System Quotes

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A tyrant institutionalises stupidity, but he is the first servant of his own system and the first to be installed within it. — Gilles Deleuze
The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10%… — Bill Mollison
Down there between our legs, it's like an entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage system. Who designed that? — Neil deGrasse Tyson
If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system. — Marie Lu
.. then when the hurt goes, anger takes its place; when the anger runs out of system, loneliness steps in to take over. it's a… — Cecelia Ahern
It seemed to me the way it must feel to people who cut themselves on purpose. Not pretty, but clean. Not good, but void of… — Cheryl Strayed
Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition. These findings add to the… — Daniel Kahneman
When certain parts of our bodies are touched, certain enzymes and chemicals that trigger sexual desire are released into our system. The more our bodies… — Myles Munroe
The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listenerâ€” a listener who… — Dale Carnegie
To have faith requires courage, the ability to take a risk, the readiness even to accept pain and disappointment. Whoever insists on safety and security… — Erich Fromm
If the human race develops an electronic nervous system, outside the bodies of individual people, thus giving us all one mind and one global body,… — Alan Watts
I recently read in the book My Stroke of Insight by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor that the natural life span of an emotionâ€”the average… — Tara Brach
How do you deal with it?" Kami asked Jared. "The laughing at nothing and occasionally stopping dead in your tracks." "I have a system where… — Sarah Rees Brennan
Kinzie smiled smugly. â€œYou admire our base of operations? Yes, our distribution system is worldwide. It took many years and most of our fortune to… — Rick Riordan
When he kisses me, I cry. I explain it's not because I wish he were someone else, it's because it's such a shock to the… — Emma Forrest
The Indian criminal justice system was a market like garbage, Abdul now understood. Innocence and guilt could be bought and sold like a kilo of… — Katherine Boo
For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These… — Noam Chomsky
French intellectual life has, in my opinion, been turned into something cheap and meretricious by the 'star' system. It is like Hollywood. Thus we go… — Noam Chomsky
The social system is taking on a form in which finding out what you want to do is less and less of an option because… — Noam Chomsky
Some logics get nervous breakdowns. Overloaded phone system behaves like frightened child. Mike did not have upsets, acquired sense of humor instead. Low one. If… — Robert A. Heinlein

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