” PeopleMeanStillsDealsConsequenceDecidedCurrentsDebateEggsChickensFluVaccinesFlu Vaccine Author:Juan Enriquez
“If you don't have that science and technology and brains as an input, as you don't have in large parts of Latin America, if you don't focus your education on that, if you don't find your 10,000 best scientists, but you do find your 10,000 best soccer players, the consequences are, you become a World Cup Champion in Soccer, like Brazil, but you don't become Korea, which earned 1/5 of what a Mexican did in 1975 and today earns five times more.” IfsWorldTodayAmericaBrainTechnologyFiveFocusPlayerConsequenceScientistCupsSoccerChampionLatinMexicanKoreaLatin AmericaBrazilInputWorld CupScience And TechnologySoccer Player Author:Juan Enriquez
“Until African-Americans and Hispanics can get serious, not just about area studies, which are important, but also about science and technology, they're not going to generate that wealth and that job within those communities. And that has absolutely devastating consequences for the places where people live, for the jobs and for the wealth.” PeopleImportantJobsCommunityWealthTechnologyStudySeriousConsequenceAreasAfrican AmericanScience And Technology Author:Juan Enriquez
“Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.” BelieveStillsAbleDecisionAcceptingConsequenceComplainingI Still BelieveComplainers Author:Grace Jones
“I think what matures us is time, not necessarily our physical bodies. So I think she can probably change as much as human would in the timespan of the show. However, I do think as a human you reach a point where there's a certain amount of humility and acceptance of life and its consequences when you see your own body change and age, and the pounds come or the wrinkles come.” ThinkingHumansShowsBodyAgeCertainAcceptanceHumilityAmountConsequencePoundsWrinklesPhysical BodyBody Change Author:Deborah Ann Woll
“I will stress once again that we do not know the source from which the UFOs or the alien beings come whether or not, for example, they originate in the physical universe as modern astrophysics has described it). But they manifest in the physical world and bring about definable consequences in that domain.” KnowsWorldUniverseModernExampleSourceConsequenceStressAliensManifestDomainUfoAstrophysics Author:Jacques Vallee
“So long as we are brave enough to accept the consequences of our actions, no one can take away our freedom of choice.” LongEnoughActionChoicesAcceptingConsequenceBraveryBraveOur ActionsFreedom Of ChoiceConsequences Of Our Actions Author:Mike Norton
“One of the greatest evils is the foolishness of a good man. For the giving man to withhold helping someone in order to first assure personal fortification is not selfish, but to elude needless self-destruction; martyrdom is only practical when the thought is to die, else a good man faces the consequence of digging a hole from which he cannot escape, and truly helps no one in the long run.” MenGivingFirstsLongSelfHelpingRunningFacesOrderDiesEvilConsequenceDestructionSelfishPracticalsHolesGood ManLong RunsFoolishnessThanksgivingDiggingSelf DestructionMartyrdomEludeHelping SomeoneNot SelfishFortificationDigging A Hole Author:Mike Norton
“I have lived under the threat of death for a year now. And because of that, I have made choices. Listen to me. I alone should suffer the consequences of those choices, no one else. And those consequences, they're coming. No more prolonging the inevitable.” ShouldYearsMadeSufferingChoicesConsequenceThreatInevitableInsightfulListen To MeProlongingSuffering The Consequences Author:Walter White
“The difficulty is not making a decision, it's living with the consequences.” DecisionConsequenceDifficulty Author:Micah Baldwin
“What is forgiving? Forgiving is giving up all claim on one who had hurt you and letting go of the emotional consequences of the hurt. How can we do that? It's done at the price of beating back our pride. By nature we are selfish. Forgiving, by definition, is unselfish. Being hurt by another person wounds our pride. Pride stands in the way of forgiving. We cannot forgive without God's help. It might be possible for us to forgive something inconsequential without God's help; but in significant matters, we are unlikely to accomplish anything without God's involvement in the process.” WayGivingPersonsMatterDoneHelpingMightProcessHurtEmotionalPrideLetting GoGiving UpConsequenceClaimsForgivingDefinitionsAccomplishSelfishWoundsSignificantBitternessUnlikelyInvolvementUnselfishWithout GodBeing HurtInconsequential Author:Richard Walters
“The communications revolution has given millions of people both a wider and more detailed understanding of the world. Because of technology, ordinary citizens enjoy access to information that formerly was available only to elites and nation-states. One consequence of this change is that citizens have become acutely conscious of environmental destruction, entrenched poverty, health catastrophes, human rights abuses, failing education systems, and escalating violence. Another consequence is that people possess powerful communication tools to coordinate efforts to attack those problems.” PeopleWorldHumansStatesProblemGivenNationsEnjoyUnderstandingPowerfulEffortEducationPovertyMillionsTechnologyRightsViolenceFailingInformationCommunicationRevolutionCitizensHealthyOrdinaryConsciousConsequenceToolsDestructionAbuseEnvironmentalHuman RightsAvailableAccessElitesCatastropheEducation SystemCoordinatesOrdinary CitizensAccess To InformationEscalatingEnvironmental Destruction Author:David Bornstein
“Courage is......following your conscience instead of "following the crowd." Sacrificing personal gain for the benefit of others. Speaking your mind even though others don't agree. Taking complete responsibility for your actions and your mistakes. Doing what you know is right, regardless of the consequence.” KnowsInspirationalMindActionMistakeResponsibilitySacrificeBenefitsConscienceConsequenceGainsAgreeCrowdsFollowingPersonal GainFollowing The Crowd Author:Eric Harvey
“And it's a lie that has consequences, because the great American dream is to have a good job, and in recent years, America has failed to deliver that dream more than it has at any time in recent memory. A good job is an individual's primary identity, their very self-worth, their dignity - it establishes the relationship they have with their friends, community and country. When we fail to deliver a good job that fits a citizen's talents, training and experience, we are failing the great American dream.” YearsSelfCountryDreamJobsAmericaLyingIndividualCommunityMemoriesFailingTalentIdentityCitizensFitTrainingConsequenceDignitySelf WorthPrimariesAmerican DreamGood JobNotableGreat AmericanTraining And Experience Author:Jim Clifton
“Gifford Pinchot points out that in colonial and pioneer days the forest was a foe and an obstacle to the settler. It had to be cleared away... But [now] as a nation we have not yet come to have a proper respect for the forest and to regard it as an indispensable part of our resources-one which is easily destroyed but difficult to replace; one which confers great benefits while it endures, but whose disappearance is accompanied by a train of evil consequences not readily foreseen and positively irreparable.” EvilNationsDifficultBenefitsConsequenceResourcesRegardTrainEndureObstaclesForestsDestroyedIndispensableFoePositivelyPioneersDisappearanceSettlersForeseenIrreparable Author:Richard E. Blackwelder
“The moment before I jump is filled with anxiety and what-ifs. But then as soon as I enter the air, I'm filled with this calmness and that's the main attraction to it. That's why I do these death-consequence pursuits or arts.” IfsArtMomentsAirAnxietyConsequenceFilledAttractionPursuitCalmness Author:Dean Potter
“To be more precise, it's ethics and liberation, and as a consequence there is an ethics of liberation.” EthicsConsequenceLiberationPrecise Author:Tariq Ramadan
“As more and more people recognize the level of violence involved and the consequences of CTE [chronic traumatic encephelopathy, a degenerative brain disorder], they're obviously going to say "We don't want this to be a part of culture." And they overlook the fact that there's a huge swath of the populace where physicality is still a real common thing.” PeopleWantStillsRealFactsCultureLevelsCommonBrainViolenceHugeInvolvedConsequenceDisorderPhysicalityCommon Things Author:Chuck Klosterman
“My role in the government was not to think about narratives and consistency with narratives, but think of the human consequences of rules.” ThinkingHumansGovernmentRolesConsequenceNarrativeConsistency Author:Cass Sunstein
“I remember Anthony Perkins saying, "Real is not necessarily interesting." So real is not enough. But what happens as an actor is that you're really trained to listen and to be open and have empathy. It's such a natural consequence that you end up being more political. You can empathize with the mother whose kids are going to be sent to Iraq, or you can emphasize with the mother who is losing their child to a disease. How could you not then be active? So you're automatically drawn to that aspect in the rest of your life.” ChildrenRealEndsEnoughHappensKidsRememberPoliticalMotherActorsNaturalInterestingDiseaseLosingEmpathyConsequenceAspectIraqActiveRest Of Your LifeNatural Consequences Author:Susan Sarandon
“The great American denial riff is that you can do whatever you like and you always triumph at the end. The world is saying no, you can do what you like, but there are consequences. And maturity is to be able to turn to the consequences and accept them.” WorldEndsAbleTurnsCan DoAcceptingConsequenceDenialTriumphMaturitySaying NoGreat American Author:George Saunders