System Quotes
5175 quotes by 3297 authors
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A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like the two weights…
— Rudolf Arnheim
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As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.
— Kelly Ayotte
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I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving…
— Charles Babbage
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That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle…
— Charles Babbage
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Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character with a real…
— Joe Baca
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Many children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge.
— Michele Bachmann
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A normal way that the American free market system has worked is that we have a process of unwinding. It's called bankruptcy. It doesn't mean,…
— Michele Bachmann
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One of the things that has to be faced is the process of waiting to change the system, how much we have got to do…
— Ella Baker
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One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of separation of the races in…
— Ray Stannard Baker
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I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.
— Lucille Ball
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I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the star system. But…
— Antonio Banderas
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The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are…
— Henry Adams
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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
— Dave Barry
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We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of…
— Dave Barry
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I think of images as an immune system and a transit system.
— Lynda Barry
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We need to figure out a 'harvest system' to collect the produce that stores don't put out for customers to buy because it's not perfect…
— Mario Batali
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The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers.
— Scott Adams
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I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this…
— Xavier Becerra
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All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is…
— Ulrich Beck
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Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.
— Jeremy Bentham
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