Quotes by Patterns It's a wonderful feeling to experience a shift when you realize that you have the power to change the patterns within yourself. Renee Marino patternsrealizingfeelings In sum, the struggle for our future is . . . the struggle between those who cling to patterns of domination and those working for a more equitable partnership world. Riane Eisler patternsstruggleworld Instead of exposures to toxic materials and mechanical dangers, we are discovering the toxicity of social circumstances and patterns of social organization. Richard G. Wilkinson toxicpatternsorganization That she won the game startled me cold. The way she won, the pattern of her thought on the chessboard, charmed me warm again and then some. Richard Bach patternsgameschess I play patterns. I'll make up a pattern and just play it. Richard Manuel patternsplay Patterns repeat themselves in history Rick Riordan repeatspatterns The pattern of the narrative never of necessity wants to end, it never has to. Robert Creeley patternsnarrativewant The greatest blessings of general conference come to us after the conference is over. Remember the pattern recorded frequently in scripture: we gather to hear the words of the Lord, and we return to our homes to live them. Robert D. Hales patternsblessinghome Long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings . . . but short words were slippery, unpredictable, changing their meanings without any pattern. Robert A. Heinlein patternseasylong Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand, then played his pipes. They rearranged themselves in a pattern that made no sense to me, but Grover looked concerned. "That's us," he said. "Those five nuts right there." "Which one is me?" I asked. "The little deformed one," Zoe suggested. "Oh, shut up. Rick Riordan patternsnutswind Texture and pattern should function as a surprise. Robert Denning texturepatternssurprise Through the Savior's Atonement and by following these basic patterns of faithfulness, we receive "power from on high" to face the challenges of life. We need this divine power today more than ever. Robert D. Hales patternschallengesneeds In many societies the domestic social costs of adjustment to changing patterns of comparative advantage are believed to outweigh the advantages of further trade liberalization. Robert Gilpin patternscostsocial If a revolution destroys a systematic government, but the systematic patterns of thought that produced that government are left intact, then those patterns will repeat themselves in the succeeding government. Robert M. Pirsig systematicpatternsgovernment To do science is to search for repeated patterns, not simply to accumulate facts. Robert MacArthur patternsfacts You look at where you're going and where you are and it never makes sense, but then you look back at where you've been and a pattern seems to emerge. Robert M. Pirsig where-you-arepatternslooks The only difference between causation and the value is that the word "cause" implies absolute certainty whereas the implied meaning of "value" is one of preference. In classical science it was supposed that the world always works in terms of absolute certainty and that "cause" is the more appropriate word to describe it. But in modern quantum physics all that is changed. Particles "prefer" to do what they do. An individual particle is not absolutely committed to one predictable behavior. What appears to be an absolute cause is just a very consistent pattern of preferences. Robert M. Pirsig patternsdifferencesworld Prophecy is most dangerous when you try to make it happen... The Pattern weaves itself around you, but when you try to weave it, even you cannot hold it. Robert Jordan patternsdangeroustrying Substance is a subspecies of value. When you reverse the containment process and define substance in terms of value the mystery disappears: substance is a "stable pattern of inorganic values." The problem then disappears. The world of objects and the world of values is unified. Robert M. Pirsig patternssubstanceworld Only social patterns can control biological patterns, and the instrument of conversation between society and biology is not words. The instrument of conversation between society and biology has always been a policeman or a soldier and his gun. Robert M. Pirsig patternsgunsoldier«1920212223242526272829»
