--- title: "17 Hierarchical Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Hierarchical quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Hierarchical sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/octavia-e-butler-2861_naturally_we-are-a-naturally-hierarchical-species_2071261.jpg" --- > [We are a naturally hierarchical species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/we-are-a-naturally-hierarchical-species/) [Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/octavia-e-butler-2861_naturally_we-are-a-naturally-hierarchical-species_2071261.jpg) > [“WHO wields power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/who-wields-power-is-not-important-provided-that-the-hierarchical/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/anonymous-1_power_who-wields-power-is-not-important-provid_1806321.jpg) > [You won't get cooperation out of a hierarchical system. You get enforced directions from the top, and nothing I know of can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/you-won-t-get-cooperation-out-of-a-hierarchical-system-you-get/) [Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/bill-mollison-4213_cooperation_you-won-t-get-cooperation-out-of-a-hiera_2020468.png) > [The Roman Catholic Church early on simply adapted the hierarchical structure of the Roman Empire and confused the whole thing. Vertical attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bly/the-roman-catholic-church-early-on-simply-adapted-the-hierarchical/) [Robert Bly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/robert-bly-3269_adapted_the-roman-catholic-church-early-on-simpl_689471.png) > [I am impressed and distressed at how passive hierarchical organizations make people. There's often a lot of overt activity, but it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-m-bardwick/i-am-impressed-and-distressed-at-how-passive-hierarchical/) [Judith M Bardwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-m-bardwick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/116/judith-m-bardwick-17540_acting_i-am-impressed-and-distressed-at-how-pas_1894613.jpg) > [The 20th century was all about hierarchies: if you want to create something, if you want to start a country, create a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-fussell/the-20th-century-was-all-about-hierarchies-if-you-want-to-create/) [Chris Fussell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-fussell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/chris-fussell-19076_competition_the-20th-century-was-all-about-hierarchi_1016001.jpg) > [A spiritual organization with a hierarchical structure can convey only the consciousness of estrangement, regardless of what teachings or deep inspirations are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/a-spiritual-organization-with-a-hierarchical-structure-can-convey/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/starhawk-3881_consciousness_a-spiritual-organization-with-a-hierarch_2763258.jpg) > [There are no hierarchies in nature other than those imposed by hierarchical modes of human thought, but rather differences merely in function…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-bookchin/there-are-no-hierarchies-in-nature-other-than-those-imposed-by/) [Murray Bookchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-bookchin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/murray-bookchin-2587_differences_there-are-no-hierarchies-in-nature-other_379093.png) > [I don't like having hierarchical structures. So, everybody knows that I'm the boss but, from that, I don't like people to walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-espinosa/i-don-t-like-having-hierarchical-structures-so-everybody-knows-that-i/) [Daniel Espinosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-espinosa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/daniel-espinosa-16293_boss_i-don-t-like-having-hierarchical-structu_2954763.jpg) > [“Hierarchical organization in biological systems thus is characterized by an exquisite array of delicately and intricately interlocked order, steadily increasing in level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-grobstein/hierarchical-organization-in-biological-systems-thus-is-characterized/) [Clifford Grobstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-grobstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6b/clifford-grobstein-228753_biology_hierarchical-organization-in-biological_2419783.jpg) > [Intertwingularity is not generally acknowledged - people keep pretending they can make things deeply hierarchical, categorizable and sequential when they can't. Everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nelson/intertwingularity-is-not-generally-acknowledged-people-keep/) [Ted Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/ted-nelson-13662_emptiness_intertwingularity-is-not-generally-ackno_2968431.png) > [You are hierarchical. That's the older and more entrenched characteristic. We saw it in your closest animal relatives and in your most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-are-hierarchical-that-s-the-older-and-more-entrenched/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/anonymous-1_acknowledge_you-are-hierarchical-that-s-the-older-an_500235.jpg) > [The company was quite hierarchical. I often think it was like a pyramid with Robert at the top and lots of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-holmes-a-court/the-company-was-quite-hierarchical-i-often-think-it-was-like-a/) [Janet Holmes a Court](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-holmes-a-court/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/janet-holmes-a-court-60965_bottom_the-company-was-quite-hierarchical-i-oft_819206.jpg) > [The military is such a hierarchical institution. It's an institution where, if you are assaulted by a person senior to you, you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-ann-reid/the-military-is-such-a-hierarchical-institution-it-s-an-institution/) [Joy-Ann Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-ann-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/774/joy-ann-reid-17681_expendables_the-military-is-such-a-hierarchical-inst_221685.jpg) > [I don't think I could ever work in such a blatantly hierarchical corporate setting. I know that everyone in this world is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/i-don-t-think-i-could-ever-work-in-such-a-blatantly-hierarchical/) [Peter Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/peter-cameron-10999_bears_i-don-t-think-i-could-ever-work-in-such_1722285.png) > [We created the hierarchical, pyramidal, managerial system because we needed it to keep track of people and things people did; with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-naisbitt/we-created-the-hierarchical-pyramidal-managerial-system-because-we/) [John Naisbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-naisbitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/john-naisbitt-14068_because_we-created-the-hierarchical-pyramidal-ma_3004747.png) > [We know that flat and non-hierarchical systems use information best. I've tried to do that with my own company because it works…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-m-byrne/we-know-that-flat-and-non-hierarchical-systems-use-information-best-i/) [Patrick M. Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-m-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56f/patrick-m-byrne-21547_best_we-know-that-flat-and-non-hierarchical-s_2522485.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hierarchical/#itemlist", "name": "Hierarchical Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are a naturally hierarchical species.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Octavia E. 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