Quotes About Complexity

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

In total war it is quite impossible to draw any precise line between military and non-military problems.

Although general staffs present the results of their labours in simple and precise assertions, these are no sure foundations upon which to make intricate plans depending upon a few days or a few divisions one way or another.

A Constitution", said Napoleon, "should be short and obscure.

It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

I must confess to some sentiment about old Ireland, in spite of the ugly mask she tries to wear.

I had a feeling once about Mathematics, that I saw it all—Depth beyond depth was revealed to me—the Byss and the Abyss.

I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust.

Sin embargo, ninguna de estas alternativas, tomadas por separado, eran ciertas; aunque, tomadas en conjunto, hubiese cierto punto de verdad en ambas.

The world would rather see hope than just hear its song. And that's why statesman have to smile. Their pearly whites mean they're still full of cheer. The game's complex, the goal's far out of reach, the outcome's still unclear--once in a while, we need a friendly, gleaming set of teeth.

My identifying features are rapture and despair.

Quatro bilhões de pessoas nesta terra, e minha imaginação é como era. Não se dá bem com grandes números.

fulfillment is always murky, insufficiently clear, devoid of the greatness and purity of the undertaking.

The individual is a nut so impossible to crack that no theoretic tooth will be able to manage it. And so nothing will be able to justify your defeat, bumblers!

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I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.

Anything worth knowing cannot be understood by the human mind.

Abysmal vermin that I am, I couldn't of course tell her that it was her incredible mother that I wanted to see again… I knew only as I drove through the cold, night autumn air that somewhere Freud, Sophocles and Eugene O'Neill were laughing.

It's funny. Maria Elena and I, we are meant for each other and not meant for each other, it's a contradiction.

Beautiful, funny, smart, sexual, and also neurotic? It's like filling an inside straight.

La puta de Mensa Mire, Kaiser, soy fundamentalmente un intelectual. Uno se puede buscar todas las furcias que quiera, claro. Pero mujeres inteligentes de verdad...no resultan fáciles de encontrar a corto plazo.

Recordando a Needleman Needleman no era un hombre fácil de comprender. Su reticencia era tenida por frialdad, pero poseía una gran capacidad de compasión.

El experimento del profesor Kugelmass -¿Y qué quiere que yo le haga? El mundo de la magia es así. Todo matices. -Matices, un cuerno.