#outcome

If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup of Europe would be a more probable outcome than deeper integration. ↗

— Mario Monti

#bound #breakup #decisions #deeper #europe

Yet enthusiasm is no excuse for the historian going off balance. He should remind the reader that outcomes were neither inevitable nor foreordained, but subject to a thousand changes and chances. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#chances #changes #enthusiasm #excuse #going

We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life. ↗

— A. J. Muste

#attack #cannot #certain #certain way #concerned

I think the funds that have been pledged at Euro Summit, combined with the outcome of the private sector involvement process should be sufficient in order to support financially the Greek Economy. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#combined #economy #euro #financially #funds

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. ↗

— William James

#affect #anything #beginning #difficult #difficult task

Because I believe actually the more you do something, the less frightening it becomes because you start to realize the outcome is not as important as you think. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#because #becomes #believe #frightening #i

What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome. ↗

— Vaclav Klaus

#establish #market #market economy #outcome #plan

A lot affects the outcome. It boils down to scheduling and the commitment of the network. ↗

— David Ogden Stiers

#boils #commitment #down #lot #network

That so unlikely an outcome should accrue to a man possessed of such limited talent and so many flaws, and one lacking in a sense of ethics and decency was one of the bitter ironies of history. ↗

— William Thomas Green Morton

#decency #ethics #flaws #history #ironies

It seems when Opportunity knocks, Fate shows up to open the door. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#death #destruction #door #downfall #fate