#consequences

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

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Now here I am almost 52 years old, it's really easy. I'm way more at peace. But when you're a competitor, and you're as intent on becoming the best in the world as I was, it comes with consequences. ↗

— Kirk Gibson

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Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action. ↗

— Augustus Hare

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Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did. ↗

— Rafik Hariri

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People make mistakes - they say things they shouldn't have or didn't necessarily mean. But I strongly believe in consequences. If there are none, someone might feel like they've gotten away with something, or that what they said couldn't have been that bad. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#bad #been #believe #consequences #feel

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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I am now in that happy comfortable state that I do not hesitate to indulge in any fancy in regard to diet, but watch the consequences, and do not continue any course which adds to weight or bulk and consequent discomfort. ↗

— William Banting

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Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things. ↗

— Bruce Barton

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