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“The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.”
William James
“It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.”
Dan Quayle
“We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it”
Dave Barry
“We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin.”
“Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other.”
Tennessee Williams
“Technically, Windows is an "operating system," which means that it supplies your computer with the basic commands that it needs to suddenly, with no warning whatsoever, stop operating.”
“The old system of having a baby was much better than the new system, the old system being characterized by the fact that the man didn't have to watch.”
“Credit is a system whereby a person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay”
Charles Dickens
“A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state.”
Isabel Paterson
“What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform, every division, every component is there not for individual competitive profit or recognition, but for contribution to the system as a whole on a win-win basis.”
W. Edwards Deming