#consequence

If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences. ↗

— H. P. Lovecraft

#backgrounds #bludgeon #conformity #consequences #followers

God joins us together by means of the body, in consequence of the laws of the communication of movements. He affects us with the same feelings in consequence of the laws of the conjunction of body and soul. ↗

— Nicolas Malebranche

#body #communication #conjunction #consequence #feelings

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. ↗

— Bob Matsui

#consequences #dialogue #examine #fruitful #i

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants. ↗

— Elizabeth Montagu

#bad #consequences #like #provokes #sword

But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#consequences #consists #fact #having #importance

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. ↗

— William J. Perry

#against #allies #anyone #both #consequences

Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#decision #responsibility #tennis #wisdom #life

If they are unsuccessful in married life, who suffers more the bitter consequences of poverty than the wife? But if successful, she has not a dollar to call her own. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

#call #consequences #dollar #her #life

I like having options, alternate lives unlived but always possible. ↗

— Abigail Padgett

#choices-and-consequences #life #living #living-life #opportunities

The moving hand once having writ moves on. Nor all thy piety nor wit can lure it back to cancel half a line. ↗

— Omar Khayyám

#inevitability #life #time #life