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

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.

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

To find the peace you never had you will need to do the one fearful thing that you have never done.

You do not need to be a mountain to feel strong. Be like a little flexible stream to have true power.

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

Habit: A shackle for the free.

The coffee was so strong it snarled as it lurched out of the pot.

We have had plenty of atheist presidents; they just wouldn't admit it.

Is there any delight as great as the child's discovering ability?

I do believe that, under the law, under the Constitution of the United States, and under our public policy, that women deserve and should have a right to enjoy equal employment opportunity.

To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.

A mother is a bank where I deposit all my worries and hurts