Systems Quotes

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An individual who stands out, or disagrees or takes risks is a danger to such systems and is effortlessly and, unconsciously sidelined. — John Ralston Saul
Finding your element is essential to your wellbeing and ultimate success and, by implication to the health of our organisations and the effectiveness of our… — Ken Robinson
In america, there are two tax systems: one for the informed and one for the uninformed. Both are legal — Learned Hand
Now we see evolutionary trends in a variety of areas ranging from atomic and molecular physics through fluid mechanics, chemistry and biology to large scale… — Ilya Prigogine
The dominant propaganda systems have appropriated the term "globalization" to refer to the specific version of international economic integration that they favor, which privileges the… — Noam Chomsky
We have to shift our emphasis from economic efficiency and materialism towards a sustainable quality of life and to healing of our society, of our… — Janet Holmes a Court
In my view, after fifty years of service in the United National system, I perceive the utmost urgency and absolute necessity for proper Earth government.… — Robert Muller
We believe that climate change must be viewed not only as a danger to natural systems, but also as a direct threat to human survival… — Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
I think there are some things ... that may even be distorted in the practice, such as some affirmative action programs becoming quota systems. And… — Ronald Reagan
I was the Secretary of State of New Jersey in November 2000. I paid careful attention to the challenges that stemmed from inadequate voting systems… — DeForest Soaries
Extreme weather like the droughts in Russia, China and Brazil and the flooding in Pakistan and Australia [in 2010] have contributed to a level of… — John Beddington
Wars between states and people seem to have existed under all historical systems for as long as we have some recorded evidence. War is quite… — Immanuel Wallerstein
But even in the absence of direct interference by those who had the power to interfere, the process was usually aborted by the non-availability of… — Immanuel Wallerstein
When systems come to be far from points of equilibrium, they reach bifurcation points, wherein multiple, as opposed to unique, solutions, to instability become possible. — Immanuel Wallerstein
For just as some people want a purely spiritual Christ, without flesh and without the cross, they also want their interpersonal relationships provided by sophisticated… — Pope Francis
With a basic understanding of all humans as brothers and sisters, we can appreciate the usefulness of different systems and ideologies that can accommodate different… — Dalai Lama
What is new is that environmentalism intensely illuminates the need to confront the corporate domain at its most powerful and guarded point - the exclusive… — Barry Commoner
It's not just global warming, it's not just a loss of biodiversity, it's not just the pollution of our oceans and the clearing of our… — Leonardo DiCaprio
Fast food may appear to be cheap food and, in the literal sense it often is, but that is because huge social and environmental costs… — Prince Charles
The scientists are virtually screaming from the rooftops now. The debate is over! There's no longer any debate in the scientific community about this. But… — Al Gore

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