The measure of performance of any given agent is the amount of money it accumulates through its actions.

nonlinear interactions almost always make the behavior of the aggregate more complicated than would be predicted by summing or averaging.

Evolution continually innovates, but at each level it conserves the elements that are recombined to yield the innovations.

If we are to understand the interactions of a large number of agents, we must first be able to describe the capabilities of individual agents.

If there is to be a competition, there must be some basis for resolving it. It is also clear that the competition should be experienced based.

The recycling of resource by the aggregate behavior of a diverse array of agents is much more than the sum of the individual actions.

Unwrapping occurs when the "solution" is explicitly built into the program from the start.

Particular individuals do not recur, but their building blocks do.

Looking back to data, we can see if the consequences are plausible; looking forward to theory, we can see if general principles are suggested.

This use of building blocks to generate internal models is a pervasive feature of complex adaptive systems.

From the point of view of physics, it is a miracle that [seven million New Yorkers are fed each day] without any control mechanism other than sheer capitalism.

God’s power supersedes any power.

They have Easter egg hunts in Philadelphia, and if the kids don't find the eggs, they get booed.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

Interviewers always used to ask me about my pageboy haircut, and it drove me nuts: it almost made me suspect that there was something strange about it. So I cut off my pageboy.

I originate from a family where sauce is viewed as a refreshment.

The doubling of oil prices ... is creating a more difficult environment in which to act.

I like the opportunity to play characters who have these dark sides but make the audience empathize with them. You want them to think there is some kind of sweeter, softer side to it.

Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.

I do believe that [Bill] Clinton never inhaled ...because when I met him, he had no idea who I was.

Thus science may implement the ways in which man produces, stores, and consults the record of the race.