#relatio

A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#been #does #facts #logically #merely

I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#black #build #hard #i #jewish

The goal is to normalize trade relations based on sound science and consumer protection. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#consumer #goal #protection #relations #science

Sex is... perfectly natural. It's something that's pleasurable. It's enjoyable and it enhances a relationship. So why don't we learn as much as we can about it and become comfortable with ourselves as sexual human beings because we are all sexual? ↗

— Sue Johanson

#because #become #beings #comfortable #enhances

I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground. ↗

— Elton John

#better #did #ground #i #i think

An organization is a set of relationships that are persistent over time. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#over #persistent #relationships #set #time

An organization's reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts that are in relationship to each other, to be able to deal with change in the environment. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#any #being #change #deal #each

One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future, so that those relationships can persist over time. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#any #functions #future #organism #organization

There is no correlation between happiness and amounts of money. ↗

— Kesha

#correlation #happiness #money

Bureaucracies are inherently antidemocratic. Bureaucrats derive their power from their position in the structure, not from their relations with the people they are supposed to serve. The people are not masters of the bureaucracy, but its clients. ↗

— Alan Keyes

#bureaucracy #bureaucrats #clients #derive #inherently