Finite Infinite Games Quotes & Sayings

Girls especially are fond of exchanging confidences with those whom they think they can trust; it is one of the most charming traits of a simple, earnest-hearted girlhood, and they are the happiest women who never lose it entirely. — Lucy Larcom

I think the next [21st] century will be the century of complexity. We have already discovered the basic laws that govern matter and understand all the normal situations. We don't know how the laws fit together, and what happens under extreme conditions. But I expect we will find a complete unified theory sometime this century. The is no limit to the complexity that we can build using those basic laws. — Stephen Hawking

The Infinite alone exists and is Real; the finite is passing and false. The Original Whim in the Beyond caused the apparent descent of the Infinite into the realm of the seeming finite. This is the Divine Mystery and Divine Game in which Infinite Consciousness for ever plays on all levels of finite consciousness. — Meher Baba

If we pay attention to foolish things or things that fuel foolishness in us, we will bankrupt our perspective. And we will be more likely to fall prey to Satan's schemes. — Lysa TerKeurst

If I had to do it all over again, I'd rather endure the pain in the beginning than have had it easy and then have it all go to shit later on. — Jamie McGuire

Finite games can be played within an infinite game, but an infinite game cannot be played within a finite game. — James P. Carse

Music lovers always want to hear the best. It's about freedom of choice, we supply the music. — Neil Young

It is, therefore, this fluidity that presents us with an unavoidable challenge: how to contain the serious within the truly playful; that is, how to keep all our finite games in infinite play. — James P. Carse

A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play. — James P. Carse

My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad. — Nancy Grace

You attract and manifest whatever corresponds to your inner state. — Eckhart Tolle

My eye is educated to discover anything on the ground, as chestnuts, etc. It is probably wholesomer to look at the ground much than at the heavens. — Henry David Thoreau

The world becomes an apparently infinite, yet possibly finite, card game. Image combinations, permutations, comprise the world game. — Jim Morrison

What would you rather talk about?" He blinks not so innocently, knowing exactly how close to the edge I am. "Nothing," I sputter. "I'd rather talk about nothing!" Wes makes a tsking sound. "That doesn't bode well for our impending marriage, sweetheart. Communication is key." I glare at him. "Then tell your mouth to start communicating with my dick, dude. Because if you don't make me come in the next five seconds, I'm going to - " "Going to what?" he mocks, and I moan in dismay when his fingers slip out. Chuckling, Wes climbs up my body, grabs both my wrists and shoves them up over my head. "Tell me what you'll do, Canning. — Sarina Bowen

Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility BY JAMES P. CARSE — Daniel H. Pink

yard where the trees were, where the carhouse was, and — Harper Lee

I'd read so much right-wing crime fiction where they find the evidence and shoot the bad guy - I thought there must be another approach. — Denise Mina

What technology is really about is better ways to evolve. That is what we call an 'infinite game.' ... A finite game is played to win, and an infinite game is played to keep playing. — Kevin Kelly

Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his hereditary skies. — Ovid