I want to be clear. No company is too big to be prosecuted. We have zero tolerance for corporate fraud, but we also recognize the importance of avoiding collateral consequences whenever possible. ~By Alberto Gonzales ~
Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things. ~By Bruce Barton ~
I think video games and that stuff should be as violent as possible, but age-appropriate. It should be realistic. When it's not realistic you run into kids running around shooting people and not realizing the consequences. ~By Darren Aronofsky ~
Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious. ~By George Bernard Shaw ~
Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess. ~By Walter Savage Landor ~
What you do as president has consequences. ~By Steve Forbes ~
America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to. ~By Larry Elder ~
People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it. ~By Bernard de Mandeville ~
Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences. ~By C. L. R. James ~
I just love having a buzz all the time, regardless of the consequences. ~By Mark Roberts ~
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. ~By Margaret J. Wheatley ~
Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices. ~By Alfred A. Montapert ~
There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences. ~By P. J. O'Rourke ~
The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself. ~By John F. Kerry ~
Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences. ~By Isadora Duncan ~
The absurd consequences of neglecting structure but using the concept of order just the same are evident if one examines the present terminology of information theory. ~By Rudolf Arnheim ~
If we keep on ignoring and leaving children to their own devices at home, they become latchkey kids, and trust me, the consequences of that are not good. ~By Eric Braeden ~
Granted, prostate exams aren't the most enjoyable things in the world, but they only last about 10 seconds. It's well worth it. Just think of the possible consequences if you don't get it done. ~By Len Dawson ~
A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences. ~By Whittaker Chambers ~
Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place. ~By Margaret J. Wheatley ~
In my case, I learned that although God loves us, he doesn't grant us immunity from the consequences of our choices. ~By Donna Rice ~
Anyone who considers using a weapon of mass destruction against the United States or its allies must first consider the consequences... We would not specify in advance what our response would be, but it would be both overwhelming and devastating. ~By William J. Perry ~
The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction. ~By Tim Holden ~
The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may. ~By Woodrow Wilson ~
I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences. ~By Peter Tosh ~
When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways, very difficult to even have a proper criterion of success. So, it's a difficult task. ~By George Soros ~
Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God. ~By Robert Dale Owen ~
I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result. ~By Michael Jordan ~
When the toddler does something and there are consequences for his action civilization begins. ~By Alicia F. Lieberman ~
The consequences of decisions don't just affect spreadsheets... They affect, in fundamental ways, the lives of people and they often mean the difference between life and death. ~By Phil Bredesen ~
The serious crimes by the Sudanese government and the government-supported militias must be met with serious consequences. We must work for tough international economic sanctions on the Sudanese government. ~By Allyson Schwartz ~
The idea is that the state doesn't have rights to limit individuals' wants and passions. I disagree with that. I think we absolutely have rights because there are consequences to letting people live out whatever wants or passions they desire. ~By Rick Santorum ~
The best doctors and the best hospitals in America, if they cannot get the patient information they need when they need it, it can lead to morbid consequences: Higher mortality. ~By Timothy Murphy ~
I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime. ~By Elisabeth Kubler-Ross ~
There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which God offers you tomorrow. ~By Joseph Barber Lightfoot ~
Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences. ~By Walt Alston ~
It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do. ~By Whoopi Goldberg ~
If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences. ~By Garry Kasparov ~
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. ~By Josiah Stamp ~
At this level, the individual perceives the maintenance of the expectations of his family, group, or nation as valuable in its own right, regardless of immediate and obvious consequences. ~By Lawrence Kohlberg ~
The truth is often terrifying, which I think is one of the motifs of Larry and Andrew's cinema. The cost of knowledge is an important theme. In the second and third films, they explore the consequences of Neo's choice to know the truth. It's a beautiful, beautiful story. ~By Keanu Reeves ~
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality. ~By Lord Acton ~
All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions. ~By Reinhold Niebuhr ~
Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth. ~By Aaron Hill ~
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say. ~By Jawaharlal Nehru ~
There was a beautiful time in the beginning when I just did it and didn't analyze the consequences, but I think that time ends in everyone's work. ~By Lynda Barry ~
I want to be a jerk like the rest of my friends, and have fun, and not care about the consequences, but I just can't now. ~By Leonardo DiCaprio ~
Responsible choice involves consequences, not the least of which are relinquishments all along our way. ~By Marsha Sinetar ~
It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences of your actions. ~By David Blunkett ~
As this body of knowledge has evolved, a much more critical job for researchers and scientists has evolved into explaining and educating policy makers and the public to the risks of global warming and the possible consequences of action or of no action. ~By John Olver ~
Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences. ~By Vince Cable ~
Ever since Eve started it all by offering Adam the apple, woman's punishment has been to supply a man with food then suffer the consequences when it disagrees with him. ~By Helen Rowland ~
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. ~By Howard Berman ~
Mr. Speaker, our Nation must no longer be complacent about underage drinking and its alarming consequences. We must bring this national public health crisis out of the shadow and into the bright light of a national priority. ~By Lucille Roybal Allard ~
Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values. ~By Sidney Hook ~
In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of such a war, and to methods for coping with the consequences should war occur despite our efforts to avoid it. ~By Herman Kahn ~
A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode. ~By Chanakya ~
Faith is not trying to believe something regardless of the evidence. Faith is daring to do something regardless of the consequences. ~By Sherwood Eddy ~
I think a commission set up to examine slavery and the consequences of it, would probably be a very fruitful, important dialogue for the United States to be involved in. ~By Bob Matsui ~
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation. ~By Thomas Huxley ~
Sometime they don't let you know that they know that they don't know everything, but the core of the medical approach is that you try to identify pathologies, which are subsystems within the human body or the larger system that are having undesirable consequences. ~By Guy Burgess ~
The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective. ~By Richard Schickel ~
A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment. ~By Warren E. Burger ~
A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes. ~By Helmut Jahn ~
The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again. ~By B. F. Skinner ~
Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending will have economic consequences, including new taxes being imposed by the new progressives. ~By Karl Rove ~
I mean that the function of the police is to solve problems that have law-enforcement consequences in a way that is based on a genuine partnership with the neighborhood in both the venting of the problem and the discussion of the solution. ~By James Q. Wilson ~
Coping with the demands of everyday life would be exceedingly trying if one could arrive at solutions to problems only by actually performing possible options and suffering the consequences. ~By Albert Bandura ~
This is technology that will not go away. And to risk it moving into the hands of a terrorist group like al Qaeda or to other focused enemies of the United States, would have tragic consequences. ~By John Sununu ~
The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior. ~By M. Scott Peck ~
The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups. ~By Henry Hazlitt ~
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. ~By William Banting ~
Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarrassing family, friends, and even strangers. ~By Natalie Portman ~
Absolute faith can blind you to the consequences of the actions you allow. It can tell you it's okay to drop bombs on another country, or that it's okay to hate a group of people such as homosexuals. ~By Andrew Denton ~
Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences. ~By Marcus Garvey ~
The Taliban and its backers bear the responsibility for the consequences of this outrageous act. ~By Amanullah Khan ~
The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little. ~By Charles Caleb Colton ~
Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men. ~By Thomas Huxley ~
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? ~By Chester W. Nimitz ~
My own work in spin glass and its consequences has formed some of the intellectual basis for these interests. ~By Philip Warren Anderson ~
Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of dying at the time of biological demise. ~By Stanislav Grof ~
The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior. ~By J. Philippe Rushton ~
But we must not, if we are loyal, disperse our energies in a partisan warfare that is waged without regard to its consequences to the well being, security, or honor of the country. ~By Bainbridge Colby ~
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. ~By William James ~
There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with. ~By Woodrow Wilson ~
Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions. ~By Karl Kraus ~
In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do in mine. ~By Steig Larsson ~
We seek the truth and will endure the consequences. ~By Charles Seymour ~
But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory. ~By Talcott Parsons ~
Our communities face many challenges, from keeping our kids safe in public, to the war on terrorism. But few have such immediate consequences as we face from methamphetamine. ~By Mark Kennedy ~
Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices. ~By Alfred A. Montapert ~
We must recognize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious. ~By Gaylord Nelson ~
Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it. ~By Francis Wright ~
Every decision that they take has enormous consequences, and ripple out from the White House. ~By Sidney Blumenthal ~
One of the key issues will be personal honour vs. the good of the many, and unforeseen consequences. ~By Raymond E. Feist ~
If a man will make a purchase of a chance he must abide by the consequences. ~By Richard Richards ~
We judged that a sudden, disorderly failure of Bear would have brought with it unpredictable but severe consequences for the functioning of the broader financial system and the broader economy, with lower equity prices, further downward pressure on home values, and less access to credit for companies and households. ~By Timothy Geithner ~
I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences. ~By J. Michael Straczynski ~
Our country was thereby saved from the consequences of its distracting individualistic conception of democracy, and its merely legal conception of nationality. It was because the followers of Jackson and Douglas did fight for it, that the Union was preserved. ~By Herbert Croly ~
Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another. ~By Thomas Hobbes ~
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