Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joshua Lederberg

If you want to solve very complex problems, you will have to end up letting machines work out a lot of the details for themselves, and in ways that we don't understand what they are doing.

Elaine Pagels

I never thought I would write about the Book of Revelation. It's so dense; it's so complex and puzzling. But then I found I was thinking about a number of themes, one of which has to do with politics and religion.

Adam Ross

In a crazy way, writing is a lot like any kind of very complex game - like chess, where you have the knowledge as you're composing all of the ramifications of each move, of each choice you make.

Steve Buscemi

I read the script and decide if a particular character looks fun to play. I look for complexity and a sense of humor. Those are crucial, real things to life.

Bob Taft

I recognize that motor fuel production and distribution are very complex processes that are influenced by a host of factors,

I love that they have such a grand vision but they can't underestimate the complexity of growing in the U.S. market.

Jim Haslett

In the situation we're in right now, we're living day to day, ... I don't know how many teams have ever traveled this much. We've been in four complexes in four weeks. But that had nothing to do with the way we played.

Thomas Friedman

In this era of mounting complexity with more people, systems and products entwined in a bewildering web of global networks, explaining is an enormously valuable skill.

Before the game, we had all these complex designs on how do we stop this, how do we stop that.

The key to a good life is to keep it simple, yet creating simplicity is such a complex issue.

Ann Veneman

The issues facing the farmers and ranchers today are complex and challenging,

Barack Obama

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.

There is a power, and a danger in mobility. You can increase productivity. You can reduce cycle time. But the danger is the increasing complexity for your business. There is also the security risk.

To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties.

We share the mayor's sense of urgency and want to get this done as quickly as possible. But it's a very complex process.

Some say the rankings are as complex as the BCS. We pride ourselves in trying to tweak it each year and trying to develop it.

David Mitchell

Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things - like composing a fresh metaphor, but on a more complex scale.

Alexis Ohanian

The reason people need advice on using social media is that they're a much more complex and nuanced way to communicate than a conversation or email.

Brockton's rate is indicative of the complex population it services.

This can speed evolution of complex protein machines.

This is a market full of enthusiastic, young lacrosse players. We could do player clinics every single day and not meet the demand for lacrosse education. This new complex gives the Mammoth an ideal platform from which to teach young athletes.

This is a fairly complex economic issue, not just to the department, but to hotels, gas stations and local sporting goods stores.

We love a dress where you can't really explain the color. They're all complexion colors, they're all very flattering.

When you look at the complexity of the business, it's not really a surprise. There's a lot of legacy practices that need to be fractured. What they have now with e-technology are the tools to really get at it.

Helen Garner

As in all matters involving love, which has so many different meanings, you find that the feeling that we label 'love' is not a simple feeling, it's a very complex one. Under the heading 'love' can come all sorts of rage and desperation.

Michael Ramsey

With the complexity of litigation growing more and more dense, if you will, we are seeing, and we will continue to see, executives who think they are doing the right thing because they consulted with counsel,

With 'Street Fight,' it took an urban mayoral election and found lots of complexity in there. The same with 'Racing Dreams.' I wanted to show complexity within this world that most documentary people don't know anything about.

Paul Davies

Science and the Ultimate Reality: Quantum Theory, Cosmology, and Complexity

Darryl Sutter

Quite honestly I think we're still a long ways off. I think it's a lot more complex than what you're seeing and hearing. There's big issues and a lot of small issues that hook into them. So to think there's any resolution is really premature.

Daniel Tammet

Reading and discovering fiction has taught me how to empathise, understand falling in love and all those complex relationships that people have to deal with.

The shuttle missions that have gone to the station so far have been extremely successful. This mission takes the level of complexity up a notch.

David Simon

The show is structured like a visual novel of sorts, ... And these writers understand the complexity of theme.

Joel Davis

The thing that surprises me the most is that people are telling me it's a page-turner. I was worried the story might be too complex for that,