Avoidable Consequences Quotes & Sayings

The appeal was obvious, the cleanly geometry, the assurances of physical ballistics, the organic richness of the wooden lanes and the mute servitude of the machines that raised the pins and swept away the fallen, above all the powerlessness and suspense, the ball held, the ball directed, the ball traveling away like a son, beyond hope of influence. A slow, large, powerful game. Sands — Denis Johnson

'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult. — Fede Alvarez

All the mega corporations on the planet make their obscene profits off the labor and suffering of others, with complete disregard for the effects on the workers, environment, and future generations. As with the banking sector, they play games with the lives of millions, hysterically reject any kind of government intervention when the profits are rolling in, but are quick to pass the bill for the cleanup and the far-reaching consequences of these avoidable tragedies to the public when things go wrong. We have a straightforward proposal: if they want public money, we want public control. It's that simple. — Michael Hureaux-Perez

When my conscience under the Holy Spirit makes me aware of a specific sin I should at once call that sin sin and bring it consciously under the blood of Christ. — Francis Schaeffer

What a women reads makes her more attractive and more elegant than what she wears. — Carine Roitfeld

Here and there, plumes of dark smoke reach into the sky like the fingers of a drowning man reaching up for the last time. — Susan Ee

I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels is soooooo much harder. It's the hardest thing I've ever done. — Rachel Johnson

With the passage of time, the consequences of any event accumulated, and left more to undo. And the more there is to undo, the less likely the mind is to even try. This was perhaps one way time heals wounds, by making them feel less avoidable. — Michael Lewis

Think, how hard it is to change yourself. How can it be easy to change others? — Radhe Maa

Of all the rewards of virtue, ... the most splendid is fame, for it is fame alone that can offer us the memory of posterity. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

We all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love. — Jim Butcher

You play right up to your limit and then pass your limit and look back at your former limit and wave a hankie at it, embarking. — David Foster Wallace

To hate another human being is to take a worm into one's own vitals. It consumes life. — Pearl S. Buck

Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world — John Steinbeck

I know that I have raised my sons to be big, strong, independent men who love God, themselves and care for others. I have to learn to let them have space and learn without me. — Kim Alexis

If I didn't have kids, I would be at the theater or the ballet every single night of my life. — Sarah Jessica Parker

And I believe that if 100 million people became embodiments of peace, the world would transform, because consciousness is a collective phenomenon. And what we see as good and evil is the balance between forces. — Deepak Chopra