Complex Quotes

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Let me introduce the word 'hypertext' to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not… — Ted Nelson
The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is called… — Jean Renoir
The fact that so many people choose to live in ways that narrow the community of fate to a very limited set of others and… — Margaret Levi
They pay money to watch the same film. Now, you could argue, that's because it makes them feel comfortable. When they go to a movie… — Terry Gilliam
Boosting mankind's capability for coping with complex, urgent problems — Douglas Engelbart
Music is not a language. Any musical piece is akin to a boulder with complex forms, with striations and engraved designs atop and within, which… — Iannis Xenakis
If you can't describe your strategy in twenty minutes, simply and in plain language, you haven't got a plan. 'But,' people may say, 'I've got… — Lawrence Bossidy
You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best companies do all… — Sam Altman
We may, I believe, anticipate that the chemist of the future who is interested in the structure of proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and other complex… — Linus Pauling
The underlying physical laws necessary for the mathematical theory of a large part of physics and the whole of chemistry are thus completely known, and… — Paul Dirac
One cannot make command decisions simply by assessing the tactical situation and going ahead with whatever course of action will do the most harm to… — Joe Haldeman
Itâ€™s easy to see why politicians would be drawn to the populist pose. First, it makes everything so simple. The economic crisis was caused by… — David Brooks
Some people suggest that the problem is the separation of powers. If you had a parliamentary system, the struggle for power would not result in… — James Q. Wilson
Americans have a severe disease â€” worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex. — Mikhail Gorbachev
Why can't Americans do their own taxes? Because the federal Tax Code is out of control, that's why. It's gigantic and insanely complex, and it… — Dave Barry
My pictures are complex and so am I. — W. Eugene Smith
The modalities of awakened doing are acceptance, enjoyment, and enthusiasm. Each one represents a certain vibrational frequency of consciousness. You need to be vigilant to… — Eckhart Tolle
We have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead to consciousness, which then produces… — Roger Penrose
Schools train people to be ignorant, with style. They give you the equipment that you need to be a functional ignoramus. American schools* do not… — Frank Zappa
We are part of nature, a product of a long evolutionary journey. To some degree, we carry the ancient oceans in our blood. â€¦ Our… — Murray Bookchin

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