“I think that the decision to nominate the story for a Pulitzer is of minimal consequence. I also think that it won is of little consequence. It is a brilliant story — fake and fraud that it is.”

“If so, our posture would be as follows: we published the story and said it was true, but now we are going to nominate it for a Pulitzer — now that's serious business.”

“I absolutely have made mistakes, and some of them are very grave. I think people are owed that story and should make a decision based on the complete story.”

“Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things... I am tempted to think... there are no little things.”

“The truth is often terrifying, which I think is one of the motifs of Larry and Andrew’s cinema. The cost of knowledge is an important theme. In the second and third films, they explore the consequences of Neo’s choice to know the truth. It’s a beautiful, beautiful story.”

“I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the consequences are also mine.”

“I think that you are a very brilliant man. I think that you have more courage than you have ever guessed. I think that you truly care about this city, and the people in it. I think your cynicism is a fraud.”

“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.”

“Wisdom is not just weighing what is good and what is bad. Wisdom also looks at the consequences of the decisions it makes. The more severe the consequences, the greater the demands on wisdom to make the right decision.”

“I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.”