#complex

The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#centralized #comes #complex #controlled #erroneous

You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#complex #deal #education #jobs #need

Anyone who doesn't think the welfare-industrial complex is trying to increase dependency isn't paying attention. ↗

— Howie Carr

#attention #complex #dependency #increase #paying

The inferior complex is now extended to all Europe, save Nordics. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#europe #extended #inferior #now #save

The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity. ↗

— Scott Turow

#complexity #narrative #present #purpose #us

Carl took on the military-industrial complex. He campaigned around the world for an end to the production of weapons of mass destruction. To him it was a perversion of science. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#campaigned #carl #complex #destruction #end

I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us. ↗

— David Eagleman

#against #backdrop #being #being human #complexities

The father's greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#being #believes #complexity #deal #father

Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#certain #complex #endowed #institution #name

We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#complex #confront #dare #explore #learn