Unintended consequences Quote by James Wallman

As a teenager, my dad taught me about the idea of unintended consequences, and I've had the experience, and how to deal with it,…

— Brad Feld

Most of us tend to be swayed by what we read. Judges are not superhuman. They, too, are mortals. This is why they have…

— Kapil Sibal

It is not enough to simply dismiss policy, because it's too complicated or we're scared about what the unintended consequences might be.

— Michelle Wu

If we continue to ignore the unintended consequences of our decisions, we will continue to face adverse consequences.

— Tasneem Hameed

The A.M.T. is much reviled by tax experts across the political spectrum for its unintended consequences and fiendish complexity.

— James B. Stewart

“The whole world is now one vast uncontrolled experiment - the way it always was, Crake would have said - and the doctrine of…

— Margaret Atwood

“The Republicans did not set out to establish a strong national state or to facilitate the industrial revolution. They believed strongly in the American…

— David R. Goldfield

Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences.

— Stone Gossard

The term blowback, which officials of the Central Intelligent Agency first invented for their own internal use, . . . refers to the unintended…

— Chalmers Johnson

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger…

— Jeanne DuPrau

parenting is an exercise in unintended consequences.

— Stacy Schiff

“Wealthy societies, for reasons largely well-intentioned but now producing unintended consequences, are making it easier for their teens to avoid the rigors and responsibilities…

— Ben Sasse