Consequences

Famous quotes containing the word consequences:

“There are more consequences to a shipwreck than the underwriters notice.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Results are what you expect, and consequences are what you get.”
—schoolgirl’s definition, quoted in Ladies’ Home Journal (New York, Jan. 1942)

“The consequences of our actions grab us by the scruff of our necks, quite indifferent to our claim that we have “gotten better” in the meantime.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)