Simplistic Quotes

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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
Youth is terrible: it is a stage trod by children in buskins and a variety of costumes mouthing speeches they've memorized and fanatically believe but… — Milan Kundera
I assume this is all part of some brutally simplistic plan you've thought up?" "Yes." "Oh, good. — Eric S. Nylund
We do not read in order to turn great works of fiction into simplistic replicas of our own realities, we read for the pure, sensual,… — Azar Nafisi
[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
We have a large public that is very ignorant about public affairs and very susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere,… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
The cynics, they can only speak of the dark, of the obvious, and this is not hard. For all itâ€™s supposed sophistication, itâ€™s cynicism thatâ€™s… — Ann Voskamp
On an incredibly simplistic level, you can think of depression as occurring when your cortex thinks an abstract thought and manages to convince the rest… — Robert M. Sapolsky
I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect. My gift, or fatal flaw, is for nostalgia. I have sometimes been accused… — Tana French
Will this massive outcry [about pollution] continue long enough to have effective results? Will federal and state laws be enacted with effective enforcement clauses? Will… — Malcolm Forbes
His track record of pragmatism, depth and candor all speak to a person who would find the Tea Party simplistic, opportunistic and misguided. Reagan was… — Eugene Jarecki
The simplistic solutions of Deepak Chopra cannot stand against the lofty and deep teachings of Jesus Christ. Only in His answers will we find the… — Ravi Zacharias
Few things trigger fear and misconception more than economic tribulation, and nothing prompts elected officials to react with more simplistic populism. — David Harsanyi
When we talk about the brain, it is anything but unidimensional or simplistic or reductionistic. — Thomas R. Insel
Gandhi was a strange guy. There was this simplistic manner; but nobody knows what it cost to provide the simple life of Mohandas Gandhi. Nobody.… — David Douglas Duncan
Public employee unions, in their defense, say politicians have unfairly made them into simplistic bogeymen, responsible for problems that have myriad causes. Not all government… — Charles Duhigg
My stories are pretty simplistic, but the characters are always complex and always right, and that comes from the script and my research and reverse-engineering… — Tony Scott
People are always trying to draw simplistic dialectics that can capture things. — Cory Booker
Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic. — Branford Marsalis
We concluded that you cannot rely on delta hedging alone. It sounds simplistic to say that now, but back then, this was the sort of… — John Hull

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