Systems Quotes

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Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of them had anywhere near the experience I had in hiring… — John Hickenlooper
In the 1950s, I proposed the survivor method of determining the efficient sizes of enterprises, and worked on delivered price systems, vertical integration, and similar… — George Stigler
Organisms are not billiard balls, propelled by simple and measurable external forces to predictable new positions on life's pool table. Sufficiently complex systems have greater… — Stephen Jay Gould
There are very important and practical issues raised by following this alternative route which says, lets look to material conditions, to the systems of production,… — Marvin Harris
So successful has the ideological-political-cultural purge been executed that it is hard indeed to find vigorous liberals, and no energetic, coherent and cogent leftists at… — Kenny Smith
Governmental subsidy systems promote inefficiency in production and efficiency in coercion and subservience, while penalizing efficiency in production and inefficiency in predation. — Murray Rothbard
It's not that we need to form new organizations. It's simply that we have to awaken to new ways of thinking. I believe it makes… — Don Edward Beck
You probably have to have redundant levee systems with canals in between them, like the Dutch have, to make sure that incoming water is channeled… — Billy Tauzin
Permaculture principles focus on thoughtful designs for small-scale intensive systems which are labor efficient and which use biological resources instead of fossil fuels. Designs stress… — Bill Mollison
Available on all video game systems: Playstation 475, Ybox, and Wii 3 4000. — Shawn Michaels
There is a constant need for new systems and new software. — Marc Andreessen
One way to get high speed to the home is over cable systems. — Jon Postel
I have lost my faith in goals. At one time, they were like a religion to me. But I am starting to realize that goals… — Mark Edward
Sensory perception is the silken web that binds our separate nervous systems into the encompassing ecosystem. — David Abram
The main problem is that most commentators are accustomed to thinking of spiritual schools as 'systems', which are more or less alike, and which depend… — Idries Shah
I think it's important for us as a society to remember that the youth within juvenile justice systems are, most of the time, youths who… — Q'orianka Kilcher
When David Marr at MIT moved into computer vision, he generated a lot of excitement, but he hit up against the problem of knowledge representation;… — Marvin Minsky
Spread and participate in culture. Remix, reuse, use, abuse. Make sure no one controls your mind. Create new systems and technology that circumvent the corruption.… — Peter Sunde
We were happy a hundred years ago. We knew that there were exploiters and exploited, wealthy and poor, and we had a perfect idea of… — Leszek Kolakowski
The central issue is never strategy, structure, culture, or systems. The core of the matter is always about changing the behavior of people. — John P. Kotter

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