Quotes by Hierarchy My work was fairly theoretical. It was in recursive function theory. And in particular, hierarchies of functions in terms of computational complexity. I got involved in real computers and programming mainly by being - well, I was interested even as I came to graduate school. Dennis Ritchie hierarchy real school An atom is a hierarchy of different states of information that define the statistical likelihood of finding a particle here or there at the time of observation. Deepak Chopra hierarchy atoms different Capitalization implies a hierarchy, that some letters are more special than others. Douglas Coupland hierarchy special letters All power rests on hierarchy: An army is nothing but a well-organized lynch mob. Edward Abbey hierarchy wells army We recognize caste in dogs because we rank ourselves by the familiar dog system, a ladderlike social arrangement wherein one individual outranks all others, the next outranks all but the first, and so on down the hierarchy. But the cat system is more like a wheel, with a high-ranking cat at the hub and the others arranged around the rim, all reluctantly acknowledging the superiority of the despot but not necessarily measuring themselves against one another. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas hierarchy cat dog A deck of cards was built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it and a lackey to those above it. Ely Culbertson hierarchy masters cards Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane. Gary Hamel adding-value hierarchy community Over the centuries, religion has become institutionalized, and in the process encrusted with elaborate hierarchies, top-heavy bureaucracies, highly specialized roles and reflexive routines. Gary Hamel hierarchy roles process In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter of public record - it's easy to discover who's in charge of what. By contrast, natural leaders don't appear on any organization chart. Gary Hamel hierarchy organization leader All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values. Friedrich Nietzsche hierarchy philosopher tasks What we have been raised to think of as inevitable - division and hierarchy, monotheism and nation states - actually accounts for less than 10 percent of human history. Gloria Steinem hierarchy division thinking Hierarchy is a kind of order of abstractions. Grady Booch hierarchy kind order There is bias and sexism everywhere, just like there are problems of racism and homophobia stemming from the whole notion that we're arranged in a hierarchy, that we're ranked rather than linked. Gloria Steinem hierarchy discrimination racism Criticism occupies the lowest place in the literary hierarchy: as regards form, almost always; and as regards moral value, incontestably. It comes after rhyming games and acrostics, which at least require a certain inventiveness. Gustave Flaubert hierarchy criticism games We cling to hierarchies because our place in a hierarchy is, rightly or wrongly, a major indicator of our social worth. Harold Leavitt hierarchy social management I always talk about the hierarchy of art, and I always put music on the top of everything, because it's so immaterial. Igor Levit hierarchy art I fancy that the Hell of Too Many People would occupy a respectable place in the hierarchy of infernal regions. J. B. Priestley hierarchy fancy people Hierarchy is an organization with its face toward the CEO and its ass toward the customer. Jack Welch hierarchy organization faces Profit maximization is the murderous strategy of global corporation hierarchies Jean Ziegler hierarchy strategy corporations I've been related to everything. Even the production; I knew how much it cost, I knew where the money went. It didn't last long, because hierarchy came back again. Jeanne Moreau hierarchy cost long «123456»
