Systems Quotes

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What has happened here [aftermath of 9/11] is not war in its traditional sense. This is clearly a crime against humanity. War crimes are crimes… — Benjamin B. Ferencz
Once infected, the individual [infected with a god virus] cannot detect major contradictions in his beliefs and behavior. Belief systems become self-evident to him, and… — Darrel Ray
One of the great enemies of design is when systems or objects become more complex than a person - or even a team of people… — Bran Ferren
Our civilization is facing a radical, imminent mass change. The alternative to the hierarchical power structure is based on mutual aid and group consensus. As… — Jeremy Hammond
The real work of social innovation is to fix our broken human systems. — Cheryl Heller
System uptime, data protection, and identity theft are weighty issues. It takes real ingenuity to out-think the fraudsters who are trying to steal identities and… — Chris Shipley
Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes from the pages… — Joni Eareckson Tada
Tokenism does not change stereotypes of social systems but works to preserve them, since it dulls the revolutionary impulse. — Mary Daly
We must now view our problems as opportunities - historic opportunities to change the failed systems of the past and do what's right for our… — Bob Riley
There is no permanent status quo in nature; all is the process of adjustment and readjustment, or else eventual failure. But man is the first… — Hermann Joseph Muller
The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern. — Daniel Dennett
A citizenship of wholesale delegation and abdication to public and private power systems, such as prevails now, makes such periodic checks as elections little more… — Ralph Nader
The jet stream is the controlling influence over the world's weather systems. — Michael Fish
I fully share the Congress's objective of promoting nonproliferation and combating Iran's efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and missile delivery systems. This… — William J. Clinton
Work is already underway today on creating unique high-precision weapons systems and manoeuvrable combat units that will have an unpredictable flight trajectory for the potential… — Vladimir Putin
It must be clearly understood that Soviet players do not seek simple systems in the opening, but try to formulate opening systems in which everything… — Mikhail Botvinnik
We are eating hybridized and genetically modified (GMO) foods full of antibiotics, hormones, pesticides, and additives that were unknown to our immune systems just a… — Mark Hyman, M.D.
It is the censor's business to make a judgment about the propriety of the content or message of the proposed expressive activity. The regulation here… — Richard Posner
The human mind moves always forward, alters its viewpoint and enlarges its thought substance, and the effect of these changes is to render past systems… — Sri Aurobindo
Shows were very different then - even as the headliner we did a very short set by today's standards and sound systems were really primitive.… — Peter Asher

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