Complexity Quotes

613 quotes by 504 authors

Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it. — Robert Redford
All of the films that I've made are about the country I live in and grew up in... And I think if you're going to… — Robert Redford
My work was fairly theoretical. It was in recursive function theory. And in particular, hierarchies of functions in terms of computational complexity. I got involved… — Dennis Ritchie
Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and… — Gary Ross
You can't prove Rembrandt is better than Norman Rockwell - although if you actually do prefer Rockwell, I'd say you were shunning complexity, were secretly… — Jerry Saltz
Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds. — George Santayana
There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children. — Maurice Sendak
How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening. — Alexander Smith
English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to… — Zadie Smith
The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite. — Thomas Sowell
There are some who think that the government is limited in how many corruption cases it can bring against Wall Street, because juries can't understand… — Matt Taibbi
I know from my own experience that there is much more to 'intelligence' than an IQ number. In fact, I hesitate to believe that any… — Daniel Tammet
Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. — Edwin Way Teale
The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations. — Edward Thorndike
This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of… — Edward Thorndike
It used to be that if your automobile broke, the teenager down the street with the wrench could fix it. Now you have to have… — Howard Rheingold
Once everyone is connected to everyone and everything else, nothing matters anymore. If everyone in the world is your Facebook friend, then why have any… — Douglas Rushkoff
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. — Dr. Seuss
This was her life. Not the life she had once dreamed of, not a life her younger self would ever have imagined or desired, but… — Kim Edwards
You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such as adultery and… — Azar Nafisi

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