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Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

Quote by C. Northcote Parkinson about opinion, complexity

It is simple to make something complex, and complex to...

It is simple to make something complex, and complex to make it simple.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology

Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability...

Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of the programmer who must maintain it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, complexity

The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to...

The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the weapon's operator.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, complexity

It is clear to all that the animal organism is a highly complex system consisting of an almost infinite series of parts connected both with one another and, as a total complex, with the surrounding world, with which it is in a state of equilibrium.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about infinite, state, world

Bodies do not produce sensations, but complexes of...

Bodies do not produce sensations, but complexes of elements, complexes of sensations make up bodies.

Quote by Ernst Mach about childhood

The complexity of things, the things within things, just...

The complexity of things, the things within things, just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple.

Quote by Alice Ann Munro about complexity, things, nothing

To some people, having faith in something is an obstacle...

To some people, having faith in something is an obstacle - ignoring the fact that it might have the complexity and excitement of the universe.

Quote by Maria Pal about attitude, complexity, obstacles, faith, people

I feel snakes are very complex creatures, but at the same...

I feel snakes are very complex creatures, but at the same time, they're sexy, too. They're dangerous, but quite beautiful.

Quote by Aaliyah about animals, sex, time

If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about liberty, society

The task of organizing and operating a huge and complex...

The task of organizing and operating a huge and complex educational machinery has left us scant leisure for calm reflection.

Quote by Irving Babbitt

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a...

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about guilt, reward, duty, common sense, sense, truth

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they...

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.

Quote by Harold Evans

This chap was trying to go on about the next phase in school and he had a very pronounced Scottish accent. There's a big failing when these kids in school get a complex because they talk like that.

Quote by Sean Connery about school

Whereas Schaeffer and Henry were working like samplers, their idea was to capture those sounds which couldn't be serially calibrated because they were too complex in character.

Quote by Luc Ferrari about character, idea

The simpler and quicker your transaction, the more...

The simpler and quicker your transaction, the more complex and time-consuming the transaction of the person immediately ahead of you in the line.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, people, time

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due...

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.

Quote by Thomas Paine about religion, world

Suprisingly, one of the most complex pieces of code is the code to determine where a note is in the staff. Finale stores notes as relative scale positions in the current key.

Quote by Robert Patterson about end

Long before us it was established that the work of the...

Long before us it was established that the work of the salivary glands is regulated by a complex nervous apparatus.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about work

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the...

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale about fight

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