System Quotes

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Life in the world... was nothing more than a system of atavistic contracts, banal ceremonies, preordained words, with which people entertained each other in society… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
the most compelling reason for reforming our system is that the system is in no one's interest. It is a suicide machine. — Ronald Wright
...I am an anomaly in the system, living proof of how grotesque it is, and every day I mock it gently, deep within my impenetrable… — Muriel Barbery
If human beings are all monsters, why should I sacrifice anything for them?" "Because they are beautiful monsters..., And when they live in a network… — Orson Scott Card
I'm no military expert, and these figures might not be exactly right,' I said. 'But as best I can tell, we've launched 114 Tomahawk cruise… — Greg Mortenson
There was a sound like a human yawn, and then the skull turned slightly toward me and asked, "What's up, boss?" "Evil's afoot." "Well, sure,"… — Jim Butcher
Whoever controls the volume of money in our country is absolute master of all industry and commerce...when you realize that the entire system is very… — James A. Garfield
He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him, he could not imagine a greater detterent to the natural wish to… — Ursula K. Le Guin
It starts with this: put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why it isn't in… — Stephen King
If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself - so that without this underlying trust in the whole system of… — Alan Watts
So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us, or at least our world, or at least our solar system, or at least… — Carl Sagan
You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live. â€¦ You are… — Daniel Quinn
The reason this system canâ€™t be overthrown in this country,â€ Walter said, â€œis all about freedom. The reason the free market in Europe is tempered… — Jonathan Franzen
She stands and moves within the invisible pentacle of her own virginity. She is an unbroken egg: she is a sealed vessel; she has inside… — Angela Carter
But that's the challenge -- to change the system more than it changes you. — Michael Pollan
Each man must create his own system or else he is a slave to another mans — William Blake
think about it: Romeo and Juliet bucked the system, and look where it got them. Superman has the hots for Lois Lane, when the better… — Jodi Picoult
Our freedom of choice in a competitive society rests on the fact that, if one person refuses to satisfy our wishes, we can turn to… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Jesus, I wondered, what do you do with pain so bad it has no redeeming value? It cannot even be alchemized into art, into words,… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
The idea that boys want to sleep with their mothers strikes most men as the silliest thing they have ever heard. Obviously, it did not… — Steven Pinker

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