Clearly there are always unintended consequences of any legislative or regulatory act that's taken in the heat of battle. — Richard Grasso Copy Share Image
“Accidental, unintended connections are the best concocted by the universe long before realizing the moon's heartbeat was waiting for you.” — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
I do try to let what is obviously unintended yet naturally good stay in. — George Murray Copy Share Image
The greatest thing that science teaches you is the law of unintended consequences. — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective. — Richard Schickel Copy Share Image
“To understand that true wisdom is not about being right, it’s about the unintended consequences of our decisions.” — Michael C. Grumley Copy Share Image
I just think everything we do has an unintended consequence. We take out Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Iraq was the check… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
Enforcement priorities and arrest patterns must not lead to disparate treatment under the law, even if such treatment is unintended. And police… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
Though designed as a mere convenience, clothing sizes establish an unintended norm, an ideal from which deviations seem like flaws. There's nothing… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent unintended pregnancy. We believe that a woman considering an abortion should… — Nancy Keenan Copy Share Image
Any good story can galvanize a person, make him/her think about things a different way, reassess their own motives and needs, but… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
Good intentions can often lead to unintended consequences. It is hard to imagine a law intended for the workforce known to Henry… — Tim Walberg Copy Share Image
An 'unintended pregnancy' could be a wonderful surprise, not planned but welcome. Why should the government be in the business of 'preventing'… — Wendy Wright Copy Share Image
We need different perspectives here in Washington - someone who has private-sector experience, somebody who's actually created jobs, manufactures products, understands the… — Ron Johnson Copy Share Image
“It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavors look interesting and lively;… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
The thing we have to be careful of is that the Internet is a global communications medium, and if one country tips… — John W. Thompson Copy Share Image
The flow of action continually produces consequences which are unintended by actors, and these unintended consequences also may form unacknowledged conditions of… — Anthony Giddens Copy Share Image
I do think that I have a better sense of how military action can result in unintended consequences. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It seems to be a law of design that for every advantage introduced through redesign, there is an accompanying unintended disadvantage. — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
My experience in government is there is a whole host of unintended consequences you have to think through. I can't un-know that,… — Jo Swinson Copy Share Image
Unintended Consequences is full of substance, it is one of the must-read books of the year, and once I finish it I… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
The use of large-scale military force in volatile regions of underdeveloped countries is difficult to do right, has major unintended consequences and… — Dennis C. Blair Copy Share Image
Lawmakers who interfere with commerce and the normal creation of jobs in an economy run the risk of doing harm rather than… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
I am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
“Micromanagement could have unintended consequences. Instead of getting people in line, it may cause them to leave.” — Diane Polnow Copy Share Image
Each money-printing exercise brings about unintended consequences. These unintended consequences are higher inflation rates than had no money been printed. — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, you don't want creatures where they shouldn't be because there's always unintended consequences. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
There's an unintended consequence when it comes to drone attacks in Yemen. Yeah, you take out the al-Qaida stronghold, but you also… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
“Have you ever heard of the law of unintended consequences?” He shook his head. “It basically says that any intervention in a… — Michael R. Hicks Copy Share Image
The reason I am so negative about the Federal Reserve's policies is that they only target core inflation and argue that they… — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
Secret ops by secret forces have a nasty tendency to produce unintended, unforeseen, and completely disastrous consequences. New Yorkers will remember well… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
New Zealand needs to balance its environmental responsibilities with its economic opportunities, because the risk is that if you don't do that… — John Key Copy Share Image
I believe that life is chaotic, a jumble of accidents, ambitions, misconceptions, bold intentions, lazy happenstances, and unintended consequences, yet I also… — David Moranis Copy Share Image
