Complexity Quotes

613 quotes by 504 authors

We have probably wondered in our many lonesome moments if there is one corner in this competitive, demanding world where it is safe to be… — Henri Nouwen
A good novel is one that shows the complexity of individuals, and creates enough space for all these characters to have a voice; in this… — Azar Nafisi
It is tempting when looking at the life of anyone who has committed suicide to read into the decision to die a vastly complex web… — Kay Redfield Jamison
These are the advantages of travel, that one meets so many men whom one would otherwise never meet, and that one feeds as it were… — Hilaire Belloc
The point is... to live one's life in the full complexity of what one is, which is something much darker, more contradictory, more of a… — Thomas Nagel
I will resist the urge to underestimate the complexity of knitting. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensionally, to glory in the mystery and… — M. Scott Peck
It is simply not for us to judge each other. The Lord has reserved that right for Himself, because only He knows our hearts and… — Sheri L. Dew
So much of language is unspoken. So much of language is compromised of looks and gestures and sounds that are not words. People are ignorant… — Garth Stein
People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets… — Thomas Sowell
Linda was nine then, as I was, but we were in love...it had all the shadings and complexities of mature adult love and maybe more,… — Tim O'Brien
The love of complexity without reductionism makes art; the love of complexity with reductionism makes science. — E. O. Wilson
Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray.… — Bill Watterson
Without complexity, there's no intensity. — Alexandra Adornetto
The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite, but also does enough for… — Howard Zinn
In the abstract, it might be tempting to imagine that irreducible complexity simply requires multiple simultaneous mutations - that evolution might be far chancier than… — Michael Behe
Perhaps we all lose our sense of reality to the precise degree to which we are engrossed in our own work, and perhaps that is… — W G Sebald
One of the things that we were trying to do with this show was the complexities of relationships and love. There is both passion and… — Tim Burton
Animals! the object of insatiable interest, examples of the riddle of life, created, as it were, to reveal the human being to man himself, displaying… — Bruno Schulz
People who hold important positions in society are commonly labelled "somebodies," and their inverse "nobodies"-both of which are, of course, nonsensical descriptors, for we are… — Alain de Botton

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