#lex

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

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#against #complex #guard #influence #military-industrial

I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper. ↗

— Brian Eno

#graph #i #interested #not interested #paper

A Kerry footballer with an inferiority complex is one who thinks he's just as good as everybody else. ↗

— John B. Keane

#else #everybody #everybody else #footballer #good

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

If I were overweight because I ate too much, I would have far more of a complex. I would know if I just stopped eating and showed a little discipline I would be thin. But there's not a hell of a lot I can do about being short. You just gotta run with it. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#ate #because #being #complex #discipline

I have been interested in phenomena involving complexity, diversity and evolution since I was a young boy. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#boy #complexity #diversity #evolution #i

Having a stage name is like having a Superman complex. I go into the telephone booth as Eric Bishop and come out as Jamie Foxx. ↗

— Jamie Foxx

#booth #come #complex #eric #go

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

What we do is as American as lynch mobs. America has always been a complex place. ↗

— Jerry Garcia

#america #american #been #complex #lynch