This keeps an upper hand on what your kids are doing. There are consequences to every action.

We have often noted the Fed tries to choose a policy action that minimizes the consequences of a mistake. Which would have the least negative consequences today: easing too much and setting off an excessively strong rebound or easing too little and allowing the economy to slip back into recession? We would vote for the former.

Raising the window and letting him face the consequences of his action and letting him hear those birds that were hungry was a lot tougher than getting a whipping.

Back in goal, I don't get a lot of action, but the action I do get is tough.

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose the consequences of your actions

Pre-emptive action today may come back with unwelcome consequences in the future because -- and I have ordered this kind of action -- I don't care how precise your bombs and weapons are, when you set them off innocent people die.