“I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-aged person, you pay such big consequences for saying, 'I'm just going to devote my life to making art,' or 'I'm going to devote my life to writing novels.' You end up with no resources.” ThinkingWritingPersonsArtEndsBigsArtistPayNovelMiddleConsequenceResourcesHarderMiddle Aged Author:Dana Spiotta
“No one can be responsible for where or how we each begin. No one has the freedom to do anything or everything, and all choices bring consequences. What we choose to do next, though, how to spend our resources or attention or effort, this is what defines us.” MotivationalChoicesNextEffortAttentionConsequenceResourcesResponsibleBeing Responsible Author:Seth Godin
“When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days.” ThinkingFeltNaturalForeverHugeLateConsequenceResourcesUsersNatural Resources Author:Bill Ford
“We do not want an expanding struggle with consequences, that no one can perceive, nor will we bluster or bully or flaunt our power, but we will not surrender and we will not retreat, for behind our American pledge lies the determination and resources, I believe, of all of the American nation.” WantBelieveLyingI BelieveNationsBehindsStruggleConsequenceResourcesDeterminationSurrenderPerceiveRetreatBullyExpandingPledgeBluster Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“The destruction of the environment, its improper or selfish use, and the violent hoarding of the Earth's resources cause grievances, conflicts and wars, precisely because they are the consequences of an inhumane concept of development.” WarUseEarthCausesEnvironmentDevelopmentConflictConceptsConsequenceResourcesDestructionEnvironmentalSelfishViolentSustainabilityGrievanceHoardingInhumane Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“The growing inequality of wealth and income distribution is both a moral and economic problem. If the wealthy are unwilling to pay more taxes, then this is going to lead to spending cuts. And if you put off the table things like national defense, then you're going to end up cutting more and more out of programs that aid the poor. So, I think there are consequences to this idea that tolerance for inequality requires us to - to just do nothing to make the wealthy contribute a higher share of resources to fund the government.” IfsThinkingIdeasEndsProblemGovernmentWealthPoorPayMoralCuttingGrowingShareEconomicHigherTaxesConsequenceResourcesProgramTablesSpendingDefenseAidsToleranceIncomeInequalityFundWealthyDistributionUnwillingNational DefenseEconomic ProblemsSpending CutsIncome Distribution Author:Bruce Bartlett
“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
“If you look at Iraq and Afghanistan's situations, they are quickly becoming much like our reservations. They will have puppet governments funded and controlled by a U.S. Government that siphoned off their resources. You don't have to be an English major to read the writing on the wall; I am in here as a warning to others, just like those men who are in Guantanamo are a warning to others - if you stand up to us you face these same consequences.” IfsMenWritingLooksGovernmentFacesSituationWallBecomingMajorsConsequenceResourcesIraqControlledWarningAfghanistanPuppetsReservationsGuantanamoEnglish MajorWriting On The Wall Author:Leonard Peltier
“Sea level rise and destruction of water resources as glaciers melt alone may have horrendous human consequences.” HumansMayWaterLevelsSeaConsequenceResourcesDestructionGlaciersWater ResourcesSea Level Rise Author:Noam Chomsky
“As a practical matter, it is hard to think of any society in human history in which a majority population has said that as a consequence of historic wrongs, we are now going to take a big chunk of the nation's resources over a long period of time to make that right.” ThinkingHumansLongSaidMatterHardBigsNationsPeriodsConsequenceResourcesMajorityPopulationPracticalsHistoricHuman HistoryChunksLong Periods Of Time Author:Barack Obama
“Economics is a study of cause-and-effect relationships in an economy. It's purpose is to discern the consequences of various ways of allocating resources which have alternative uses. It has nothing to say about philosophy or values, anymore than it has to say about music or literature.” WayPhilosophyUsePurposeValuesLiteratureCausesEconomyStudyEffectsConsequenceResourcesEconomicsVariousAlternativesCause And Effect Book:Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy Source: Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
“Shouldn't we also ask ourselves what the consequences are of scrambling to provide the "most" of everything to our children in a world of fast dwindling resources?” WorldChildrenAsksConsequenceResourcesOur Children Author:John Taylor Gatto