Complexity Quotes · Page 12

I am passionate about informing the world about our ocean - its complexity and beauty, its value to us, and the perils…

— Jim Toomey

Some people perceive Skinner to be complex. I just basically was trying to remember my lines, so I guess that's what they…

— Mitch Pileggi

So their combinations with themselves and with each other give rise to endless complexities, which anyone who is to give a likely…

— Plato

“Complexity is not an aesthetic criterion. It is a quality associated only with division and organization of labor.”

— Christopher Caudwell

I think one of the big things that's come out of ghostwriting for me is real compassion for the complexity of fame.

— Hilary Liftin

Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider's web?

— E. B. White

“Simple is clever. Complicated just means you haven’t been clever enough to reduce ‘it’ to its essence.”

— Phil Dourado

Irreducible complexity is a problem for Darwinian evolution. Whenever we see these complex functional systems we realise that they have to be…

— Michael Behe

In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of…

— Wesley Morris

I had seen cancer at a more cellular level as a researcher. The first time I entered the cancer ward, my first…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

We have to look at the figures of speech a writer uses, his images and symbols, to realize that underneath all the…

— Northrop Frye

One universe, four forces, billions of galaxies. The precision and complexity of our world is enough to make even the famous cosmologist…

— Morgan Freeman

Checklists turn out...to be among the basic tools of the quality and productivity revolution in aviation, engineering, construction - in virtually every…

— Atul Gawande

The history of the creative progress of individual artists shows that, along with their spiritual growth and the increasing complexity of their…

— Mieczyslaw Jastrun

In traditional 3D printing, the gantry size poses an obvious limitation for the designer who wishes to print in larger scales and…

— Neri Oxman

There are some who think that the government is limited in how many corruption cases it can bring against Wall Street, because…

— Matt Taibbi

The very act of thinking about power in our lives and experiences creates a process of revelation and self-analysis that may even…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite, but also…

— Howard Zinn

We are talking about an awesome power. It is the power to weave illusions that appear real as long as they last.…

— Ron Paul

There might have been a hundred or a thousand life-bearing planets, had the course of evolution of the universe been a little…

— Alfred Russel Wallace

Most Americans are close to total ignorance about the world. They are ignorant. That is an unhealthy condition in a country in…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Seeing yourself reflected on screen is a very important part of being human. It makes us feel less alone, it make us…

— Marielle Heller

I've never thought of my poems as violent. Violence, to me, has so much negativity attached to it - maybe that's my…

— Alex Lemon

Complexity has and will maintain a strong fascination for many people. It is true that we live in a complex world and…

— Niklaus Wirth

This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in…

— Edward Thorndike

I'm often forced to draw a lot of tiny panels due to the limited number of pages and the complexity of the…

— George Perez

We must do our best to raise the public awareness of the past in all its richness and complexity.

— Margaret MacMillan

Purpose in the human being is a much more complex phenomenon than what used to be called will power.

— Rollo May

All it takes is one guy to change a locker room. To change the complexity or nature of an atmosphere.

— Mojo Rawley

There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.

— Maurice Sendak

Life shows no trend to complexity in the usual sense-only an asymmetrical expansion of diversity around a starting point constrained to be…

— Stephen Jay Gould

One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity.

— Brian Eno

Focusing on values does not simplify your life. It gives meaning and direction-and a lot more complexity.

— David Allen

I tried to develop some theories that took account of the uncertainty in the world and the complexity in the world.

— Herbert A. Simon

I believe not only in "special providences," but in the whole universe as one infinite complexity of "special providences.

— Charles Kingsley

We're all complex human beings, and if some of that complexity shows through, I think it's advantageous for the movie.

— Jan de Bont

I'm a minimalist. I see things in simple ways...It's human nature to define complexity as better. Well, it's not.

— Gordon Willis

Our culture thrives on black-and-white narratives, clearly defined emotions, easy endings, and so, this thrust into complexity exhausts.

— Caroline Knapp

I have been interested in phenomena involving complexity, diversity and evolution since I was a young boy.

— Murray Gell-Mann

Every time we lose a species webreak a life chain which has evolved over 3.5 billion years.

— Jeff McNeely