When discussing complex systems like brains and other societies, it is easy to oversimplify: I call this Occam's lobotomy. — I. J. Good Copy Share Image
The white savior supports brutal policies in the morning, founds charities in the afternoon, and receives awards in the evening. — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Our sexual self is a complex combination of our social, cultural, and biological inheritance. — Pepper Schwartz Copy Share Image
DNA is an abbreviation for deoxyribonucleicantidisestablishmentarianism, a complex string of syllables. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Bodies do not produce sensations, but complexes of elements (complexes of sensations) make up bodies. — Ernst Mach Copy Share Image
Truth has many dimensions, and the way you arrive at truth in complex situations is through many perspectives. — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
The central problem of brand-building is getting a complex organization to execute a simple idea. — Marty Neumeier Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan started out as a folk rip- off but he quickly ran with complex influences and it ended up to be… — Daniel Smith Copy Share Image
There's a whole journalistic-industrial complex dedicated to keeping newsprint, TV screens and radio waves clean of destabilizing scoops damaging to corporations or… — Alexander Cockburn Copy Share Image
While wine may be only a drink, it is also one of the most complex sensory pleasures we enjoy. It is as… — Natalie MacLean Copy Share Image
People are complex, and I think it's a huge element of what I do, because you have to balance out the fact… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
It's all about, you know, continuing to get to know ourselves in a very diverse and complicated country that is America. It… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
The world is a very complex and interesting place and that is what I really want my fiction to say: wake up… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
People think [immigration] is only about the dollar, but it's so much more complex. This is a place where you can reinvent… — Esmeralda Santiago Copy Share Image
Development, it turns out, occurs through this process of progressively more complex exchange between a child and somebody else- especially somebody who’s… — Urie Bronfenbrenner Copy Share Image
In relations between the states ... the interests of the country should be correlated with the interests of other countries, and compromise… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
It would be rash to conclude that, on balance, the environment of the globe as a whole is either deteriorating or improving,… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
'Modern Love' completes the EP as an intricate musical piece weaving in and out of complex rhythms. There is even a beatless… — Subb-an Copy Share Image
Is war an inevitable outcome of competing interests in a complex society? In other words, would war be the same even if… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
I never thought of myself as a sex symbol. I just do the cover of magazines. I think it’s really unfair men… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
There are a whole other range of sciences that must deal with the narrative reconstruction of the inordinately complex events of history… — Richard Lewontin Copy Share Image
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life,… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Gradually, by processing emotion and understanding the psychological action involved, you realize it isn't really complex. It may seem so at first,… — Stuart Wilde Copy Share Image
Cutting for Stone is nothing short of masterful -a riveting tale of love, medicine, and the complex dynamic of twin brothers. It… — Richard Selzer Copy Share Image
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace. — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
Complexity is not a goal. I don't want to be remembered as an engineer of complex systems. — David Parnas Copy Share Image
When you govern a country, and especially a country so vast and complex as India, you never arrive at anything. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Admiration takes on a whole new level when you appreciate just how complex it is to run a modern business. — Ursula Burns Copy Share Image
“Let us give thanks for our shadows for they are there in the first place because of the presence of light.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Environmentalism has become a special interest, incapable of addressing large, complex, and global problems such as global warming. — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
I believe if you want to convey a complex philosophy, its advisable to keep it simple: day-to-day lingo. — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
Not acknowledging that beauty is complex-that's the problem. I enjoy making it complex for people, because that's my world. — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
Just one living cell in the human body is, more complex than New York City. — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
This use of building blocks to generate internal models is a pervasive feature of complex adaptive systems. — John Henry Holland Copy Share Image
The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life; it’s so easy to make it complex. — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
Even the most complex problem is resolved in the end. Because if there's a question, there also is an answer. — Kim Joon Copy Share Image
Do wars support the military-industrial complex and therefore support the people? — James Rosen Copy Share Image
Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image