#result

The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences. ↗

— George Soros

#consequences #costs #countries #did #extensive

As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came into being. ↗

— Abdolkarim Soroush

#awareness #being #came #consciousness #decline

Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson's administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's brilliant 'whiz kids' tried to micro-manage the Vietnam war, with disastrous results. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#also #brainy #brilliant #defense #disastrous

But the other notion is, we also believe that those folks closest on the ground that we're holding accountable for the results can decide, and ought to evaluate which programs get results. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

#also #believe #closest #decide #evaluate

A significant piece of the wealth that the NFL owners garner is a result of the enormous TV revenues they get - and those revenues are supported by a legislatively granted exemption from the antitrust laws that has been made applicable to sports leagues, primarily the NFL. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#applicable #been #enormous #exemption #garner

The world has conducted a massive macro-economic experiment since the cataclysm of 2008. In Europe, the fans of austerity have had their chance, and the results have been a disaster. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#been #chance #conducted #disaster #europe

Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#begins #cause #confidence #creates #downward

The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#choices #difficulties #due #face #faith

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#because #been #better #does #ever

Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#conventional wisdom #counter #economists #like #often