Unforeseen Outcomes Quotes

There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.

It's always the good men who do the most harm in the world.

Unintended Consequences

Once on the tiger's back, we cannot be sure of picking the place to dismount.

A weapon is an enemy even to its owner.

We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction

If our extinction proceeds slowly enough to allow a moment of horrified realization, the doers of the deed will likely be quite taken aback on realizing that they have actually destroyed the world. Therefore I suggest that if the Earth is destroyed, it will probably be by mistake.

While most of the things you've worried about have never happened, it's a different story with the things you haven't worried about. They are the ones that happen.

We are free to choose our paths, but we can't choose the consequences that come with them.

Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.

Actions can have unintended adverse consequences.

Every problem solved is a problem made.

If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited understanding Of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned.

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.

The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective.

Some say, 'Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.' I say, 'Those who ignore history are in for a big surprise.'

If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.

One always wonders about roads not taken.

Wizard's Second Rule The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.

Miracles happen every day - I'm one!

[Black Mirror] is always about unforeseen consequences and unforeseen problems, it's not usually that someone's created a machine that they want to enslave mankind with, it's someone's invented a new kind of... paperweight that enslaves mankind.

The Emancipation Proclamation was fraught with consequences, immediate and remote, such as human foresight could not penetrate…..

Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next.