Unpredictable Results Quotes

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

Law of Diminishing Returns: As the popularity of a candidate approaches zero, the probability that he or she will release a wildly bizarre video approaches 1.

One event makes another: what we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens; and time can only prove which is most for our advantage

The law of unintended consequences is the only real law of history.

My lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing.

It is possible that a scientific discovery will be made that humans will later regret because it has awful consequences. The problem is, we probably would not know in advance and, once the discovery is made, it cannot be undiscovered.

Everything works out in weird ways in the NFL.

The government's like a mule, it's slow and it's sure; it's slow to turn, and it's sure to turn the way you don't want it.

I think it was more personal, but I certainly tried to adapt certain concepts of Surrealism.

The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.

The film musical is a very strange animal. They can bite you in the back, or they can do very well for you.

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

Vast ills have followed a belief in certainty.

When we are filming, it often feels like we're flying blind. As an actor, you have no idea if your choices are right or if they work. Some scenes feel like a complete Hail Mary. Imagine you're blindfolded and cook a massive Thanksgiving feast with only new recipes - without getting to taste any of them along the way.

In practice, a good deal of the outcomes produced by the market reflect nothing more than luck - good or bad.

Anything can happen with a razor.

The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible.

Everything is as it was, I discover when I reach my destination, and everything has changed.

I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you get rained out.

You think that would have changed things? The answer is of course, and for a while, and never.

It's a very strange league, the Championship, because on any given match day, any team can beat any other team.

Every time I collaborate with an artist, I want to surprise fans. I want to do something new.

In the real world, it doesn't always go your way like it can on a television show.

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.