Complexity Quotes

613 quotes by 504 authors

We imagined ourselves as the Sons of Liberty with a mission to preserve, protect, and project the revolutionary spirit of rock and roll. We feared… — Patti Smith
I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in… — A. Lee Martinez
Many of our attempts to understand Christian faith have only cheapened it. I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I… — Donald Miller
Failing to grapple with complexity actually turns out to be a pretty bad life strategy. — John Green
It {Darwin's theory of evolution] was a concept of such stunning simplicity, but it gave rise, naturally, to all of the infinite and baffling complexity… — Douglas Adams
The complexity embedded in the different levels of meaning that go along with the words "I love you" ought to be a whole mindfuck of… — Rachel Cohn
We want to believe in the essential, unchanging goodness of people, in their power to resist external pressures, in their rational appraisal and then rejection… — Philip Zimbardo
[American exceptionalism] is a reaction to the inability of people to understand global complexity or important issues like American energy dependency. Therefore, they search for… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Most Americans are close to total ignorance about the world. They are ignorant. That is an unhealthy condition in a country in which foreign policy… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Once upon a time fairy tales were told to audiences of young and old alike. It is only in the last century that such tales… — Terri Windling
â€¦Our sunsets have been reduced to wavelengths and frequencies. The complexities of the universe have been shredded into mathematical equations. Even our self-worth as human… — Dan Brown
Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be, but truth cannot be crafted. Truth… — Dean Koontz
There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world… — Anne Rice
There were profound reasons for his attachment to the sea: he loved it because as a hardworking artist he needed rest, needed to escape from… — Thomas Mann
We cannot fathom the marvelous complexity of an organic being; but on the hypothesis here advanced this complexity is much increased. Each living creature must… — Charles Darwin
He tries to find the exit from himself but there is no door. — Dejan Stojanovic
I was a terrible believer in things,but I was also a terrible nonbeliever in things. I was as searching as I was skeptical. I didn't… — Cheryl Strayed
Justice came from a fight amid complexities, and required all the virtues in the world merely to be perceived. — Mark Helprin
When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and… — Benjamin Hoff
From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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