System Quotes

5175 System quotes by 3168 unique authors

The cumulative effect of the Romantic theory of creativity, as played out in the context of belief in the virtue of the avant-garde, is that… — John Walford
We [Christians] have the dilemma of using a symbol system that was not made for our worldview, to give our worldview... I think the thing… — Francis Schaeffer
Beauty, therefore, for the modern and postmodern artist has become a highly dubious metaphor for a discredited belief system. — John Walford
A long time ago individuals looked at life and saw that most people aren't happy. They saw this was obviously an inefficient system. So they… — Frederick Lenz
Contrary to widespread faith in "communication" and "knowledge transfer," information has a social life, and unless new insights are embedded in the social system they… — Richard Pascale
This does not mean that every copyright must prove its value initially. That would be a far too cumbersome system of control. But it does… — Lawrence Lessig
Every country in the world has its own security system and its own security forces, its own police and its own army. — Osama bin Laden
Right now the producers of 'Modern Family' have no idea how many people watch our show each week on all platforms, and nobody seems to… — Steven Levitan
When you do a movie in the studio system, there's a committee. A committee of six or seven people you answer to. There's two or… — Thomas Lennon
I respect a system that says we're going to put every bit of pressure on anybody we have to put it on to get to… — Bill McCollum
In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms. — Don McLean
Many immigrants do not talk about what they endured back home. They were fleeing that world, and when they left they didn't want to talk… — Isabel Wilkerson
That's one of the biggest losses, I think, to African American families, is that people, once they left, they turned away from the South. They… — Isabel Wilkerson
A lot of actors said they hated the studio system, but I loved it. It was like a college; it was a great place to… — Richard Widmark
Generally, cars were not built to sit on dealer lots. It encourages the wrong kind of behavior in the whole system. — G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
I think people are tired of religion and how it divides and damages people. You can name it whatever you want, Islam or Christianity, but… — William P. Young
It's just so much more fun to play bad than good. Plus it's just good to get that out of your system so it doesn't… — Chris Zylka
Bearing all this in mind, we see that there is no Russian national understanding which would permit the early establishment in Russia of anything resembling… — George F. Kennan
Prestige is the shadow of money and power. Where these are, there it is. Like the national market for soap or automobiles and the enlarged… — C. Wright Mills
The existing world economic order constitutes a system of plundering and exploitation like no other in history. — Fidel Castro
I have read somewhere that in a totalitarian system martyrdom does better than thought. — Vaclav Havel
The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong. — Susan Faludi
The secret of our success on planet Earth is space. Lots of it. Our solar system is a tiny island of activity in an ocean… — Paul Davies
Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, which made the Powers behave… — Han Suyin
Finally, as the digestive canal is a complex system, a series of separate chemical laboratories, I cut the connections between them in order to investigate… — Ivan Pavlov

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