Complexity Quotes

613 quotes by 504 authors

Watching the Dallas Cowboys perform, it is not difficult to believe that coach Tom Landry flew fourengines bombers during World War II. He was in… — Len Morgan
We should not lose ourselves in vainglorious sohemes for changing human nature all over the planet. Rather, we should learn to view ourselves with a… — George F. Kennan
Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film. — Lisa Nicole Carson
Density, complexity, and historical-semantic value that is so strong as to make politics possible... Gramsci's insight is to have recognised that subordination, fracturing, diffusion, reproducing,… — Edward Said
The depth of any story is proportionate to the protagonist's commitment to their goal, the complexity of the problem, and the grace of the solution. — Steve House
The job of the artist is not to resolve or beautify, but to hold complexities, to see and make clear. — Toi Derricotte
A liberal education will impart an awareness of the amazing and precious complexity of human relationships. Since those relationships are violated more often out of… — Sidney Hook
In private many scientists admit that science has no explanation for the beginning of life.... Darwin never imagined the exquisitely profound complexity that exists even… — Michael Behe
I have been interested in phenomena involving complexity, diversity and evolution since I was a young boy. — Murray Gell-Mann
Expansion means complexity and complexity decay. — C. Northcote Parkinson
Creating simplicity often makes the heart leap; order has been restored, the crooked made straight. But order is understanding that things cannot be made simple,… — Marina Warner
One way to explain the complexity and unpredictability of historical systems, despite their ultimate determinacy, is to note that long chains of causation may separate… — Jared Diamond
Increasing consciousness = increasing complexity. — Ken Wilber
I am someone who proudly and humbly affirms that love is the mystery-of-mysteries, and that nothing measurable matters 'a very good God damn'; that 'an… — E E Cummings
The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity. — Scott Turow
To be a student required a peculiar kind of capitulation, a willingness not simply to do as one is told, but to surrendor the movements… — R. Scott Bakker
Major Trends [is] the canonical modern work on the nature and history of Jewish mysticism. For a sophisticated understanding, not only of the dynamics of… — Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
Simplicity takes time, patience & practice. Complexity offers too many excuses for failure — Dean Cavanagh
We humans are a complex interwoven system of the body, the mind, and the spirit. We are formed and informed by the interplay of these… — Ann Scott
The fathers greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to… — Atom Egoyan

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