Systems Quotes

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I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group — Peggy McIntosh
At 1.24 am on 26 April 1986 Chernobylâ€™s Unit 4 reactor exploded after staff disabled safety systems and performed an ill-advised experiment to check â€“… — Mark Lynas
The idea of sustainability can imply there is one perfect, unchanging future, if only we could work out how to get there. Resilience might be… — Jamais Cascio
When systems are broken, it's an opportunity for invention and innovation. — Jacqueline Novogratz
The only way to end poverty, to make it history, is to build viable systems on the ground that deliver critical and affordable goods and… — Jacqueline Novogratz
Nature is not static, but causes its own, internally-generated changes - both in climate and in biological systems. — Roy Spencer
The belief that complex systems require armies of designers and programmers is wrong. A system that is not understood in its entirety, or at least… — Niklaus Wirth
The mistake made by all previous systems of ethics has been the failure to recognize that life as such is the mysterious value with which… — Albert Schweitzer
It is hard to ignore that is reality. But, at the same time, it still comes down to sound baseball decisions, farm systems and then… — Alex Rodriguez
Today's enterprise IT architecture is about integrating systems to meet business needs. Consequently, IT architects can't - and don't - live in a vacuum. To… — Unknown Author
The happiest thing that can be said about democracy... is that it is one of the few systems that has been willing to risk a… — Harry Allen Overstreet
For me, the concept of design is more than object-oriented; it encompasses the design of processes, systems and institutions as well. Increasingly, we need to… — John Seely Brown
Design is a form of competitive advantage. People tend to think of design as good art, good visual language, which it absolutely has to be.… — James P Hackett
When we harbor negative emotions toward others or toward ourselves, or when we intentionally create pain for others, we poison our own physical and spiritual… — Caroline Myss
I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers. — Margaret J. Wheatley
Flying for the airlines is not supposed to be an adventure. From takeoff to landing, the autopilots handle the controls. This is routine. In a… — Unknown Author
Financial education needs to become a part of our national curriculum and scoring systems so that it's not just the rich kids that learn about… — David Bach
None but those who have learned the art of subjecting their senses as well as reason to hypothetical systems can be persuaded by the most… — Samuel Johnson
The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of a new millennium is located in something deeper than particular… — Huston Smith
Throughout the world, the family is increasingly under attack. If families fail, many of our political, economic, and social systems will also fail. — Russell M. Nelson

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