#lexi

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#inflexible #may #must #principles

We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable, maybe we shouldn't be so surprised that things are so entirely out of control. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#because #capable #complexity #control #entirely

We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#aspect #being #beings #bound #chain

Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

#afghanistan #because #complex #complexity #culture

Anyone who is considered funny will tell you, sometimes without even your asking, that deep inside they are very serious, neurotic, introspective people. ↗

— Wendy Wasserstein

#humanity-complexity #humor #mind #funny

The complexity of the emotional life of the play is what you live to work on. ↗

— Marsha Mason

#emotional #emotional life #life #live #play

The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity. ↗

— Yukihiro Matsumoto

#complexity #explode #features #into

Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work, instead of retirement, then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly, the disabled, then again that's very positive. ↗

— Theresa May

#around #caring #children #disabled #elderly

Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset, its flexibility. ↗

— Bernard Law Montgomery

#asset #compartments #destroy #flexibility #greatest

In the 21st century when few of us stay in the same job all our lives, I would like to think there was flexibility so teachers could become social workers, or foster carers become teachers. ↗

— Estelle Morris

#become #century #could #few #flexibility