"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system de…"

"A selective process goes on, whereby systems attract and keep those people whose attributes are such as to make them …"

"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposi…"

"A system represents someone's solution to a problem. The system doesn't solve the problem."

"Systems Are Seductive. They promise to do a hard job faster, better, and more easily than you could do it by yourself…"

"A complex system can fail in an infinite number of ways"

"Loose systems last longer and function better."

"The system always kicks back. — Systems get in the way— or, in slightly more elegant language: Systems tend to oppose…"

"Even Toynbee, floundering through his massive survey of 20-odd civilizations, was finally able to discern only that: …"

"There is a world of difference, psychologically speaking, between the passive observation that Things Don't Work Out …"