Complex Quotes

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The ecology of the valley was complex beyond our understanding, and it began to die as we went on manipulating it in ever more frantic… — William Kittredge
No matter how we may single out a complex from nature...its theoretical treatment will never prove to be ultimately conclusive... I believe that this process… — Albert Einstein
Even one word, or certainly one sentence, should be able to describe the basic characteristic that the scene has, or the character has, or the… — William Shatner
Creation is too grand, complex, and mysterious to be captured in a narrow creed. That is why we cherish individual freedom of belief. — William F. Schulz
As we, the world, and the way we live have become more complex, we've moved further away from living in alignment with our human spirit… — Lauren Mackler
The text moves like a small crustacean with compound eye and complex nervous system; throbbing, involuted, it becomes a parasite on a different body, animal,… — Nicole Brossard
Life *is* complex, and, in many ways, life *is* beyond our comprehension today...Sometimes important questions have maddeningly complex or inconvenient answers that neither satisfy nor… — Guy P. Harrison
Diplomacy matters. Burden-sharing matters. Follow-through matters. And yes, sustaining the peace is harder, more complex and often costlier than winning the war itself. No matter… — Dick Gephardt
You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal… — Ulrich Beck
Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time. — Dan Ariely
It's actually hard for creative people to know themselves because the creative self is more complex than the non-creative self. The things that stand out… — Scott Barry Kaufman
In my daily work, I work on very large, complex, distributed systems built out of many Python modules and packages. The focus is very similar… — Guido van Rossum
It's a pretty widely-accepted notion that the atmosphere is a ridiculously complex system, and the best we can do with our models is a rough… — Jamais Cascio
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. I know… — Ansel Adams
My company is now in it's third year of trading with CBS accountants. I have found them 100% professional and their expertise in complex tax… — Christopher Wray
Bookish people drolly claim to be addicted. I think, in some cases, this is literally true. . . . I suppose this makes me a… — Henrietta Rose-Innes
The book itself is a curious artifact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device, compact, often very… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Theorems often tell us complex truths about the simple things, but only rarely tell us simple truths about the complex ones. To believe otherwise is… — Marvin Minsky
We are complex, and therefore, in our natural state, inconsistent, beings, and the opinion of this hour need not be the opinion of the next. — James Anthony Froude
Susan Bordoâ€™s Unbearable Weight is a masterpiece of complex an nuanced thinking not only about a significant problem that faces women but about our culture.… — Susan Griffin

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