1.
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.
Margaret J. Wheatley
Proceeding without pause or contemplation.
2.
Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences - some good, some bad and some unintended. It is the new reality.
John B. Larson
3.
Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions.
Ludwig von Mises
4.
The internet is the most complex system that humans have ever invented. And with every internet enabled operation that we've seen so far, all of these offensive operations, we see knock on effects. We see unintended consequences.
Edward Snowden
5.
There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything.
Steve Jobs
6.
parenting is an exercise in unintended consequences.
Stacy Schiff
7.
Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.
Viktor E. Frankl
8.
It is...highly probable that from the very beginning, apart from death, the only ironclad rule of human experience has been the Law of Unintended Consequences.
Ian Tattersall
9.
The greatest thing that science teaches you is the law of unintended consequences.
Ann Druyan
12.
Unintended consequences, he thought miserably. He was angry at his anger, the way it surged up and took over.
Jeanne DuPrau