Complex Quotes

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First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures. — George J. Mitchell
As the number of unexplained, irreducibly complex biological systems increases, our confidence that Darwin's criterion of failure has been met skyrockets toward the maximum that… — Michael Behe
The first point one has to get straight in discussions like this, is that ID is not the opposite of evolution. Rather, it is the… — Michael Behe
I believe the evidence strongly supports common descent. But the root question remains unanswered: What has caused complex systems to form? — Michael Behe
Another feature that everybody notices about the universe is that it's complex. — Seth Lloyd
I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a scientific program to investigate the computational capacity of the universe,… — Seth Lloyd
If you take a more Darwinian point of view the dynamics of the universe are such that as the universe evolved in time, complex systems… — Seth Lloyd
The West may collapse very suddenly. Complex civilizations do that, because they operate, most of the time, on the edge of chaos. — Niall Ferguson
Now our world is at the present time firmly in the grip of a mechanical monster, whose head - if you want to call it… — Gordon R. Dickson
I have come to understand that life is too complex and much too short to let amateurs direct the story. I would rather let the… — Steve Saint
You get to a point where it gets very complex, where you have money laundering activities, drug related activities, and terrorist support activities converging at… — Sibel Edmonds
We have a brain for one reason and one reason only - and that's to produce adaptable and complex movements. — Daniel Wolpert
[Women] tend to collect more pieces of data when they think, put them into more complex patterns, see more options and outcomes. They tend to… — Helen Fisher
Science has discovered much. The engineering is wonderful, epicycles and all. And yet, as we look at this vast, elaborate structure built on layer and… — Walker Evans
I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the… — Carl von Clausewitz
Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they… — Carl von Clausewitz
I and others were mistaken early on in saying that the subprime crisis would be contained. The causal relationship between the housing problem and the… — Ben Bernanke
And to use something as elegant as a tree? Imagine this design assignment: Design somethingÂ that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, makes… — William McDonough
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps,… — Philip Kaufman
Let the things that happen on the stage be just as complex and yet just as simple as they are in life. For instance, people… — Anton Chekhov

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