“Germany suffered most as a consequence of this Peace Treaty and the general insecurity which was bound to arise from it. The unemployment figure rose to a third of the number usually employed in the nation, which means, however, that by counting the families of the unemployed as well there were 26 million people in Germany out of a population of 65 millions faced by an absolutely hopeless future.” PeopleWellsMeanNationsNumbersMillionsFiguresConsequenceThirdsRoseBoundsPopulationAriseGermanyInsecurityHopelessUnemploymentEmployedCountingTreatiesUnemployedPeace Treaties Author:Adolf Hitler
“The coarsening of our culture towards violent death has more consequences than war. Tragically, this same culture has led to the death of 50 million unborn children in the last 40 years. I don't think a civilization can long endure that does not have respect for all human life, born and not yet born. I believe there will come a time when we are all judged on whether or not we took a stand in defense of all life from the moment of conception until our last natural breath.” ThinkingYearsBelieveHumansChildrenLongDoeWarMomentsLastsCultureI BelieveBornNaturalMillionsCivilizationConsequenceBreathsEndureDefenseViolentHuman LifeConceptionJudgedUnbornUnborn ChildViolent Death Author:Rand Paul
“Sex always has consequences. When Hitler's mother spread her legs that night, she effectively canceled out the spreading of fifteen to twenty million other pairs of legs.” MotherNightSexMillionsConsequenceTwentiesLegsSpreadPairsFifteen Author:George Carlin
“The bottom line is not money but some sort of demonic compulsion that drives these people to lash out against Jesus Christ, against Christians, and against anyone who holds to a sincere belief in God, in spite of the fact that it is going to cost them tens of millions of dollars to do it. They are driven to 'make a statement' regardless of the consequences.” PeopleFactsChristianJesusBeliefChristReligiousLinesMillionsCostConsequenceJesus ChristDollarsBottomDrivenStatementsSpiteSincereBottom LineCompulsionBelief In GodLashesDemonic Author:Michael Medved
“In a manner which matches the fortuity, if not the consequence, of Archimedes' bath and Newton's apple, the [3.6 million year old] fossil footprints were eventually noticed one evening in September 1976 by the paleontologist Andrew Hill, who fell while avoiding a ball of elephant dung hurled at him by the ecologist David Western.” IfsYearsScienceMillionsConsequenceBallsWesternEveningHillsApplesSeptemberAvoidingElephantsFossilsBathsNewtonFootprintAndrew Author:John Reader
“There are 41 million people who do not have access to a toilet in Pakistan and as a result they are defecating in the open. And open defecation has significant health and nutritional consequences.” PeopleResultsMillionsHealthConsequenceAccessSignificantPakistanToilets Author:Geeta Rao Gupta
“From wherever the emissions come, they have the same effect: They trap much more heat from the sun, melt the ice, raise the sea level, cause stronger storms, floods, drought, bigger fires, generate millions of climate refugees, destabilize political systems, threaten the growing of food crops and cause a number of other catastrophic consequences which, taken together, threaten the basis for the future of human civilization on the Earth.” HumansEarthTogetherPoliticalCausesLevelsNumbersMillionsSunTakenFireGrowingSeaEffectsCivilizationConsequenceBasesBiggerStrongerRaisesClimateStormIceHeatFloodTrapsRefugeeCropsEmissionsPolitical SystemsDroughtHuman Civilization Author:Al Gore
“If you want to survive in the film industry, it's not about fighting for your visions because that's a given. It's thinking about how much is your vision going to cost, and then, what are the consequences, because you may have $100 million, but the reality is that $100 million needs to make $500 million to be a success.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsMayRealityFilmFightingGivenVisionMillionsIndustryCostConsequenceFilm Industry Author:Cliff Martinez
“Climate change hype has grave real world consequences. It gets rich countries to adopt silly policies and to impose devastating eco-imperialism on poor countries. The world's rich millions can afford environmental extremism; its poor billions can't. Climate change pseudo-science about human causality has been exposed repeatedly. What's less appreciated is that there aren't more natural disasters in need of an explanation.” WorldNeedsHumansHas BeensRealCountryNaturalPoorMillionsRichPolicyConsequenceClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeBillionsSillyDisasterGravesExplanationReal WorldExposedImperialismAppreciatedExtremismHypeGet RichPseudoEcoNatural DisasterCausalityPoor CountriesRich Countries Author:Leon Louw
“There are a few obvious consequences and perhaps one subtle possibility. One obvious thing is that, to stimulate the economy, President Obama has committed to creating millions of green jobs that will leave a legacy - much as Roosevelt's public works did during the new deal.” JobsPresidentDealsMillionsEconomyPossibilityCreatingConsequenceGreenCommittedObviousLegacySubtlePresident ObamaNew DealObvious Things Author:Denis Hayes
“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
“The fact that you have a policy of such consequence directly affecting millions of people and you have a legal question of great consequence about the scope of the president's authority to act in implementing the immigration laws in this way and you have a one-line decision from the court affirming by an equally-divided court, it's an inevitable consequence of where we are.” PeopleWayFactsLawPresidentLinesDecisionMillionsPolicyAuthorityConsequenceCourtImmigrationInevitableDividedScopeAffirmingOne LineImplementingImmigration Laws Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“We know little of the consequences of the geoengineering process, such as spraying particles into the atmosphere that shade the planet from the sun's rays and could decrease its temperature. But this process is how dinosaurs disappeared from the Earth about 60 million years ago, by particles spewed by a volcano or a giant meteorite impact, and our species could follow suit.” KnowsYearsLittlesEarthProcessMillionsSunPlanetsConsequenceYears AgoImpactSpeciesSuitsAtmosphereGiantsShadeRaysParticlesTemperatureDinosaursDecreaseVolcanoesGeoengineering Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China's future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state, the jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.” KnowsYearsMeanChildrenStatesProblemGovernmentJobsPastMillionsIssuesPolicySolutionsConsequenceWesternUniversityCorruptionChinaSolveWelfareGraduatesImmenseDemographicsWelfare State Author:Ai Weiwei
“Melting of the huge Antarctic glaciers, proceeding more rapidly than anticipated, threatens a rise in sea level that will drive tens of millions from the low-lying plains of Bangladesh alone, with disastrous consequences elsewhere.” LyingLevelsMillionsSeaHugeLowsConsequenceElsewhereMeltingProceedingBangladeshGlaciers Author:Noam Chomsky
“If you and I become vegans, the global consequences aren't going to be that much. But if we can get a few hundred million people to become a little more aware and cut back on their animal consumption, the consequences will be great.” PeopleIfsLittlesAnimalMillionsCuttingHundredConsequenceVeganConsumption Author:Moby
“But if you - if what - the reports are true, what they're saying is, is that as a consequence of us getting 30 million additional people health care, at the margins that's going to increase our costs, we knew that.” PeopleIfsCareMillionsHealthCostConsequenceIncreaseHealth CareReportsMargins Author:Barack Obama
“If we find it hard to believe that winning millions might not be so lucky after all, we just don't have a good enough imagination. If I fantasise about winning the lottery, it doesn't take long before all sorts of worrisome potential consequences occur to me.” IfsBelieveLongHardEnoughMightWinningImaginationMillionsLuckyConsequenceGood EnoughLotterySo LuckyHard To BelieveWinning The Lottery Author:Julian Baggini
“Who you get, and how it works out - there's so much luck involved, as well as the million branching consequences of your conscious choice of a mate, that no one and no amount of talking can untangle it if it turns out unhappily.” IfsWellsTurnsChoicesTalkingMillionsAmountInvolvedConsciousConsequenceLuckWork OutMates Author:Ian Mcewan
“Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences...Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives. That sum total of private behavior has worldwide public consequences of enormous magnitude. There are no completely private choices.” ChoicesIndividualMillionsBehaviorConsequenceEnormousOur SocietyPrivate LifeMagnitude Author:James E. Faust
“Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.” PeopleMadeSufferingOpportunityLostPovertyMillionsPromiseDespairConsequenceProfoundIllnessLost Opportunity Author:Ban Ki-moon