The greatest thing that science teaches you is the law of unintended consequences. — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
The concept of fair value accounting is correct and useful, but the application during periods of crisis is problematic. It's another one… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
“The Volstead Act, prohibiting the production, sale, and transport of “intoxicating liquors,” became law on January 17, 1920. Prohibition didn’t prohibit much,… — Sarah Churchwell Copy Share Image
The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective. — Richard Schickel Copy Share Image
[Hillary] Clinton is too much into regime change and a little bit too aggressive without knowing what the unintended consequences might be.… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
“It is arguable, especially in retrospect, that the Marshall Plan had some unfortunate, though unintended, consequences. Together with the Truman Doctrine, it… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
We don't want to repeat the unintended consequences that surfaced following the NAFTA agreement. — Ted Yoho Copy Share Image
“5. Search for Leverage Points and Potential Unintended Consequences of Interventions—When a model produces dynamic behavior like the real system, start to… — Rich Jolly Copy Share Image
I hope I'm wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Unintended consequences get to the heart of why you never really understand an adaptive problem until you have solved it. Problems morph… — Richard Pascale Copy Share Image
I'm just worried about the unintended consequences of the laws. — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
“Make a wish and it will be granted along with all the unintended consequences.” — Mary Burton 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
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
“The Republican Party's gerrymandering efforts were also having unintended consequences. For years the party had poured resources into state legislatures in order… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
One of the strangest unintended consequences of abortion, of legalized abortion, was that it drives the crime rate down because what abortion… — Stephen J. Dubner Copy Share Image
“A historian tries to understand what happened, why it happened, what was the context, who did what, and what assumptions led them… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
It is...highly probable that from the very beginning, apart from death, the only ironclad rule of human experience has been the Law… — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
If you know the unintended consequences of your acts, you are in a better position to take a decision. — Tasneem Hameed Copy Share Image
“We’re not saying not to hold regular team meetings and require attendance. We are saying, understand the unintended consequences of doing so,… — Sean O'Neil Copy Share Image
Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
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