Complexity Quotes · Page 16

Do not be alarmed by simplification, complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Being actors we are dealing with the beauty and complexity of human confusion, no? And we are always trying to get answers.

— Penelope Cruz

I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can…

— Joy Bryant

Complexity emerges from unexpected outcomes it is also used as a tool of repression.

— Anonymous

I truly think any preparation you do only helps and adds dimension and complexity to the work [as an actor].

— Tom Hiddleston

The glory of sport is born at the moment when the game and the person become one, when all the complexity of…

— Timothy Shriver

Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over the other.

— Kevin Kelly

Second law: The complexity barrier. Software complexity (and therefore that of bugs) grows to the limits of our ability to manage that…

— Boris Beizer

There are so many ingredients that are contained in 'The Wall' that were not necessarily contained in other Pink Floyd records, particularly…

— Nick Mason

Perhaps I am just a hopeless rationalist, but isn't fascination as comforting as solace? Isn't nature immeasurably more interesting for its complexities…

— Stephen Jay Gould

I'm inordinately proud of Smash, on so many levels. The complexity of producing that show, every week, is just incredible. As a…

— Robert Greenblatt

There is a complexity and layering that goes on with this kind of thing, so the music is slightly repetitive and when…

— DJ Spooky

The demographic complexity of this country should be reflected not only at the end of the chain, but since the beginning, in…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

It is clear that while science provides insights into the complexity of the world around us, those insights...present a fractured mosaic rather…

— David Suzuki

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

— Matt Taibbi

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

— Neri Oxman

“Complex operations, in which agencies assume complementary roles and operate in close proximity-often with similar missions but conflicting mandates-accentuate these tensions. The…

— Michael Miklaucic

You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such…

— Azar Nafisi

I would say that Futurama: Bender's Big Score requires a lot of concentration to watch. It's a very complicated time-travel story. Part…

— David X. Cohen

Sometimes the routes leading to feelings of anger are so convoluted and circuitous that it takes enormous skill to discern their original…

— Theodore Isaac Rubin

People look down on stuff like geography and meteorology, and not only because they're standing on one and being soaked by the…

— Terry Pratchett

What does reflect reality very well is complexity theory, which comes from physics. I'm the one pioneering the idea of bringing it…

— James Rickards

The income tax has spawned an intrusive bureaucracy, creating so much complexity and red tape that millions of ordinary citizens have to…

— Thomas Sowell

Women face a lot of challenges every day - we have to stand firm in our walk and our intentions - but…

— Solange Knowles

A lie cant be covered by another lie. As it stacks up one after another, things just get more and more complicated.

— Anonymous

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge. Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words when short are…

— Winston Churchill

We don't have a public that really understands the world anymore, and in the age of complexity, that problem becomes much more…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

As artists we are here to make you uncomfortable with the complexity of your reality.

— Junot Diaz

I think the American landscape is a very special thing. There's a kind of complexity and solemnness within it.

— Taylor Russell

Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are the plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and…

— William Blake

“A simple statement is bound to be untrue. One that is not simple cannot be utilized.”

— Paul Valéry

Complexity is not a goal. I don't want to be remembered as an engineer of complex systems.

— David Parnas

I'm very thankful I'm finding my way, and people are excited to bring me into roles that demand a certain complexity.

— Nicholas D'Agosto

Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because…

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Consciousness, for me, is a manifestation of complexity in biology. It's an emergent property.

— Gregory Stock

Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity.

— Henry Louis Gates

Embrace your complexity, stretch your creativity, and live up to your potential, you are what makes the world great.

— Dan Wells

As time passes, the actual complexity of our history - even of our own personal experience - gets buried under the weight…

— Stephanie Coontz

The complexity of things - the things within things - just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is…

— Alice Munro

Judaism to me, as badly as I practiced it, what I've always loved about it was its total embrace of complexity, its…

— Ben Marcus