“If we did not have a patent system, it would be irresponsible, on the basis of our present knowledge of its economic consequences, to recommend instituting one. But since we have had a patent system for a long time, it would be irresponsible, on the basis of our present knowledge, to recommend abolishing it.” IfsLongWould BeEconomicLong TimeConsequenceBasesIrresponsiblePatents Author:Fritz Machlup
“The thing that always interests me from a storytelling point of view is how that moment of trauma, whatever the trauma is, even divorce, your dog dies, whatever it is, the consequence, in terms of people's emotional lives and the way it resonates behaviorally for a long time is really the stuff that interests me.” PeopleWayLongMomentsDiesStuffTermInterestViewsDogEmotionalLong TimeConsequenceDivorceTraumaPoint Of ViewStorytellingThat MomentEmotional Life Author:Steven Bochco
“Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions.” LongSometimesHappensActionLong TimeConsequenceSeriesOur ActionsVacuumsConsequences Of Our Actions Author:Khaled Hosseini
“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
“I think people are more in contact now with the consequences of war than they've been for a very long time. And that's what amazes me when sometimes politicians seem to forget their history. They don't look and re-learn about what has happened before. Maybe they haven't got the memory, maybe they're already too young, but you can see how we become puffed up, and how we as a nation rise so quickly if we're not careful.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksLongWarSometimesSeemsYoungNationsMemoriesForgetHappenedHavensPoliticianLong TimeConsequenceCarefulContact Author:Michael Morpurgo
“It is such a secret place, the land of tears. That is what the narrator ofThe Little Prince says after the little prince argues with him the first time about matters of consequence. And he was right. My land of tears had been a secret for a very long time.” FirstsLittlesLongMatterSecretLandTearsLong TimeConsequenceFirst TimeArguingNarratorsSecret Places Author:Megan Hart