Unanticipated Quotes
25 quotes by 24 authors
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Somehow, the fact that more poor people are on welfare, receiving more generous payments, does not seem to have made this country a nice place…
— Irving Kristol
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"On unanticipated problems: There's been "a dramatic increase in edibles." And "no one had ever worried about dosage sizes. The original edibles that came out,…
— John Hickenlooper
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Fate is the raw materials of experience. They come uninvited and often unanticipated. Destiny is what a man does with these raw materials.
— Howard Thurman
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This investigation has yielded an unanticipated result that reaction of cyanic acid with ammonia gives urea, a noteworthy result in as much as it provides…
— Friedrich Wohler
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We pass the billboard and I console myself in two ways. First, I know that most photographs taken are a gamble at best. Second and…
— Laura McPhee
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All interesting issues in natural history are questions of relative frequency, not single examples. Everything happens once amidst the richness of nature. But when an…
— Stephen Jay Gould
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I have observed over the years that the unanticipated consequences of social action are always more important, and usually less agreeable, than the intended consequences.
— Irving Kristol
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Generativity is a system's capacity to produce unanticipated change through unfiltered contributions from broad and varied audiences.
— Jonathan Zittrain
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You need to plan the way a fire department plans: it cannot anticipate where the next fire will be, so it has to shape an…
— Andy Grove
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An unanticipated destination, perhaps, but you must admit,all the best journeys take unexpected detours.
— Lisa Mangum
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Keep moving ahead because action creates momentum, which in turn creates unanticipated opportunities.
— Nick Vujicic
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The not-knowing is crucial to art, is what permits art to be made. Without the scanning process engendered by not-knowing, without the possibility of having…
— Donald Barthelme
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Learning in the arts requires the ability and a willingness to surrender to the unanticipated possibilities of the work as it unfolds.
— Elliot W. Eisner
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My unanticipated success as a sportscaster is a perfect example of the importance of saying yes to yourself, even when you are uncertain.
— Phyllis George
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The man who is striving to solve a problem defined by existing knowledge and technique is not, however, just looking around. He knows what he…
— Thomas Kuhn
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So mothers everywhere take heart. The indoctrination you administer now may have unanticipated positive effects years later.
— Robert B. Laughlin
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In our lives and in our careers, whether we are aware of it or not, we are constantly navigating a path by deciding between our…
— Clayton Christensen
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Truly great architecture always transcends its stated function, sometimes in unanticipated ways.
— Martin Filler
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Tragedy, loss, and hurt often arrive unanticipated. How we react when we are surprised will tell our families whether what we have taught and testified…
— Henry B. Eyring
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With the development of industrial capitalism, a new and unanticipated system of injustice, it is libertarian socialism that has preserved and extended the radical humanist…
— Noam Chomsky
Who Wrote These Unanticipated Quotes
24 authors contributed a total of 25 Unanticipated Quotes as follows: