Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific. – Talcott Parsons
This country, of course, needs fundamental reform of our financial regulatory system, as I, and many other financial institution executives, have publicly advocated for a considerable period. – Stephen A. Schwarzman
My spiritual system is 12-step programs. That’s the only one I’ve ever had. I didn’t have one before that. – Steve Earle
It’s quite fashionable to say that the educational system is broken. It’s not broken. It’s wonderfully constructed. It’s just that we don’t need it anymore. – Sugata Mitra
The system becomes logically closed when each of the logical implications which can be derived from any one proposition within the system finds its statement in another proposition in the same system. – Talcott Parsons
We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. – Zoe Lofgren
In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid system that makes them so. – Theodor Adorno
No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. – William Ralph Inge
Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies. – Tommy Chong
We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we have created. – Stanley Hauerwas
We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges. – Stephen Breyer
Until a person has a home, they are always going to be dependent upon the system. – William E. Conway, Jr.
The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts. – William Weld
The federal government has invested billions in Metro, yet the system is not safe and is not reliable. – Sam Graves
Unfortunately, the rights to ‘System Shock’ trademark and copyright are both up in the air. – Warren Spector
The virus that causes AIDS is the trickiest pathogen scientists have ever confronted. It mutates furiously, it has decoys to evade the immune system, it attacks the very cells that are trying to fight it, and it quickly hides itself in your genome. – Seth Berkley
Some really large businesses that get a lot from China would like a NAFTA Superhighway system because it would reduce costs for them to transport containers from China and, as a result, increase their margins. – Virgil Goode