“While the collateral consequences of drugs such as cocaine are indisputably severe, they are not unlike those which flow from the misuse of other, legal, substances.” LawScienceResponsibilityKnowledgeDrugConsequenceFlowToleranceSubstanceSevereCocaineProhibitionMisuseCollateral Author:Byron White
“A critic is never too severe when he only detects the faults of an author. But he is worse than too severe when, in consequence of this detection, be presumes to place himself on a level with genius.” LevelsGeniusConsequenceFaultsCriticsSevereDetection Book:The works of Walter Savage Landor [ed. by J. Forster]. Source: The works of Walter Savage Landor [ed. by J. Forster].
“I think that will only really change when the human races begins to suffer some of the extremely severe consequences of climate change which may be some decades ahead. They will then realise, as we have with the financial crisis, that we are up against the wall and hitting the buffers and we have got to change.” ThinkingHumansMaySufferingRaceWallConsequenceCrisisClimateClimate ChangeFinancialDecadesHuman RaceRealisingHittingSevereFinancial Crisis Author:Michael Meacher
“Some recent occurrences such as the BSE disaster and even perhaps - dare I mention it - the present severe weather conditions in our country are, I have no doubt, the consequences of mankind's arrogant disregard of the delicate balance of nature. We have to find a way of ensuring that our remarkable and seemingly beneficial advances in technology do not just become the agents of our own destruction.” WayCountryTechnologyDoubtConditionsMankindBalanceConsequenceDestructionEnvironmentalDareDisasterWeatherOur CountryAgentsNo DoubtRemarkableDelicateArrogantSevereBeneficialStewardshipDisregard Author:Prince Charles
“Photography's ability to blur truth and fiction is one of its most compelling qualities. But when misused... this ambiguity can have severe, even lethal consequences.... Photography's ambiguity, beautiful in one context, can be devastating in another.” BeautifulAbilityFictionQualityPhotographyConsequenceCompellingSevereAmbiguityBlurMisused Author:Taryn Simon
“I'm the strongest advocate you can imagine for doing things honestly and paying your taxes. Take advantage of every tax break you're legally entitled to. But I follow the letter of the law, because the consequences are severe if you're caught. I was a perpetrator at one time and suffered severe consequences. It is difficult in some places, but if you live in places like California, move somewhere else to save some money.” IfsMovingLawDifficultBreakImagineTaxesConsequenceAdvantageLettersCaughtHonestlyCaliforniaStrongestOne TimeEntitledSevereSomewhere ElsePerpetratorsTax Breaks Author:Michael Franzese
“Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country.” WantCountryEvilNaturalJusticePrinciplesVirtueDemocracyConsequenceTerrorFierceSeverePromptsNatural ConsequencesPressing On Author:Maximilien Robespierre
“The dome of the U.S. Capitol has fallen into severe disrepair... As the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, which oversees matters of the Capitol's physical plant, I have serious concerns about the consequences of omitting this funding from the stopgap spending measure.” MatterSeriousConsequenceConcernPlantSpendingAdministrationFallenSenateCommitteesSevereFundingChairmanCapitolDomesOmitting Author:Charles Schumer
“If Christians will obey the instructions given to them by Christ and his inspired apostles, they will adorn the religion of the Bible, and save themselves much perplexity and severe trials, which they attribute to their afflictions in consequence of believing unpopular truth.” IfsBelieveChristianGivenChristConsequenceInspiredTrialsAttributesInstructionSevereAfflictionApostlesPerplexity Author:Ellen G. White
“It is very natural for young men to be vehement, acrimonious and severe. For as they seldom comprehend at once all the consequences of a position, or perceive the difficulties by which cooler and more experienced reasoners are restrained from confidence, they form their conclusions with great precipitance. Seeing nothing that can darken or embarrass the question, they expect to find their own opinion universally prevalent, and are inclined to impute uncertainty and hesitation to want of honesty, rather than of knowledge.” MenWantFormYoungNaturalOpinionSeeingHonestyPositionConsequenceDifficultyConclusionUncertaintyPerceiveYoung ManSevereHesitationVehement Book:The Rambler Source: The Rambler