“I'm gut all the way, which is why I think I'm so connected to shows like Falling Water and even The Walking Dead, which is all about the mortal consequences of our actions. Generally, we act first and realize the consequences later.” ThinkingActionFallWaterRealizingWalkingConsequenceGutsWalking Dead Author:Gale Anne Hurd
“I believe there are two types of decision-makers - those who lead with their gut and those who make lists of pros and cons, and fully anticipate the consequences.” BelieveI BelieveConsequenceGuts Author:Yvette Nicole Brown
“Any profession should have norms around the issue you raise. And, in the words of the great economic thinker Albert Hirschman, we all owe a measure of loyalty to professional norms. But when the norms seem unhelpful or unproductive, one needs to speak up - to activate voice. And in the extreme, if the profession and one's colleagues seem estranged from a thoughtfully selected course of action, you need to consider the possibility of exit. Of course, if you knowingly violate norms or laws, you need to be prepared to face the consequences - or to lead a revolution!” ActionSpeakEconomicPossibilityRevolutionConsequenceProfessionLoyaltyThinkerBe PreparedNorm Author:Howard Gardner
“The violence that has been going on incessantly in our community, getting worse and worse by the day, when we are slaughtering ourselves in unprecedented numbers; filled with self-hatred for each other in a spirit of retaliation and revenge. You kill my dog, I'll kill your cat, as though there are no consequences for this behavior, I have warned us about for the last three, nearly four decades telling our people we're going to have to pay a price for this.” PeopleSpiritCommunityViolenceDogBehaviorConsequenceCatRevengeMy DogIncessantlyRetaliation Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Historically, the idea that you take something novel and you break it has been seen as the ultimate rejection of Enlightenment values, of progress, of civilization - because how could you possibly move forward if you break technology? I think that that misses the point, that if you introduce any kind of technology, what you're introducing is a new way of living and the consequences of that new way of living for people who were enmeshed in a different way of living need to be thought through.” PeopleThinkingKindDifferentMovingValuesBreakTechnologyNovelProgressMissingEnlightenmentConsequenceUltimateMoving ForwardRejectionIntroducing Author:Sheila Jasanoff
“If we were immortal, then life would be meaningless, because nothing would be of consequence. Certainly one way of taking the edge off the prospect of our inevitable demise is to ponder how much more horrendous it would be if we persisted in perpetuity. And yet, if you told me I had X number of days left to live, I would lobby for X plus one.” ConsequenceInevitableImmortalMeaninglessPondering Author:Sheldon Solomon
“I have a new theory of history, which is certain things happen because they seem like a good idea at the time. And suburbia seemed like a good idea at the time, but it was a special time and place in history, with special dynamics. And now, we're going to have to live with the consequences of that. And the consequences will be tragic.” SpecialConsequenceThings HappenTragicSuburbia Author:James Howard Kunstler
“Always being on the move has strange consequences. I meet so many amazing people, for a night, or sometimes just a few days. And I know they are not going to become people I communicate with every day. Life becomes very ephemeral.” PeopleSometimesMovingNightStrangeConsequenceCommunicateAmazing People Author:Gaspar Claus
“Some among the European elite have sought out confrontation with us. As a consequence, we won't help Europe, although we could do so when it comes to the refugee question. A joint closure of borders would be essential. In this regard, the Russians would be 10 times more effective than the Europeans.” HelpingConsequenceRefugeeConfrontationClosure Author:Sergey Karaganov
“We in Germany could, for example, lower taxes. And who is against that? The Social Democrats. We could also mobilize more private investments for public infrastructure projects liken the construction of highways. But the Social Democrats also reject this, even though they are at times similar to others abroad in their carping about the surplus. Incidentally, some of the consequences of the good economic situation are strong increases in wages, rising pensions and a strong labor market.” StrongSituationEconomicTaxesConsequenceLaborDemocratInvestmentConstructionPension Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag -if they do, they must be consequences -perhaps loss of citizenship or year in a jail.” LossConsequenceCitizenshipAmerican Flag Author:Donald Trump
“Antonin Scalia knows that freedom of speech has consequences. And the consequences of freedom of speech are speech you don't like, that you don't want to hear, that you don't want to listen to.” ConsequenceFreedom Of Speech Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Italy is the worst country for bureaucracy around the world. And this is very important. If we have a system with a lot of politicians the consequence is 63 government change in 70 years.” WorldImportantCountryWorstPoliticianConsequenceBureaucracy Author:Matteo Renzi
“I have a personal staff that helps me scour the internet and other media for the latest scientific peer-reviewed findings, the latest examples of climate-related extreme weather events, and the latest examples of progress. The world is in the midst of a sustainability revolution that has the scope of the industrial revolution, but with the speed of the digital revolution. That's not enough without new laws and the right kind of political leadership. But it does give us a base from which to build a movement that will save us from the most catastrophic consequences of the climate crisis.” WorldGivingKindEnoughHelpingPoliticalProgressRevolutionInternetConsequenceCrisisSpeedHelp MeSustainabilityIndustrial Revolution Author:Al Gore
“There are people who say, "God is in complete control of everything that happens, and if the Earth is getting warmer, then maybe God intends that." Well, no. God intends for us to take responsibility for how we treat God's creation, and if we choose to use the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet as an open sewer for 110-million tons of global-warming pollution every day, the consequences are attributable to us. And if you are a believer, as I am, I think God intends for us to open our eyes and take responsibility for the moral consequences of our actions.” PeopleThinkingEyeActionEarthResponsibilityMoralCreationConsequenceBelieverAtmospherePollutionTaking Responsibility Author:Al Gore
“There is something attractive about the fact Trump understands the consequences of positions he takes ...he's not afraid to make mistakes, he's also not afraid to admit when he's wrong.” MistakeConsequenceAttractiveMaking MistakesNot Afraid Author:Marjorie Dannenfelser
“I've always enjoyed Twitter. I enjoy it a lot less now that I'm in WWE, I'll be honest. Because the number of idiots that have access to you is exponentially more. I feel like people shouldn't be able to tweet whatever they want without consequences.” PeopleEnjoyHonestConsequenceBeing HonestIdiotTweet Author:Kevin Owens
“In our show, we try to think about consequences, not about tricking the audience or hiding things to fool the audience.” ThinkingTryingAudienceFoolConsequenceHiding Author:Peter Gould
“There is a built-in mechanism by which we respond fairly strongly and fairly negatively to somebody who is being negative or to somebody who is simply disagreeing with us, in which case it's a very unhappy position for our brain to be in. Our brain does not want us to be wrong. Because that has very dire consequences in terms of our overall survival.” TermBrainSurvivalConsequenceNegativeUnhappyWant U Author:Andrew B. Newberg
“One of the consequences of if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, is that all of us now are at risk of being a preexisting - of having a preexisting condition waiting to happen. Life, increasingly, is a preexisting condition waiting to happen, now that we have more and more of this data available.” CareWaitingRiskConsequenceAffordable Author:Atul Gawande
“See, I am the mayor of Realville, and science is not up to a vote. It either is or isn't. Whatever it is, it is or isn't, but it's not up to a vote. Global warming doesn't exist because a "consequences of scientists" agree. Manmade global warming either is happening or it isn't, but it isn't up to a vote. But it is being presented to you as a consequences of scientists. Therefore, the science is not settled. Besides that, we all know that it's a hoax now. It's just some people don't want to accept that, but it is.” PeopleAcceptingConsequenceVoteScientistAgreeGlobal Warming Author:Rush Limbaugh
“People are offering competing visions of what happened in the past. And the justice system is willing to accept either of those competing visions and to impose consequences as a result. When you think of it that way, it's a little bit startling, because we want to believe that there is one truth and, therefore, one justice, whereas, if you have practiced law as long as I have, you realize that there is actually a range of acceptable outcomes.” PeopleThinkingBelieveLongPastRealizingJusticeAcceptingVisionConsequenceCompetingJustice System Author:Scott Turow
“Honesty remains the best policy. If parents use alcohol in moderation in front of young children, that provides the right model. Drug use is more complex because even moderate use can have unforeseen consequences.” ChildrenParentHonestyPolicyDrugConsequenceAlcoholModeration Author:David Elkind
“If we are paying attention to something, it's important. That's how we decide to pay attention. But a communicator can reroute our attention to something that isn't important, but make it seem important as a consequence.” ImportantAttentionConsequencePay Attention Author:Robert Cialdini
“We live in this culture of endless extraction and disposal: extraction from the earth, extraction from people's bodies, from communities, as if there's no limit, as if there's no consequence to how we're taking and disposing, and as if it can go on endlessly. We are reaching the breaking point on multiple levels. Communities are breaking, the planet is breaking, people's bodies are breaking. We are taking too much.” EarthCultureCommunityConsequenceMultiplePoint Break Author:Naomi Klein
“I thought it was a stroke of genius that Hans Selye used the word stress, because it's true that if you don't know how to be in wise relationship to life, certain health consequences are bound to happen. If you stand up 12 hours a day on an assembly line, or constantly tell yourself life is not worth living, the body will respond in certain somewhat predictable ways.” HoursWiseGeniusConsequenceStressPredictable Author:Jon Kabat-Zinn
“The issue in the Bible is not just "Do you believe in God or not?" Everybody believed in gods of some sort. The question was, "Who is truly the only living God?" And if that God is indeed Yahweh the God of Israel, then there are consequences in real life - as shown in the Torah.” BelieveRealConsequenceReal LifeBelieve In GodTorah Author:Christopher J. H. Wright
“I think actually any morality system that rewards only the extremes is a flawed system. Players don't approach life that way, they don't approach games that way, and they shouldn't be trained to approach games that way. They shouldn't be in the mode where, "I've got to choose every good option." They should just play the game. And they should get equal consequences or rewards for that, that are different from the extremes.” ThinkingDifferentPlayerMoralityEqualConsequenceVery GoodFlawed Author:Chris Avellone
“I'm trying to honestly do what I want to do, in the most honest way, and not worry about the consequences, because what's the worst thing that can happen? People don't like it, I go home. I'm not going to get hung by my thumbs. And as long as I don't read the reviews or care about what people say on a website or worry about those kind of things, then I'll probably be very happy.” PeopleTryingKindLongHomeCareWorryWorstHonestConsequenceHonestlyHungVery HappyWebsite Author:Gary Louris
“The Greeks really believed in history. They believed that the past had consequences and that you might be punished for the sins of your father. America, and particularly New York, runs on the idea that history doesn't matter. There is no history. There is only the never-ending present. You don't even have your family because you moved here to get away from them, so even that idea of personal history has been cut at the knees.” RunningPastFatherSinCuttingConsequenceMovedGreekOur FamilyGet Away Author:Christopher Bollen
“Writing style is something is a consequence of who you are. I think that I had a certain propensity for a style that I recognize in my early work, but that doesn't mean I didn't have to learn certain basics and the longer you write the better you get. The rhythms come from you. If the rhythm seem to echo the music, then that's delightful if people see that, but it's certainly not something that's intentional on my part. I'm trying to be as clear and precise as I can be and at the same time, I'm trying to be eloquent and witty and entertaining. I mean, writing should be a pleasure.” PeopleThinkingWritingTryingMeanPleasureStyleConsequenceWho You AreWittyRhythmEloquentWriting Style Author:Gary Giddins
“I'm actually in a funny place now where I'm more secure than I've ever been. My career is more stable than it's ever been and that's nice, but it's put this thought in my mind where I'm like, "I have more to lose now." I still have to remind myself that I can't be quiet and back away from the things that have got me here, which is kind of doing it my way and not necessarily caring what the consequences are. A lot of that comes back to music.” MindKindNiceQuietConsequenceCaringMy Way Author:Chris Gethard
“How can we trace out the links between actions that people take today and really long-term outcomes for humanity - outcomes that stretch out indefinitely into the future? I call this effort macrostrategy - that is, to think about the really big strategic situation for having a positive impact on the long-term future. There's the butterfly effect: A small change in an initial condition could have arbitrarily large consequences.” PeopleThinkingTodayActionHumanityEffortSituationConsequenceButterflyReally LongPositive Impact Author:Nick Bostrom
“The growth of violent extremism is partly a consequence of how the developed world has become complacent and defensive about its own greatness and ambition.” WorldGrowthGreatnessAmbitionConsequenceViolentExtremismComplacent Author:Garry Kasparov
“In the US, we consider our foreign policy as something rooted in the protection of American ideals of democracy and human development. However, we often fail to see the damaging consequences, many of which may be unintended, on others - including Christians - living in other parts of the world.” WorldChristianDemocracyFailingPolicyConsequenceProtectionForeign PolicyHuman Development Author:Ed McBain
“Here`s my point. I don`t want you to be in a position years from now where you welcome Hillary Clinton and say actually you did win. It just wasn`t close enough to make sure that all the votes were counted or whatever. Elections have consequences. Your vote counts. Your vote has consequences.” EnoughWinningConsequenceVoteElectionClintonWelcome Author:Al Gore
“The illusion of control has to be there, but mostly I'm following characters and the consequences of their own decisions, because a lot of the time they made decisions about what to do or how to behave that I had no idea were coming down the pike. As I would sit and try to inhabit a character, they themselves in my imagination would have quite a bit of free will.” TryingCharacterImaginationDecisionIllusionConsequenceBehaveFree WillMy Imagination Author:Bob Shacochis
“It is interesting to see how humans would act if they knew there were never any consequences for their actions because the next day they could wake up and just redo it.” ActionInterestingConsequenceWake Up Author:Tyler James Williams
“The Psychological Recession is the cluster of feelings that the present is really scary and the future will likely be worse. It comes from the sense you have no control over what's happening to you and you don't see a way to get your life back under control. It's the feeling that life is unfair; you paid your dues, you worked hard, and you ended up naked and vulnerable. There is no comfort to be found in the dismissal of the Psychological Recession as being just an idea; it is a real phenomenon with real consequences, all of them bad.” RealFeelingsComfortConsequenceScaryPsychologicalVulnerablePhenomenonUnfairReally Scary Author:Judith M Bardwick
“The nice thing about us lot is that what we do is of no consequence. We don't do things that are important; we spend our lives doing things which are not important. That's what's nice about us, we're not pompous. We never do anything very bad that's gonna change the world. We're not serious, we're butterflies. We live for a day.” WorldImportantNiceSeriousConsequenceChanging The WorldButterflyPompous Author:Marianne Faithfull
“Your desire to please... actors are people pleasers and if somebody says your vocal choice in this was ridiculous or whatever you will come back and do it differently. So, to avoid getting into a situation where you're altering your performance way down the line you have to just not do it at all. It's hard and I have done it in the past to disastrous consequences!” PeopleDonePastDesireChoicesSituationConsequenceRidiculous Author:Romola Garai
“Donald Trump and Eddie Gillespie and the Republicans in the Commonwealth of Virginia are the No. 1 impediment to Medicaid expansion. Voters understand that, and so, when they go to the polls, there's a lot of health care voters in Virginia. There's a lot of health care voters in New Jersey. And when you have a party whose belief is that health care is a privilege for a few, like the Republicans believe, that has consequences.” BelieveCareBeliefPartyRepublicanConsequenceHealth Care Author:Thomas Perez
“One of our great strength, world capitalism, is the most successful economic system possible, but has also become one of shorter and shorter cycles of evaluation. CEOs, companies, stocks, profits and debits change at an ever more accelerated pace in response to the demands of stockholders and the market. We have already experienced some consequences of the shortening cycle of decision making in business, but those are minor in relation to the grand systemic collapse that always eventually results from such accelerating and shortening periods for leadership goals.” WorldGoalDecisionSuccessfulEconomicCapitalismConsequenceRelationResponseDecision MakingCeo Author:Arthur Demarest
“Wisdom is not developable, as if it's a matter of luck or personality or genetics. Well it's just not the case. Wisdom involves our accumulated knowledge about a subject but also a reverence for life, for an understanding that our immediate actions have long-term consequences, and for an appreciation that there are different ways of knowing and understanding situations.” DifferentActionUnderstandingSituationPersonalityConsequenceLuckAppreciationReverence Author:Alan Briskin
“Thoughts have consequences. Healing from anxiety requires healthy thinking. Your challenge is not your challenge. Your challenge is the way you think about your challenge. Your problem is not your problem; it's the way you look at it.” ThinkingProblemChallengesHealingHealthyAnxietyConsequence Author:Max Lucado
“A Thousand Pardons began at the beginning. I wanted it to be one continuous, almost breathless kind of story. In order to do that, it's really hard not to begin at the beginning. There's such a chain of consequence to everything that happens to main characters - it's very hard to break it apart and still be able to hold the plot in your head.” KindCharacterBreakConsequenceBreathless Author:Jonathan Dee
“I think I enjoy regressing. There's a part of living like that that's really fun. It's like there's no consequences: If you want to drink, you drink; if you're hungover the next day and you're late to work, who cares? There's something very appealing about having no accountability in life, but it's just not a way that I had the energy to live forever.” ThinkingCareEnergyFunEnjoyForeverDrinkConsequenceAccountabilityLive Forever Author:Jenna Fischer
“I live a much better life without having to worry about people chasing me. I spent five years in prison from 21 to 26, which is probably the best part of my youth behind bars. I was in some very bad prisons overseas as well. It was not a fun life, it was a very lonely life in reality. I was a smart enough kid to know that I was going to get caught. The law sometimes sleeps, but the law never dies. I knew it was just a matter of time. I would be caught and I'd get punished and face the consequences.” PeopleSometimesEnoughRealityKidsFunSleepWorryYouthSmartConsequenceLonelyPrisonBetter Life Author:Frank Abagnale
“I think that a lot of women get out of the business because it's so not family-friendly. And so women that could be in there making good women-roles don't do it, 'cause they're smart and get out. But I think there is a consequence to that. I think us gals need to stay in and just change the way it works, so men aren't being workaholics and avoiding life and relationships, and they can make films in a reasonable amount of time, so you can have a family and a life outside of work. And have more balanced, content-driven, enjoyable movies.” ThinkingMenFilmSmartConsequenceAvoidingEnjoyableWorkaholicGood Woman Author:Joan Cusack
“We often say that someone has exceptional political or social savvy, but what specific cognitive skills allow these people to handle interpersonal situations so effectively? Typically, socially skilled people are exceptional at recognizing underlying agendas, anticipating the probable effects and likely unintended consequences of a chosen course of action. These specific capabilities determine one's "people smarts."” PeopleActionPoliticalSituationSmartConsequenceDetermineChosenCapabilityExceptionalSavvy Author:Justin Menkes