Perhaps randomness is not merely an adequate description for complex causes that we cannot specify. Perhaps the world really works this way,… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Bookish people drolly claim to be addicted. I think, in some cases, this is literally true. . . . I suppose this… — Henrietta Rose-Innes Copy Share Image
The most complex object in the known universe: brain, only uses 20 watts of power. It would require a nuclear power plant… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Every democracy must involve civil society in the process of establishing budgets, and all sectors of society must be consulted to determine… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
The Sunnis continue to see themselves, possibly for nostalgic reasons, as the most influential group and want a stronger central government -… — Zalmay Khalilzad Copy Share Image
The modern world needs people with a complex identity who are intellectually autonomous and prepared to cope with uncertainty; who are able… — Robert J. Havighurst Copy Share Image
It's a very organic kind of way that people are discovering it, by word of mouth, which I always think is the… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
The simplicity that all this presupposes is not easy to attain. I find that my life constantly threatens to become complex and… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Writing, or at least good writing, is an outgrowth of that urge to use language to communicate complex ideas and experiences between… — John Green Copy Share Image
Reality is much more complex than any judgment of right and wrong encourages you to believe. When you really understand the ethical,… — Michael Lerner Copy Share Image
Because of mathematics precise, formal character, mathematical arguments remain sound even when they are long and complex. In contast, common sense arguments… — Jacob T. Schwartz Copy Share Image
In the past few months I've become religious, I've started to believe in god, creationism and intelligent design, and the reason that… — Stewart Lee Copy Share Image
This argument [that life is too improbable to have arisen by chance] comes up repeatedly: its latest manifestation is Hoyle's discussion of… — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
In nations that have become too complex, taxes and regulation cause at least a doubling of the amount employers must spend on… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
When I say tourism is sin and traveling on foot is virtue, it's condensed into a dictum. It's much more complex than… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
President [ Dwight] Eisenhower warned us, five star general, he said watch out for the military-industrial complex. That's a threat to our… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Quinn's First Law of Investing is never to buy anything whose price you can't follow in the newspapers. An investment without a… — Jane Bryant Quinn Copy Share Image
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Today, as we have seen, fascism and communism are discredited, but are replaced by a paraphilic consumer culture driven by fantasy, desperately… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
The idea that 'preaching the Gospel' has nothing to do with sex and that 'preaching about sex' has nothing to do with… — Christopher West Copy Share Image
The World Trade Organization, The World Bank, The International Monetary Fund and other financial institutions virtually write economic policy and parliamentary legislation.… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
The thing that you learn in directing is that when you're on the floor, no matter how complex the shooting is...you have… — Irvin Kershner Copy Share Image
I became aware of the very complex internal organization in a cell from the basic science classes, and it made me think… — James Rothman Copy Share Image
“The act of consciousness is central; otherwise we are overrun by the complexes. The hero in each of us is required to… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
In the rush of complex modern living, we have a tendency to laugh at the 'bring-Papa-his-pipe-and-slippers' approach to marriage - but most… — Arlene Dahl Copy Share Image
The fact that this chain of life existed [at volcanic vents on the seafloor] in the black cold of the deep sea… — Robert Ballard Copy Share Image
Wherever we find orderly, stable systems in Nature, we find that they are hierarchically structured, for the simple reason that without such… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
All our anxieties relate to time. The major problems of psychiatry revolve around an analysis of the despair, pessimism, melancholy, and complexes… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
My hope is that a religious consciousness will begin to rise, one based on enhancing humanity, grasping life in all of its… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
“A single ray of light from a distant star falling upon the eye of a tyrant in bygone times may have altered… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All of us who study the origin of life find that the more we look into it, the more we feel it… — Harold Urey Copy Share Image
For a master, the rewards gained along the way are fine, but they are not the main reason for the journey. Ultimately… — George Leonard Copy Share Image
The world is complex, and so too must be the activities that we perform. But that doesn't mean that we must live… — Donald A. Norman Copy Share Image
I believe we should sunset our visa laws so that Congress is forced to periodically revise and revisit them to bring them… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Learning to speak, therefore, and the power it brings of intelligent converse with others, is a most impressive further step along the… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
However we select from nature a complex [of phenomena] using the criterion of simplicity, in no case will its theoretical treatment turn… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
We are unconscious of most of our body's processes, thank goodness, because we'd screw it up if we weren't. The human body… — Lynn Margulis Copy Share Image
The second volume of Reiner Stach's epic biography of Franz Kafka . . . [is] a tangle of counter-grained and often under-sourced… — Steve Donoghue Copy Share Image
It is our duty to preserve huge tracts of land in something resembling its native condition. The biological interactions necessary to insure… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
![“This argument [that life is too improbable to have arisen by chance] comes up repeatedly: its latest manifestation is Hoyle's discussion of the likelihood of a wind blowing through a junkyard assembling a Boeing 707 [sic]. What is wrong with it? Essentially, it is that no biologist imagines that…” quote by John Maynard Smith](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8b2/john-maynard-smith-28856_argument_this-argument-that-life-is-too-improbabl_1662785.png)
![“President [ Dwight] Eisenhower warned us, five star general, he said watch out for the military-industrial complex. That's a threat to our freedom, to our economy, and what we have now is a gigantic taxpayer draining empire that is devouring itself, which, as you say, it's creating more…” quote by Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4ec/ralph-nader-1783_complexes_president-dwight-eisenhower-warned-us-fi_2132041.png)
![“The fact that this chain of life existed [at volcanic vents on the seafloor] in the black cold of the deep sea and was utterly independent of sunlight-previously thought to be the font of all Earth's life-has startling ramifications. If life could flourish there, nurtured by a complex chemical…” quote by Robert Ballard](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/623/robert-ballard-13392_black_the-fact-that-this-chain-of-life-existed_1174978.jpg)
![“However we select from nature a complex [of phenomena] using the criterion of simplicity, in no case will its theoretical treatment turn out to be forever appropriate (sufficient)… I do not doubt that the day will come when [general relativity], too, will have to yield to another one, for reasons…” quote by Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/432/albert-einstein-33_appropriate_however-we-select-from-nature-a-complex_2419341.jpg)
![“The second volume of Reiner Stach's epic biography of Franz Kafka . . . [is] a tangle of counter-grained and often under-sourced life stories, but reading Stach's magnificent narrative (wonderfully translated by Shelley Frisch) straight through brings death, not life, to the forefront. Stach is a…” quote by Steve Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/403/steve-donoghue-65237_biographies_the-second-volume-of-reiner-stach-s-epic_1005325.jpg)
