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Consequences Quotes

I hadn’t fully grasped how much of a risk I was taking. If anybody in my family found out what I was doing, there would be repercussions – I knew how vindictive they were – but there was no way to gauge how serious the consequences might be. I had to take Donald down.

– Mary Trump

Acknowledging helping The New York Times with its prize-winning investigation into the Donald Trump’s tax history.

For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.

– Ian Lustick

‘The Guardian,’ with its deep journalistic traditions, is careful about context and explanation. It sees itself as a gatekeeper, and it worries about consequences.

– Graydon Carter

A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.

– Helmut Jahn

Above all, we must avoid the pitfalls of tribalism. If we are divided among ourselves on tribal lines, we open our doors to foreign intervention and its potentially harmful consequences.

– Haile Selassie

I’m not a war photographer. I’ve always dealt with the consequences of conflict.

– Giles Duley

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.

– Harry Emerson Fosdick

My childlike qualities sometimes lead me to jump into projects without thinking of the consequences.

– Howie Mandel

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

– Henry Kissinger

Since our economy is closely allied with that of foreign countries, not one of us can be indifferent to what consequences these disturbances can have at home and abroad.

– Hjalmar Schacht

When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.

– Jorge Ramos

Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed.

– James Otis

When the Israeli leaders launched their expansionist war in June 1967 they never envisaged that 40 years later they would still be haunted by the consequences.

– Ismail Haniyeh

Consider what it is like to go into a new classroom and to see before you suddenly, and in a way you cannot avoid recognizing, the dreadful consequences of a year’s wastage of so many lives.

– Jonathan Kozol

The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.

– John F. Kerry

I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it’s too late.

– Jo Brand

It’s very difficult for the family members of ICE agents, and it’s very difficult for ICE agents to know what’s right and what’s wrong and why should I get engaged and go out there and enforce the law when I don’t know what it means any more to have consequences.

– James Lankford

Too many couples break up without understanding the consequences for their families.

– Iain Duncan Smith

The consequences of ignoring the Lord and His prophets are certain and often accompanied by great sorrow and regret.

– Joseph B. Wirthlin

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

– James Lovelock

I live with the fact that while I am playing, I am going to give everything I have, and I will live with those consequences.

– J. J. Watt

Steroids can seem necessary to compete at the highest levels, and the quick rewards can outweigh the long term consequences to the user’s health.

– Howard Berman

I’ve made a decision and now I must face the consequences.

– J. Michael Straczynski

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

– Jawaharlal Nehru

Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.

– C. L. R. James

As a novelist, I remain interested in the notion of a single reckless act and its consequences.

– Anita Shreve

In India, there are real consequences to inattention; drivers who jeopardize pedestrians can be lynched on the spot.

– Bharati Mukherjee

Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.

– Aaron Hill

I watch old ‘Truth or Consequences’ on Hulu. ‘Concentration.’ And ‘The Match Game’ with Gene Rayburn.

– Billy Crystal

We have ministers who are incapable of doing what has been ordered from above because there is no follow up, because there are no consequences. If you are poor man and you steal, your hand is cut off after three offences. But if you are a rich man, nobody will say anything to you.

– Basmah bint Saud

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