Systems Quotes
1140 quotes by 850 authors
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The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether…
— Charles de Lint
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Seen politically, systems follow one another, each consuming the previous one. They live on ever-bequeathed and ever-disappointed hope, which never entirely fades. Its spark is…
— Ernst Junger
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Dogmatism of all kinds--scientific, economic, moral, as well as political--are threatened by the creative freedom of the artist. This is necessarily and inevitably so. We…
— Rollo May
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If nature leads us to mathematical forms of great simplicity and beauty—by forms, I am referring to coherent systems of hypotheses, axioms, etc.—to forms that…
— Werner Heisenberg
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The fundamental claim of intelligent design is straightforward and easily intelligible: namely, there are natural systems that cannot be adequately explained in terms of undirected…
— William A. Dembski
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The conclusion of intelligent design flows naturally from the data itself—not from sacred books or sectarian beliefs. Inferring that biochemical systems were designed by an…
— Michael Behe
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Find a printer paper and imagine a full-grown bird shaped something like a football with legs standing on it. Imagine 33,000 of these rectangles in…
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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God rewards those who seek Him. Not those who seek doctrine of religion or systems or creeds. Many settle for these lesser passions, but the…
— Max Lucado
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Jesus is bigger than any one religion. He didn't come to start a new religion, and he continually disrupted whatever conventions or systems or establishments…
— Rob Bell
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The cottages are full of life. It's incredible to think they are filled with people who know nothing of computerised technology, nor even running water,…
— Marianne Curley
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In Ixion music and party are our only beliefs. Darkness is our comfort. We have few rules but they are absolute. Your endocrine systems have…
— Marianne de Pierres
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Of all the systems of the body - neurological, cognitive, special, sensory - the cardiological system is the most sensitive and easily disturbed. The role…
— Lauren Oliver
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I tend to vacillate between belief systems. Right now I'm kind of checking out the whole buffet, you know, and maybe in a little while…
— Kevin Hearne
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This story is the ultimate example of American’s biggest political problem. We no longer have the attention span to deal with any twenty-first century crisis.…
— Matt Taibbi
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God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems…
— John Shelby Spong
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Never has America lost a war ... But name, if you can, the last peace the United States won. Victory yes, but this country has…
— Vine Deloria, Jr.
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The people who invented the twenty-first century were pot-smoking, sandal-wearing hippies from the West Coast like Steve, because they saw differently,†he said. "The hierarchical…
— Walter Isaacson
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I remember," she said. "Lawrence Malley. He was an expert in security systems." "Aka Lightfinger Larry." Dan grinned. "He was also wanted in five states."…
— Judy Blundell
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The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities,…
— Eckhart Tolle
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As far as I am concerned, I resign from humanity. I no longer want to be, nor can still be, a man. What should I…
— Emile M. Cioran
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