Achieve Intended Consequences

Famous quotes containing the words achieve, intended and/or consequences:

    “My object all sublime
    I shall achieve in time—
    To let the punishment fit the crime—
    The punishment fit the crime;”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Chief Inspector Dreyfus: What about the maid?
    Inspector Clouseau: The maid?
    Chief Inspector Dreyfus: Was he jealous of her, too? He strangled her.
    Inspector Clouseau: It’s possible that his intended victim was a man and he made a mistake.
    Chief Inspector Dreyfus: A mistake? In a nudist camp?
    Inspector Clouseau: Nobody’s perfect.”
    —Blake Edwards (b. 1922)

    “If you are prepared to accept the consequences of your dreams ... then you must still regard America today with the same naive enthusiasm as the generations that discovered the New World.”
    —Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)