A Quote by Henry Petroski

It seems to be a law of design that for every advantage introduced through redesign, there is an accompanying unintended disadvantage.

Henry Petroski

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Design Advantage Disadvantage Every Introduced Law Redesign Seems Through Unintended

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Henry Petroski
American - Author
Born: February 6, 1942

There is no doubt that the countries that now have a very large debt have not introduced the kind of structural reforms that Germany did and are therefore at a disadvantage. But the problem is that this disadvantage is becoming even more pronounced through the punitive policies in place.

George Soros

Every advantage has its disadvantage.

Johan Cruijff

Every disadvantage has its advantage.

Johan Cruyff

To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.

W. Clement Stone

It is very important to transform every disadvantage into an advantage.

Radhika Apte

A child should have every advantage - including those taught by disadvantage.

Terry Rossio

Accompanying the people in their growth through good times and also through their difficulties, accompanying people in their joy and in their bad moments, in their difficulties when there is no work, ill health and the challenge of the Church.

Pope Francis

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

Richard Schickel

To be a foreigner may be an advantage but disadvantage as well. It was advantage for me for sure.

Rusev

Within every setback or obstacle or disadvantage there is the seed of an equal or opposite or greater advantage or benefit.

Napoleon Hill

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

Niall Ferguson

He who has a slight disadvantage plays more attentively, inventively and more boldly than his antagonist who either takes it easy or aspires after too much. Thus a slight disadvantage is very frequently seen to convert into a good, solid advantage.

Emanuel Lasker

Tone is always such an important thing, and that's achieved through a multitude of people. It comes through the writing, it comes through the way it's shot, and it comes through the production design and the sound design.

Harry Treadaway

It's amazing how you meet people through other people. I knew a racecar driver, Stefan Johansson, who was very hot. He introduced me to Jean Todt. He introduced me to a French doctor. He introduced me to a French architect who redid the Louvre with I.M. Pei. He introduced me to Daniel Boulud.

James Rosenquist

It isn't a question of enhancement through design. Whether an editor realizes it or not, design is part of what he does every time he prints the paper.

Louis Silverstein

Because you took advantage of my disadvantage.

Vladimir Nabokov

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