The Law Of Unintended Consequences Quotes

#1. It is ... highly probable that from the very beginning, apart from death, the only ironclad rule of human experience has been the Law of Unintended Consequences.

Ian Tattersall

#2. The point is, the "best" technology or idea doesn't always prevail. Sometimes chance and the law of unintended consequences win out.

Eric Weiner

#3. The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective.

Richard Schickel

#4. What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure you are in your plan. We have to live with the historical record as it is, like it or not.

Gavriel David Rosenfeld

#5. The loss of fortune to a true man is but the trumpet challenge to renewed exertion, not the thunder stroke of destruction.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#6. Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

Arthur Helps

#7. My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make some music. It's kind of simple and really complex at the same time and, as you can see, incredibly hard to explain.

James Bay

#8. Good intentions can often lead to unintended consequences. It is hard to imagine a law intended for the workforce known to Henry Ford can serve the needs of a workplace shaped by the innovations of Bill Gates.

Tim Walberg

#9. Male social conditioning encourages boys and men to aim to bed as many women as possible....so much so, that their self esteem and self worth become intertwined with the number of sexual partners they have; and when that number is low or even zero, so too is their self-confidence.

Miya Yamanouchi

#10. You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative

William S. Burroughs

#11. I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human.

Shirley Knight

#12. If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.

Tom Rath

#13. You're young. Maybe there'll be time for a do-over if you don't get it right the first time. But there are no guarantees. There will come a time as it has for me when there's no time for a do-over.

Elizabeth Edwards

#14. Any breakdown is a breakthrough.

Marshall McLuhan

#15. On tobacco: A branch of the sin of drunkenness, which is the root of all sins.

King James I

#16. I like some shooters, and I respect games like Doom, but I don't think it's right for me.

Sid Meier

#17. I'm just worried about the unintended consequences of the laws.

Mary Katharine Ham

#18. Like other ghosts, she whispers; not for me to join her, but so that, when I'm close enough, she can push me back into the world.

Anne Michaels