#cannot

A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to be thinking, that are not smart in themselves. But when you have a network of them together, out of that arises a kind of smartness. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#brain #cannot #kind #modules #network

Basins of attraction, of self organization, show up as well in our complex social environment, in human organizations. Here again, while we cannot predict the result of any given input, we can say that it will likely fall within one of several areas. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#any #areas #attraction #cannot #complex

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#cannot #differences #diversity #end #help

You cannot transpose the U.S. system on Turkey, and the Turkish system on France etc. You have to understand the people and their culture. That's leadership. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#culture #etc #france #leadership #people

We seriously suspect the agents of the Americans and Israelis in conducting such horrendous terrorist acts and cannot believe the people who kidnap Philippines nationals, for instance, or behead U.S. nationals are Muslims. ↗

— Ayatollah Khamenei

#agents #behead #believe #cannot #conducting

Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others. ↗

— Coretta Scott King

#believe #cannot #convenience #deny #group

If you don't tour, you cannot expect to sell a huge numbers of your albums either. It was both a business - and an economical decision and we wanted to play anyway. We just wanted to get out for the tour when it was safe enough for us. ↗

— Kerry King

#anyway #both #business #cannot #decision

A lie cannot live. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#lie #live

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#because #cannot #catharsis #defeat #emotional

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#conservative #radical #right #too #wrong