Hagegard Strauss Quotes & Sayings

The opposite of reductionism, holism - the idea that the only legitimate explanations are in terms of higher-level systems - is an even greater error than reductionism. — Anonymous

Maybe it's not, in the end, the virtues of others that so wrenches our hearts as it is the sense of almost unbearably poignant recognition when we see them at their most base, in their sorrow and gluttony and foolishness. You need the virtues, too - some sort of virtues - but we don't care about Emma Bovary or Anna Karenina or Raskolnikov because they're good. We care about them because they're not admirable, because they're us, and because great writers have forgiven them for it. — Michael Cunningham

I have 13 dependents. All of them have 140 IQ or better, except me. I'm under 100 IQ, and I support them all. — Chi Chi Rodriguez

Rampant male predator'," Simon said, shaking his head. "Blatant, Archer."

"Would you prefer 'alpha male'?" Jeremy asked. "I do occasionally feel the urge to roll over and expose my belly in submission, after all - "

"Christ, don't do it now, I'm wiped out. — M. Chandler

Has your drawing the meaning you saw in the model at first? — Robert Henri

I've never had anyone put on a puppet show to convince me of anything. And I've done a lot of stuff. I don't know that I would put the puppets on when I was pitching a show. This was the head of the studio putting a puppet show on. And I'll tell you, he wasn't bad. — Garry Shandling

With 500 channels and the Internet available, you'd think a candidate could get the word out. — Larry King

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man. — Adam Smith