Famous Quotes & Sayings

Susanne Bier

People don't necessarily do evil deeds because they want to; people happen to do something with horrible consequences even if they meant to be kind.

I've lived here since 1982, and when the trees start re-budding in November and the winters are lame like they have been, and each summer it seems the heat comes earlier and stays longer. ... I just think it's unfortunate we have to think extreme heat could have devastating consequences on people's health in Minnesota. But it's creeping north.

Sometimes it takes days or weeks to figure out what the long-term consequences are going to be.

Schools rely on these results. It has tremendous consequences for hundreds of our schools.

This is a situation that could have had some tragic consequences. But the students who alerted the staff showed an interest in the safety of their school -- and they did the right thing.

This is one of the consequences of the permanent loss of manufacturing jobs to Asia. In the past, that sector was the route to upward income mobility for marginally educated workers.

We have indicated to them that should there be incidents like there were today, there will be consequences.

To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and irritation.

Ben Shapiro

There are times that everyone hates his or her job. Were they freed from the economic consequences of having these jobs, they'd drop out of the workforce. There are only two problems with this strategy: First, someone has to pay for it; second, it is not the recipe for human fulfillment.

At the moment, everybody keeps the Palestinian people from suffering the consequences from their own policy.

We're disappointed in the conclusions. I think there's serious constitutional consequences to it. Who knows what other revenue-raising measures could be slipped into legislation.

Underage drinking kills people in Shelton. There are a lot of immediate consequences to drinking.

John Sununu

To have a system where you risk cutting customers off in such a short time frame? It's unintended consequences.

The race to provide suitable shelter in time is not lost yet, but the consequences of failure, resulting from the lack of relief funds, could result in the deaths of vulnerable people.

Paul Cook

There can be no doubt this has serious consequences with educational services and employee morale.

We have a duty to prevent the consequences of assault.

Bill Hemmer

This was a collision of misinformation where the consequences meant life or death for the families waiting here.

Chester Nimitz

Is the proposed operation likely to succeed? What might the consequences of failure? Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of material and supplies"? Chester W

James Harrison

Water looks so innocent much of the time, but with a flood it's not over when it's over. Its consequences go on for months. When people see their homes wrecked, and then the mildew and decay set in and they realize that life as they've known it is turned upside down, this can simply be overwhelming.

Todd Gitlin

We are in the midst of a tremendous global revolution, ... and the consequences are on a scale that are hitherto unprecedented.

Rick Santorum

You have people who don't heed those warnings and then put people at risk as a result of not heeding those warnings. There may be a need to look at tougher penalties on those who decide to ride it out and understand that there are consequences to not leaving.

Helen Hayes

Life would give her everything of consequence, life would shape her, not we. All we were good for was to make the introductions.

Make sure you're putting yourself in a situation this weekend where the consequences are not going to come back and haunt you next week.

Obviously there have to be consequences. He could have gotten himself killed.

Petroleum earnings go up and down with the volatility in the openly and globally traded commodities in which we deal. ... History teaches us that punitive measures hastily crafted in reception to short-term market manipulations, will likely have unintended negative consequences including creating disincentives for investment.

Hugh Grant

But the difference between a good film and real life is that in real life, there's the next day, the next year, the next lifetime to contemplate the ruinous consequences of easy applause.

Alan Greenspan

But as we struggle to make sense of our profound loss and its immediate consequences for the economy, ... we must not lose sight of our longer-run prospects, which have not been significantly diminished by these terrible events.

Cindy Williams

Basically, we've tried to make them look at the consequences of their behavior, whether it was good or bad.

John McGuire

If someone has slandered or libeled me ... obviously they are going to pay the consequences.

If this minor did not want to have this birth, is that a good outcome? What are the consequences to the offspring of the women who have the unintended birth?

Franco Frattini

Should the accusations be accurate, I would be forced to draw serious consequences,

I find this more troubling than deception in the political campaigns. The level of misunderstanding and the consequences of misunderstanding can be much more dramatic. If we don't hold the right people accountable and the right processes accountable, we'll risk having another catastrophe without real preparedness, and more people will die needlessly.

But if we fail, the consequences for societies, economies and global public health could be immeasurable.