Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
It's not in the mainstream media yet, but the biggest jump in skin cancer has occurred since the advent of sunscreens. That… — George Carlin 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 many respects, Barack Obama’s neo-socialism is neoconservatism’s mirror image. Openly committed to ending the Reagan era, Obama is a firm believer… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
“If being premenstrual is “innocence,” does that make those of us with periods guilty? And this really gets to the heart of… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“The law of unintended consequences rules, often with deadly silence.” — Richard B. McKenzie Copy Share Image
“A society is an organic system that develops spontaneously, governed by myriad interactions and adjustments that no human mind can pretend to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“countries are producing medications for their own citizens, not ours. This is one of the unintended consequences of outsourcing a manufacturing process… — Bobby Akart Copy Share Image
The law of unintended consequences is the only real law of history. — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
The internet is the most complex system that humans have ever invented. And with every internet enabled operation that we've seen so… — Edward Snowden 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
“Science has never succeeded by burying the manifestations of unintended consequences. It has succeeded when we recognize them and deal with those… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
The uncontrolled and rapacious exploitation of oil has led to unintended consequences, and if we continue on a similar trajectory with water,… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
“Modern economics, by which I mean the style of economics taught and practised in today's leading universities, likes to start the enquiries… — Partha Dasgupta Copy Share Image
The idea of equality is misunderstood. I wouldn't ever argue that everyone is the same, but that differences should not be hierarchical.… — Lynne Tillman 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
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Half a century ago, the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wrote that happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
With calm, knowledgeable precision, Daniel Ziblatt wades into the adjacent swamps of federalism and nineteenth-century European history, emerging with hands full of… — Charles Tilly 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
It sometimes seems to me that the whole course of English history was one of accident, confusion, chance and unintended consequences -… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure” is a maxim that is taught and believed by many in both the business and… — Ed Catmull 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
Even limited military actions end up carrying with them great costs and unintended consequences. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image