System Quotes

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If my desire is possible, it means the system is already letting something else through. — Helene Cixous
If the system turns away from the abuses inflicted on the guilty, then who can be next but the innocents? — Michael Connelly
I'm not really qualified to install a security system," said Dimitri. "Really? There's something you can't do?" Adrian's voice was so soft that I could… — Richelle Mead
If the financial system has a defect, it is that it reflects and magnifies what we human beings are like. Money amplifies our tendency to… — Niall Ferguson
As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget… — Bill Watterson
It then becomes necessary to stop short and make a choice: Either/Or. Either one drifts with their absurd system of ideas, believing that this is… — Paul Goodman
When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him, your punishment will be that you will find your suspicions… — Elbert Hubbard
Most of the psychological differences between men and women seem to come from differences in their reproductive system — Haruki Murakami
If Eastlake High School were the universe, I would be one of the moons circling Planet Emma, constantly hidden by her shadow, and glad to… — Rachel Vincent
There are few genuine conservatives within the U.S. political system, and it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of the age that the honorable… — Noam Chomsky
I don't want children anyway,' Caz says. 'So I'm getting nothing out of this whatsoever. I want my entire reproductive system taken out, and replaced… — Caitlin Moran
Following your bliss is not self-indulgent, but vital; your whole physical system knows that this is the way to be alive in this world and… — Joseph Campbell
A town is a thing like a colonial animal. A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet. A town is… — John Steinbeck
The greatest sin of political imagination: Thinking there is no other way except the filthy rotten system we have today. — Shane Claiborne
Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder… — Carl Sagan
But what if God himself can be simulated, that is to say can be reduced to signs that constitute faith? Then the whole system becomes… — Jean Baudrillard
The beauty of our system is that it isolates everybody. Each person is sitting alone in front of the tube, you know. It's very hard… — Noam Chomsky
America's health care system is second only to Japan, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, well ... all of Europe. But you can thank your lucky starts… — Matt Groening
There is a hideous invention called the Dewey Decimal System. And you have to look up your topic in books and newspapers. Pages upon pages… — Libba Bray
I wanted to feel the blood running back into my veins, even at the cost of annihilation. I wanted to shake the stone and light… — Henry Miller

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