Complexity Quotes

613 quotes by 504 authors

The simplest and most satisfactory view is that thought is simply behavior - verbal or nonverbal, covert or overt. It is not some mysterious process… — B.F. Skinner
It is clear that while science provides insights into the complexity of the world around us, those insights...present a fractured mosaic rather than a seamless… — David Suzuki
In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. It's a… — Wesley Morris
If I do not understand myself, the whole complexity of myself, I have no basis for thinking. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Acknowledge the complexity of the world and resist the impression that you easily understand it. People are too quick to accept conventional wisdom, because it… — Jim Rogers
Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design. — Christopher Alexander
Rosemary bubbled with delight at the trunks. Her naivete responded whole-heartedly to the expensive simplicity of the Divers, unaware of its complexity and its lack… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
You cannot reduce the complexity of a given task beyond a certain point. Once you've reached that point, you can only shift the burden around. — Larry Tesler
Focusing on values does not simplify your life. It gives meaning and direction-and a lot more complexity. — David Allen
The Talker needs attention. The Talker needs validation. The Talker would rather talk about an idea than confront the complexities, its obstacles. The Talker wants… — Jack Heffron
The barrier to change is not too little caring; it is too much complexity. To turn caring into action, we need to see a problem,… — Bill Gates
It is only by understanding the cultural complexity and largeness of the concept of agriculture that we can see the threatening diminishments implied by the… — Wendell Berry
I'm a minimalist. I see things in simple ways...It's human nature to define complexity as better. Well, it's not. — Gordon Willis
Complexity is the enemy of execution! — Tony Robbins
Principles are the simplicity on the far side of complexity. — Stephen Covey
Will, pure will, without the troubles and complexities of intellect - how happy! how free! — Friedrich Nietzsche
The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity and it is really impossible to tell whether something that happens in it… — Alan Watts
Human relationships are about communicating. Business jargon should be banished in favor of simple English. Simplicity is a sign of truth and a criterion of… — Helena Rubinstein
We get lost in doing, thinking, remembering, anticipating - lost in a maze of complexity and a world of problems. Nature can show us the… — Eckhart Tolle
Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus. — Edward de Bono

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