Top 1200 Systems Thinking Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast

For systems in which you already have a lot of hardware and software, change is difficult. That's why apps are so popular.

The fluoride ion exerts its toxic effect by inhibiting the action of many enzyme systems.

When you have large systems, it becomes almost impossible to make even very simple changes.

The reasons for food insecurity are many and varied. But part of the problem is the global farming systems.

No civilization has survived the ongoing destruction of its natural support systems. Nor will ours.

India, with one of the largest education systems in the world, has always been a priority for Khan Academy.

Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done

My friends, nothing in all the world is so much worth thinking of as God, Christ, the Bible, sin and salvation, the divine purposes for humankind, life everlasting. But you cannot challenge the dedicated thinking of this generation to these sublime themes upon any such terms as are laid down by an intolerant church.

When paper money systems begin to crack at the seams, the run to gold could be explosive.

It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast.

The innovation and creativity that's so manifest in the rest of society needs to be turned on our school systems.

Having a diverse suite of U.S.-manned spaceflight systems to access space is inherently robust.

The first time I fought Mike Chandler, I was thinking about money way too much. I was thinking about the end of my contract. My focus was way off. I didn't believe in the people that were guiding me.

I know the activists I deal with, we sort of try and check each other to make sure that we haven't gone native, that you come to Washington thinking it's a cesspool, you don't want to end up thinking it's really a hot tub and getting used to it. So that's something one has to keep an eye on all the time.

If you've got good systemising skills you can apply them to systems you aren't familiar with, and look for patterns.

I'm very analytical about the industry and I understand that there are value systems, and all sorts of things like that.

A cardinal principle in systems theory is that all parties that have a stake in a system should be represented in its management.

I think any man who says he has never had an awkward moment with a girl, is a liar or he's delusional because he's sitting there thinking he is doing really well and the girl is thinking "Who is this man and why is he talking to me?"

We're systems software people ourselves. We wanted a language to make our lives better.

Most economies have a fair amount of tax evasion, depending on how their data systems are.

If you're thinking about the idea in the shower. If you're thinking about the idea while you're walking your dog, there's probably something to it.

I have looked into most philosophical systems and I have seen that none will work without God.

We need to stop spending money on those weapons systems that do not advance national security.

We are working to deploy a powerful new radar network with American early warning systems.

By following the concept of one country, two systems, you dont swallow me up nor I you.

Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.

I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers.

Basically I have a fleet of cleanup systems floating around, up to 50 that we plan on deploying.

It takes a different kind of thinking to solve a problem than the kind of thinking which produced the problem.

Systems governed by only one set of rules are more vulnerable than those with variety.

The central activity of engineering, as distinguished from science, is the design of new devices, processes and systems.

Capitalism and political systems - like companies - must constantly evolve to stay vital.

China's censorship and propaganda systems may be complex and multilayered, but they are obviously not well coordinated.

Most security failings happen because of human actions that are not envisaged when designing systems.

What kinds of problems, and what kinds of meanings, happen in the paint? Or as one historian puts it, 'What is thinking in painting, as opposed to thinking about painting?' These are important questions, and they are very hard to answer using the language of art history.

A healthy Amtrak is an integral part of New York and the Nation's economy and transportation systems.

The Left/Right scale is a misleading way of comparing political systems. It doesn't measure anything.

It is very hard for me to think of Logan without thinking of Hugh Jackman and I have no idea who out there could take over from him if they moved ahead. It's like thinking of anyone other than Harrison Ford playing Han Solo or Indiana Jones.

I worked 22 years in the industry, and I noticed that operating systems get cancer with age.

You have to make the effort with children. You can't have them thinking that I reckon I'm special, otherwise they'll start thinking they're special. I want them to feel normal for as long as possible because God knows they'll reach an age when they'll be told they're not.

Learning gives creativity Creativity leads to thinking Thinking provides knowledge Knowledge makes you great.

You see, the difference is the Republicans' hatred of Obama is based on a paranoid feeling about what he might do, what he's thinking, what he secretly wants to change. Anger with Bush was based on what he actually did. What Bush was thinking didn't matter. Because he wasn't.

Like feminism, I want to create systems and structures for the equity for all people, especially girls and women.

Questions and answers is a big space, and there are lots of possible systems that you can create for different goals.

None of our competitors have ever made two systems that run the same software.

Mirrors and images. Or sex and love. These are two separate systems that we miserably try to link.

In the future, human rights will be increasingly a universal criterion for designing ethical systems.

I'm in my father's car at age 9 or 10 crying to Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' thinking that you could write nearly a love letter to a man who betrayed you by having an affair with your wife. I was thinking how wonderful and pure music can be for explaining situations.

The logical and extralogical exercises you do in meditation are very similar to advanced systems analysis and programming.

'This is America,' my father used to say to me, 'and in this country, a smart young fellow like you can grow up and do just about anything.' My dad, no doubt, was thinking doctor, lawyer, teacher, scientist or businessman. I was thinking second baseman, New York Yankees.

Diversity is essential to happiness and in Utopia there is hardly any. This is a defect in all planned social systems.

The entire dynamics of the lighting market are changing. Value is moving toward systems and services.

We have a lot of systems here on board the space station, and we can't call a repair man when one of them breaks.

If a person was accused of being a racist when he was young - he said some racially insensitive thing or someone had him on tape calling someone the n-word or whatever - and then you fast forward and he feels, Oh, back then I didn't say this or that. He's not thinking about the person that he hurt when he said what he said, or however it came out, or the effects that it could have had. He's not thinking about it. He's thinking about his own self and how he feels.

Before sex, a man isn't thinking clearly and a woman is thinking clearly. After sex, it reverses. The man is thinking clearly and a woman isn't.

The real trick in highly reliable systems is somehow to achieve simultaneous centralization and decentralization.

This thing called thinking, just as you think of it, the more you think of it, the best thinking can be NOT to think of it.

In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.

The fundamental purpose of design thinking is to produce something that does not now exist. And so it is with integrative thinking - in the face of conflicting models, it seeks to generate a creative resolution of the tension in the form of a model that contains elements of each but is superior to both. So the goals are aligned completely.