Consequences Quotes

[Clinton also said military action] should always be the last resort ... unexpected consequences. - Saddam Hussein

[But Portis is still the same guy who says exactly what he feels -- offering blunt critiques of the offense on more than one occasion; defending friend and beleaguered teammate Sean Taylor throughout his troubled offseason -- and accepts the consequences.] I don't mean anybody no harm, ... I'm just going to speak my mind, good or bad. - Clinton Portis

[And at a Capitol Hill news conference, Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that huge tax cuts also could have unwanted economic consequences, including higher interest rates, greater inflation and a larger public debt.] The tax cuts that have been put on the table represent a reversal of course, ... Confidence is crucial. It is time for us to make the right and prudent decision. - Lawrence Summers

[After yesterday's crash in the Tour de Rijke, Quick.Step's Tom Boonen managed to train for around 100 kilometres on Sunday morning.] This morning I woke up a little bit worried about the potential consequences of yesterday's fall during the G.P. De Rijke, where I hurt my knee... Fortunately the knee was not swollen. When I started to ride my bike, I understood that the problem was not serious as I feared. I trained for around 100 kilometres without problems, forcing and doing some tests on the knee. Tomorrow I will do a long training ride and then Wednesday, as scheduled, I will fly to Granada. In the Tour de France I was unlucky, yesterday not. - Tom Boonen

[A true atheist is one who is willing to face the full consequences of what it means to say there is no God. Given some of what we treat as religion, this is a significant commitment. The bottom line is that] ... many an atheist is a believer without knowing it. You can sincerely believe there is no God and live as though there is. You can sincerely believe there is a God and live as though there isn't. So it goes ... ... Wishful Thinking. - Frederick Buechner

... We have urged the Israeli government to be mindful of the consequences of its actions on what all share as the ultimate goal: moving down the road toward two states living side by side in peace and security. - Sean McCormack