“What mechanism can it be that results in the production of homologous organs, the same 'patterns', in spite of their not being controlled by the same genes? I asked this question in 1938, and it has not been answered” ResultsPatternsProductionsSpiteControlledMechanismGenesOrgans Book:Homology: An Unsolved Problem Source: Homology: An Unsolved Problem
“When a republic's most venerable institutions no longer operate as they were intended, it becomes possible for small cabals to usurp power, and, while keeping the forms, corrupt the function of those institutions for their own ends. Looking at things that way, the George W. Bush presidency has been both result and symptom of the decadence of America's constitutional mechanisms.” WayHas BeensEndsAmericaFormResultsFunctionInstitutionsRepublicMechanismPresidencySymptomsDecadenceCabal Author:T. D. Allman
“True courage is the result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. Resolution lies more in the head than in the veins, and a just sense of honor and of infamy, of duty and of religion, will carry us farther than all the force of mechanism.” MindLyingForceResultsCourageDutyHonorBraveReasoningResolutionMechanismVeinsInfamyTrue Courage Author:Jeremy Collier
“Much if not all we know about the complex mechanism responsible for the development (and stagnation) of productive forces, and for the rise and decay of social organizations, is the result of the analytical work undertaken by Marx and by those whom he inspired.” IfsKnowsForceSocialResultsDevelopmentOrganizationResponsibleComplexesInspiredProductiveMechanismDecayStagnationSocial Organization Book:Political Econ of Growth Source: Political Econ of Growth
“To allow the market mechanism to be the sole director of the fate of human beings and their natural environment....would result in the demolition of society.” HumansNaturalHuman BeingsResultsEnvironmentFateSocietyDirectorsMechanismSoleNatural EnvironmentDemolition Author:Karl Polanyi
“One is faced with a dilemma: If one places total trust in all other users, one is vulnerable to the antisocial behavior of any malicious user consider the case of viruses. But if one tries to be totally reclusive and isolated, one is not only bored, but one's information universe will cease to grow and be enhanced by interaction with others. The result is that most of us operate in a complicated trade-off zone with various arrangements of trust and security mechanisms.” IfsTryingUniverseGrowsResultsCasesSecurityInformationBehaviorTradeVariousComplicatedCeaseVulnerableBoredZoneMechanismIsolatedInteractionUsersArrangementsVirusesDilemmaMaliciousAntisocialTrade OffsInteraction With OthersAntisocial Behavior Author:Fernando J. Corbato