“We have to create a process which has legitimacy for the people of Syria. And we have to have a process where the Russians and the Iranians and the neighbors - all of them, Saudis, Turks, Qataris, a very complicated brew - that you have to bring them together and they can find agreement. That's the fundamental premise of the Geneva Communique that you will have, by mutual consent, a process of transition.” PeopleTogetherProcessFundamentalsComplicatedNeighborAgreementMutualTransitionSyriaConsentPremisesSaudisLegitimacyGeneva Author:John F. Kerry
“Gender is really varied and complicated and sort of infinitely individualistic.” ComplicatedGenderIndividualistic Author:Susan Faludi
“The beauty of the literary art, the grappling with the black church, the wrestling with one's identity in the bosom of a complicated black community that was both bulwark to the larger white society as well as a threshing ground, so to speak, to hash out the differences that black people have among ourselves.” PeopleWellsArtSpeakBlackCommunityDifferencesChurchWhiteIdentityComplicatedWrestlingBlack PeopleBosomsBlack CommunityGrapplingBlack ChurchHashLiterary Art Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“A very complicated mass of things influences the economy - the speculative effect, government policy, consumer borrowing and spending, the level of technical innovation (which I concede, although everyone emphasizes it too much), and much more - including, of course, the rate of inflation.” GovernmentCoursesLevelsEconomyToo MuchInfluenceEffectsPolicyMassInnovationRateIncludingComplicatedSpendingConsumersInflationBorrowingGovernment Policy Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“My favorite thing is always a nice, inexpensive draft beer, but if someone wants something a little more complicated than that, then I'd like a Michelada, which is where I take beer and a little bit of either a spicy or not-so-spicy Bloody Mary, mix it like six to one [ratio], so it's kind of a red beer.” IfsWantKindLittlesBitsNiceSixLittle BitRedMy FavoriteComplicatedBeerMaryBloodyWant SomethingFavorites ThingsRatiosInexpensiveSpicyBloody Mary Author:Mario Batali
“The Greeks according to official history used letters for hundreds, for tens, and ones.It was extremely complicated. If you talk about Archimedes, you should use Greek letters.” IfsShouldUseUsedLettersComplicatedGreekOfficials Author:Garry Kasparov
“Political parties are complicated coalitions and aren't excessively theoretical.” PoliticalPartyComplicatedPolitical PartiesTheoreticalCoalitions Author:William Kristol
“Thanksgiving is the most complicated meal you can think of. Every night, dinner is just pasta. It's just different shapes of pasta.” ThinkingDifferentNightShapesComplicatedDinnerMealsEvery NightPasta Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I can tell you that the job of trying to tell the truth about people whose job it is to hide the truth is about as complicated and difficult as trying to hide it in the first place.” PeopleTryingFirstsI CanJobsDifficultTruth IsComplicatedTelling The Truth Author:Bill Moyers
“The IMF is a more complicated issue. I think there is a broad sentiment among both the left and the right that the IMF may be doing more harm than good. On the right, there's the view that it represents a form of corporate welfare that is counter to the IMF's own ideology of markets. But anybody who has watched government from the inside recognizes that governments need institutions, need ways to respond to crises. If the IMF weren't there, it would probably be reinvented. So the issue is fundamentally reform.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsMayGovernmentFormLeftViewsIssuesCrisisInstitutionsComplicatedHarmIdeologyReformCorporateWelfareSentimentsBroadsImf Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“My grandmother was extremely smart when it came to money, but she also worried a lot about not having enough. So it's with her in mind that I aim to explain complicated financial things so the folks like her won't be afraid to make certain money moves.” MindEnoughMovingCertainSmartAimFinancialFolksComplicatedWorriedGrandmotherMy GrandmotherLike Her Author:Michelle Singletary
“I'm not a populist. But I try to present complicated issues in such a way that people know where I stand.” PeopleKnowsWayTryingIssuesComplicatedPopulist Author:Martin Schulz
“I was really inspired by the way people responded, and I wanted to tell that story [ 'Patriots Day']. It's never been more difficult or complicated for me to make a movie. It's about my home, my people, my community.” PeopleWayStoriesHomeWantedDifficultCommunityInspiredComplicatedPatriotPatriot Day Author:Mark Wahlberg
“Evil is just sort of ultimately boring. The good thing is just complicated. It's more provocative to me and more stimulating to me.” EvilGood ThingsBoringComplicatedProvocative Author:Toni Morrison
“I always say the Syrian problem as isolated case, as Syrian case, is not very complicated. What makes it complicated is the interference from the outside, especially the Western interference because it's against the will of the Syrian government, while the intervention of the Russians, Iranians, and Hezbollah is because of the invitation of the Syrian government.” ProblemGovernmentCasesWesternComplicatedIsolatedInterventionInvitationsInterferenceHezbollah Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Pulling a gun's trigger can be an appalling act. But if it is suicidal drawing fire to save someone, it has an utterly different meaning. Placing your hand on someone's arm can be an act of deep compassion or the first step of betrayal. The punch line? It's all about context, and the biology of context is vastly more complicated than the biology of the behavior itself.” IfsFirstsDifferentHandsLinesCompassionStepsFireArmsBehaviorGunComplicatedBetrayalDrawingBiologyFirst StepsPullingSuicidalTriggersOf ContextDifferent Meanings Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
“Naturally, things are more complicated - those groovy, pro-social effects of oxytocin apply to how we interact with in-group members.” SocialGroupsEffectsMembersComplicatedOxytocinGroovy Author:Robert M. Sapolsky
“Part of the narrative which is sort of supported by the data is that Trump voters are the least educated, and they're voting for Trump out of white solidarity or out of frustration that they're, quote, unquote, "losing their country". And my concern with that is that it sort of reduces the condition of the Trump voter to one of pure ignorance. And I think it's far more complicated.” ThinkingCountryWhiteConditionsIgnoranceTrumpPureLosingConcernComplicatedEducatedDataNarrativeVotingFrustrationVotersSolidarity Author:Marc Lamont Hill
“There's a few historical reasons for why git was considered complicated. One of them is that it was complicated. The people who started using git very early on in order to work on the kernel really had to learn a very rough set of scripts to make everything work. All the effort had been on making the core technology work and very little on making it easy or obvious.” PeopleLittlesReasonOrderEasyEffortTechnologyHistoricalScriptsObviousComplicatedCoreRoughKernel Author:Linus Torvalds
“Back when I was younger, I would have no fear climbing a ladder. I couldn't wait to get to the top just so I could jump off. Now I am married and raising my two daughters, and I'm not a kid in the WWE any more. People ask me how I am so fearless on a ladder and how I have no fear in the ring. And the answer to that question is a bit complicated. I used to have no fear, but that is no longer true. With a wife and two girls at home, I'm more afraid now than ever.” PeopleTwoHomeKidsUsedGirlAsksBitsWaitingAnswersWifeMarriedDaughterComplicatedRingsFearlessAsk MeClimbingWweNo FearLaddersBack WhenHave No FearTwo Daughters Author:Jeff Hardy
“Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe 10 percent to business thinking. Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it on my business card.” ThinkingWantPercentComplicatedCardsCyclesBusiness Card Author:Bill Gates
“I think you put art out into the world, and sometimes it's divisive, sometimes it's embraced. Sometimes people cry, laugh or have complicated reactions.” PeopleThinkingWorldArtSometimesLaughingCryComplicatedReactions Author:Nicole Kidman
“[As a producer] [Big Little Lies] is the stories of women that I know, and it was a way in which we could go to other women and say, "Here's a great role. There's five great roles here. They're all complicated. They all deserve to be told, and are you interested?" And that is rare.” KnowsWayLittlesStoriesBigsLyingRolesFiveDeserveComplicatedProducers Author:Nicole Kidman
“For me, my storyline [in Big Little Lies] is very complicated and nuanced. [The script] was so beautifully written. It was very, very easy to play. ... I think one of the scenes is almost eight minutes.” ThinkingLittlesPlayBigsLyingEasyWrittenMinutesSceneScriptsComplicatedEightStoryline Author:Nicole Kidman
“I have been dealing with those types of complicated things and my scholastic background, so I think that helps me - my nutrition and my understanding of the human body, and the processes for recovery and proper dietary restrictions.” ThinkingHumansHas BeensHelpingBodyProcessUnderstandingTypeComplicatedBackgroundsRecoveryHelp MeNutritionHuman BodyRestrictionComplicated ThingsScholastics Author:Chris Algieri
“I have seen videos of Sugar Ray Robinson and Willie Pep who did a million other things than just punch, to set up a perfect shot or to offset their opponents' rhythm. Boxing is incredibly complicated. It's not Rock'em Sock'em Robots.” PerfectMillionsRocksShotsComplicatedVideoRhythmOpponentsBoxingEmsRaysSugarRobotsSockPep Author:Chris Algieri
“This is a complicated time to govern in the world today because of so much going on and it's coming at us at such an unprecedented rate.” WorldTodayRateComplicatedWorld TodayUnprecedented Author:Chuck Hagel
“There are all these awards that you've never heard of, and you get nominated, and suddenly you're at these awards shows, so you really don't care if you win. You really don't. You're going there, you're getting dressed up. And then you get to the awards show, and you sit down. You walk the red carpet. Everybody loves you. It's great. You sit down, and all of a sudden your category comes up, and you get nervous. And it's a complicated emotion, because it's not like you absolutely want to win, but then you don't want to lose.” IfsWantShowsCareWinningLosesWalksEmotionHeardLove YouLike YouRedDown AndCome UpDon't CareComplicatedNervousAwardsCategoriesCarpetRed CarpetDressed UpGetting DressedAward ShowsGetting Dressed Up Author:Viola Davis
“You're lucky if you're in three great movies, or even one great movie. I've been so lucky. But if you rely on the business to dictate whether you're happy, it gets really complicated. You just can't do that. There have been times in my life that I've done that, and I've found it depressing.” IfsHas BeensDoneThreeFoundLuckyComplicatedRelyDepressingGet RealSo Lucky Author:Winona Ryder
“In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflicting demands, often under great time pressure, leaders must make decisions and take effective actions to assure the survival and success of their organizations. This is how leaders add value to their organizations. They lead them to success by exercising good judgment, by making smart calls when especially difficult and complicated decisions simply must be made, and then ensuring that they are well executed.” WellsMadeActionFacesValuesDifficultDecisionLeaderExerciseDemandJudgmentSurvivalSmartOrganizationPressureAddComplicatedUncertaintyAmbiguityGreat TimesGood Judgment Author:Warren G. Bennis
“People will say, "You're never going to convince me that something as complicated as an eye could come about by sheer chance." And the answer is that natural selection is the very opposite of sheer chance. Natural selection is a non-random process.” PeopleEyeProcessNaturalChanceAnswersOppositesComplicatedConvinceSheerSelectionNatural Selection Author:Richard Dawkins
“The beauty of evolution is that it does provide an explanation of how you can get complexity out of simplicity. It does it by slow, gradual degree. At no point are you postulating the sudden coming into existence of a complicated being.” DoeExistenceEvolutionDegreesSimplicityComplicatedExplanationComplexityNo Point Author:Richard Dawkins
“I feel like I have more in common with conservative people who have activist causes in their hearts and who are interested in electoral politics than I do with somebody who doesn't care, doesn't have any political interests, doesn't know what policy is, and doesn't think any of it matters to them. If you care, we're actually going to have a basis of conversation. We might supplementally get along very well, and that might be complicated and fun in a way that is more constructive than you'd expect.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsWellsHeartMatterMightCarePoliticalFunCausesInterestCommonPolicyConversationBasesConservativeComplicatedActivistConstructiveIf You Care Author:Rachel Maddow
“Feminism and issues surrounding being female in the world, always, but particularly right now at this complicated cultural moment. It's a huge part of what's important to me.” WorldImportantMomentsIssuesFeminismHugeRight NowFemaleComplicatedWhat's Important Author:Lena Dunham
“"Summer Sisters" was actually was a huge influence on "Girls" because it was the first thing I ever consumed that sort of looked at the way that female friendship can be glorious and can be complicated and can be so like a worse betrayal than something romantic and it just showed these archetypes of femininity than totally sort of individuated them and exploded them.” WayFirstsGirlInfluenceHugeSummerFemaleComplicatedBetrayalGloriousFemininityConsumedArchetypeFemale Friendship Author:Judy Blume
“My dad's a prominent theatre director in Toronto, so I grew up in that world, directing and producing theater since I was a teenager. I always loved movies but they seemed too complicated until I got a job as an assistant on a movie-of-the-week and the technical process became demystified, like peeking behind a magician's curtain. Not long after that I switched to movies and never looked back.” WorldLongJobsProcessBehindsWeekGrewDadDirectorsGrew UpTheaterMy DadComplicatedTheatreTeenagerCurtainsMagicianAssistantsProminentTorontoPeekingTheatre Directors Author:Ed Gass-Donnelly
“When something like this [2003 invasion of Iraq] takes place, the international law professionals have a complicated task. There is a fringe that just tells the truth: Look, it's a violation of international law. But most have to construct complex arguments to justify it as defense counsel. That's basically their job, defense counsel for state power.” LooksStatesJobsLawArgumentTasksComplexesInternationalIraqComplicatedDefenseTelling The TruthJustifyConstructsInvasionFringeViolationInternational Law Author:Noam Chomsky
“Finding ways to organize work in which people are not locked into unequal power relationships is very important. Having said that, it's not easily done, and it's complicated.” PeopleWaySaidImportantDoneFindingsComplicatedLockedOrganizePower Relationships Author:Gar Alperovitz
“It's true that the gender pay gap is complicated. It's true that it is very slowly getting smaller. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It would have to be a pretty HUGE conspiracy for every reputable major news outlet to report on it annually if it was a massive feminist lie.” IfsMeanLyingPayHugeMajorsNewsFeministComplicatedGenderReportsMassiveGapsConspiracyOutletsPay Gap Author:Laura Bates
“Independent of the critique I'm making, I'm just trying to paint a more comprehensive portrait of American religion than you get from a right versus left, religious conservatives versus secular liberal, believer versus atheist, binary. Too often, we just look at religion in America through that kind of either/or lens. I think it's much more complicated than that.” ThinkingTryingLooksKindAmericaLeftReligiousIndependentPaintAtheistComplicatedBelieverSecularPortraitsVersusLensesComprehensiveCritiqueBinaryEither Or Author:Ross Douthat
“It's a complicated story [hoe I got into music ]. I actually wrote a book about it, titled For Sue.” BookStoriesComplicatedHoe Author:Jon Gordon
“I don't think that you can dispose of the constructive and inventive things that America is doing - and say, "Oh we aren't doing anything anymore and we are living off of what the poor Chinese do." It is more complicated than that. There is the example of Detroit which was once a very prosperous and diverse city. And look what happened when it just specialized on automobiles. Look at Manchester when it specialized in those dark satanic mills, when it specialized in textiles. It was supposed to be the city of the future.” ThinkingLooksAmericaDarkPoorCitiesHappenedExampleComplicatedSupposed To BeChineseDiverseProsperousConstructiveAutomobileDetroitManchesterMillsSatanicTextiles Author:Jane Jacobs
“We were all inspired by him as an actor and his iconography and thought, if we get somebody like Laurence Fishburne, we can tell a much more sophisticated, complicated version of Jack Crawford than we'd seen before as this large and in-charge and in-control guy, who is unflappable.” IfsGuyActorsInspiredComplicatedVersionsSophisticatedIconography Author:Bryan Fuller
“The problem is that people really just don't care and they have been "educated" not to care about the monetary system: that it's boring, it's difficult to understand, we need to have high minded people like "Greenscum" and Bernanke to do things like this (and don't forget Volcker, there's the whole cast of them). The thing is that people have been educated or miseducated or brainwashed into believing that this is wayyyy too complicated for regular people to understand and that we need to let PhD economists guide us along in terms of what's right... and that's all bull.” PeopleNeedsBelieveHas BeensWholeProblemCareDifficultTermForgetCastsDon't CareBoringComplicatedGuidesEducatedEconomistBullsMonetaryBrainwashedMonetary SystemPhds Author:Bernard von NotHaus
“The issues in America are so big, and the problems are enormously complicated. But I am incredibly confident in Donald Trump to be able to execute on his promise to the people who elected him.” PeopleProblemBigsAbleAmericaIssuesTrumpPromiseComplicated Author:Ivanka Trump
“The humanities prepare students to be good citizens and help them understand a complicated, interlocking world. The humanities teach us critical thinking, how to analyze arguments, and how to imagine life from the point of view of someone unlike yourself.” ThinkingWorldHelpingHumanityViewsTeachImagineStudentsCitizensArgumentComplicatedCriticalPoint Of ViewBe GoodCritical ThinkingGood Citizen Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“When it comes to fertility, there are so may things that have to go right. In any one individual, there might be one major problem and two minor ones or no major ones and seven minor ones. Throw in another person's physiology, and it's complicated. I try to give people the knowledge that they can make as many changes as they want.” PeopleWantGivingTryingMayPersonsTwoProblemMightIndividualMajorsSevenComplicatedMinorsFertilityPhysiologyMajor Problems Author:Robert Greene
“I look at my kids as the Harry Potter Generation. There's a sense of justice about that, in beating Voldemort. It's a classic tale of good versus evil. To have a role model like Harry Potter that says you can defeat evil, but still be a complicated human being. That gives me a lot of hope.” GivingHumansLooksStillsKidsEvilJusticeHuman BeingsRolesGenerationsModelsGive MeDefeatComplicatedTalesClassicRole ModelsHarry PotterVersusPotters Author:Mike Dirnt
“One of my problems with terrorism is that it's self-evidently bad. The main thing that makes it complicated is the fact that it works. When you go at it with a moral hammer, it's really, really bad. It's so bad you wouldn't believe it because you don't accomplish anything. I think the one thing terrorists themselves are vulnerable to is mockery. It's an excellent weapon.” ThinkingBelieveSelfFactsProblemMoralOne ThingWeaponsComplicatedAccomplishTerrorismTerroristVulnerableExcellentHammersMockery Author:Lionel Shriver
“The biblical picture is not one of an upward, linear progress or a precipitous, downward decline. It is a more complicated picture of a fallen world in which there is a gospel of power.” WorldProgressComplicatedFallenDeclineBiblicalLinearFallen World Author:Russell D. Moore