When a new building block is discovered, the result is usually a range of innovations.

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.

Become grounded in the Bible. As Christians, we have only one authority, one compass: the Word of God.

A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.

I think I've had very knee-jerk emotional reactions to things, and sometimes I've said things without thinking. Being overly emotional clouded my judgment.

Death is easier to bear without thinking of it, than the thought of death without peril.

I was never invited to the White House.

My hope is that if I take good care of my skin and use Botox, I won't have to use anything else.

The spirit in which one earns his daily bread means as much to his soul as the bread itself may mean to his body.

I don't care very much for the People Magazine approach to applied economics.

A building has at least two lives - the one imagined by its maker and the life it lives afterward - and they are never the same.

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.