Tom Riley Quotes

Clearly there are always unintended consequences of any legislative or regulatory act that's taken in the heat of battle.

As history has shown, pure science research ultimately ends up applying to something. We just don't know it at the time.

In world history man’s actions result in something quite different from what he purposes or intends.

All of our actions have consequences whether we know it or not. We never know what people are going through until something tragic happens - if they don't talk about it.

Some of the most important discoveries that scientists have made were not what they were seeking at the time.

People love talking about the banality of evil and the fact that ordinary people do bad things. I actually want to stay away from that.

Some of the worst wrongs, were caused by people who tried to change things.

I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance. I had high hopes of being Evil when I was two, but in my youth I came upon a firefly burning in a spider's web. I saved the victim's life." "The firefly's ?" said the minstrel. "The spider's. The blinking arsonist had set the web on fire.

One can sometimes do good by being the right person in the wrong place.

Half of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good.

There's nothing more dangerous than than someone trying to act for the greater good.

Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.

People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does.

In other films and TV shows, we might say, "Well, they're just evil." In our show [Daredeval], we're trying to say, "There's bad actions, but not necessarily bad people."

Science fiction tends to be philosophy for stupid people.

I think people are screw-ups, and even our greatest heroes are deeply flawed human beings. People make bad decisions for all the wrong reasons, and then somehow they'll do the right thing, and then somehow they'll save somebody, or they'll be compassionate. Horrible people can do wonderful things, and wonderful people can do horrible things.

There's always the question of what is good and evil and the gray area in between where that most people live. In everyday life, things aren't black or white, but rather there's a lot of coping and really tough decision making.

Good fortune has side effects.

Our wills and fates do so contrary run, That our devices still are overthrown; Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own.

If people with the very best intentions carry on prosecutions that are oppressive, the end may not always perhaps sanctify the means.

A preemptive action today, however well-justified, may come back with unwelcome consequences in the future. And because... I've done this. I've ordered these kinds of actions - I don't care how precise your bombs and your weapons are, when you set them off, innocent people will die.

Considering what human beings do and have done to human beings (and to other living things as well) ... I can never imagine what the devil people think computers can add to the horrors.

There's no way to explain to a child that the line between good and evil isn't nearly as black and white as a fairy tale would lead you to believe. That an ordinary person can turn into a villain, under the right circumstances. That sometimes we dragon slayers do things we aren't proud of.

I never saw no miracle of science that did not go from a blessing to a curse.

God save us from people who mean well.