Outcome Quotes - page 3

What we should grasp, however, from the lessons of European history is that, first, there is nothing necessarily benevolent about programmes of European integration; second, the desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom; and third, European unity has been tried before, and the outcome was far from happy. (Margaret Thatcher)
I would in fact tend to have more confidence in the outcome of a democratic decision if there was a minority that voted against it, than if it was unanimous... Social psychology has amply shown the strength of this bandwagon effect. View quote
Jürgen Habermas
A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way, but intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience. View quote
Albert Einstein
Three blokes go into a pub. Something happens. The outcome was hilarious! View quote
Bill Bailey
We have long struggles with ourself, of which the outcome is one of our actions; they are, as it were, the inner side of human nature. This inner side is God's; the outer side belongs to men. View quote
Honoré de Balzac
You can think of my films as cautionary tales, but you might even think of them as despairing tales, because at least in a cautionary tale, you have this idea that by listening to the story you can assure a better outcome. Whereas I'm not at all convinced that's the case. In fact, if anything, I'm convinced that it's the opposite. View quote
Errol Morris
Sci-Fi is the genre that explored both possibilities: the end of our existential crisis and the end of our existence. My novel, The 5th Wave, explores the latter scenario, because, frankly, I believe it represents the likeliest outcome of an extraterrestrial encounter. In short, if they're out there, we better hope they never find us. View quote
Rick Yancey
As any doctor can tell you, the most crucial step toward healing is having the right diagnosis. If the disease is precisely identified, a good resolution is far more likely. Conversely, a bad diagnosis usually means a bad outcome, no matter how skilled the physician. View quote
Andrew Weil
No matter what challenging situation you may find yourself in, imagine the best outcome of it and feel it! When you do, you will change the circumstances, and you will change the situation into what you want! View quote
Rhonda Byrne
The person with the most flexibility has the best chance of achieving the outcome he or she desires. View quote
Tony Jeary
Live in constant gratitude. No matter what the condition today, no matter how dark, how dreary, how painful and difficult....to day is merely the passing outcome of yesterday's nonsense. How you feel today, and what you give your attention to, builds tomorrow. (James Arthur Ray)
Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility. View quote
Yehuda Berg
To support the people we care about is intrinsic, it is not instrumental. It's not something we do because we're hoping to get some other outcome. View quote
Alison Gopnik
The final outcome cannot be known, either to the originator of a new theory, or to his colleagues and critics, who are bent on falsifying it. Thus, the scientific innovator may feel all the more lonely and uncertain. View quote
Peter D. Mitchell
Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure. View quote
Robert Baden-Powell
I always say I have a Socratic approach to most things that I do. I pummel people with questions, because I need to know what they're thinking, what they're trying to achieve, what they believe the final outcome is going to be. View quote
Tim Gunn
When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old. View quote
T.D. Jakes
History does not care about the suffering of the individual. Only the outcome of their struggles. View quote
Alison Goodman
Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project. View quote
Alex Borstein
It's a lot about the individual and it's really up to you, how much you dedicate to the fight and how hard you are working and that's where the outcome will come. View quote
Alexis Arguello
That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case. (Andrew Thomas)
We have relationships and know the exact outcome with that person because we don't deal with ourselves and don't deal with our issues and end up being attracted to the same person or the person is attracted to our energy. View quote
Boris Kodjoe
Every American may have equal access to ice cream, but there's no guarantee that the outcome of eating ice cream will be equal. View quote
Dan Savage
Marxism conceives of the new system of socialism as the necessary outcome of all previous history made possible and necessary only by that previous history. View quote
Earl Browder
I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent. View quote
Harold H. Greene