Top 12 Unintended Consequences Quotes

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.

Reflection, Way, Unintended Consequences

Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)”, p.262, ReadHowYouWant.com

Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions.

Ludwig von Mises

Government, Unintended Consequences, Marketplace

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

Reality, Globalization, Unintended Consequences

"Globalization: A Rendezvous with Reality" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 31, 2007.

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

Offensive, Internet, Unintended Consequences

Source: www.pbs.org

There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything.

Steve Jobs

Unintended Consequences, Consequence

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

Goal, Psychology, Unintended Consequences

parenting is an exercise in unintended consequences.

Stacy Schiff

Exercise, Unintended Consequences, Consequence

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

Law, Unintended Consequences, Human Experience