#lexi

Sufficiently simple natural structures are predictable but uncontrollable, whereas sufficiently complex symbolic descriptions are controllable but unpredictable. ↗

— Howard Pattee

#philosophy #science #systems #nature

Government succeeds by failing. ↗

— L.K. Samuels

#complexity-science #economics #politics #science

Jack: "..You were the on­ly one I saw when I closed my eyes" Lexi: "Then why wasn't I enough when they were open? ↗

— K.A. Linde

#hurt #jack #lexi #commitment

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#resilience #sisters

That which yields is not always weak. ↗

— Jacqueline Carey

#flexibility #weakness

Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring the complexities of the human soul. Everything is valid if it's done with honesty and dignity, and I actually do both of those types of movies in my career. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#both #career #complexities #different #dignity

Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#fast #flexible #gloves #i #normally

I was dyslexic, so math and formulas were not necessarily my strong suit. ↗

— James Van Der Beek

#formulas #i #math #necessarily #strong

There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are and what this life is for. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#beings #broader #coherent #comprehensive #flexible

The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic. ↗

— Kenneth Tynan

#became #complexity #critic #effort #had