'How can you see something that isn't there?' yawned the Humbug, who wasn't fully awake yet. 'Sometimes it's much simpler than seeing things that are,' he said. 'For instance, if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can just as easily see it with your eyes closed.'
Norton Juster
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Theories should be as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.
Albert Einstein
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
Henry David Thoreau
Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.
George Santayana
Consumers can avoid the 'feature fatigue' trap by first trying out a product, and comparing several, before buying. Chances are they will be more satisfied with a simpler product with less features.
Roland Rust
The simpler kinds of tests for antibodies won't work.
Jesse Goodman
Love isn't a decision. It's a feeling. If we could decide who we loved, it would be much simpler, but much less magical.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
It's an image of another, much simpler time.
Andrew Berman
Even if it were a little in favor of the man, I?d hire the woman. It?s just much simpler. There?s so many factors where it?s easier for a woman, from locker rooms, to harassment issues.
Judy Samaha
We're trying to make it clearer and simpler and more straightforward.
Matthew Henderson
Taxes, Social Security and health care are a heavy burden on emerging and growing businesses. In calling for reform in all these areas, business owners are saying that they want relief -- a simpler system that will allow them to focus more on the needs of their businesses.
John Evans
We have to keep our game simpler. Most of the time it's just getting the puck at the net instead of trying to make the perfect play.
Serge Payer
I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international tranquility. But for the mass of humanity it is an age that never was.
Shirley Hufstedler
I'd like to see them build a new operating system from the ground up that's much simpler and smaller.
Michael Cusumano
The dream factory of that time was much simpler. As media outlets grew, everything became so complicated.
Janet Leigh
They could bypass all the federal stuff and get in touch with a city and say, 'What can we help you with?' ... It's just a common sense approach. The simpler it is, the more effective it is.
George Lewis
It is simpler to understand.
Anthony Smeraglino
If we kept the rules simpler, consumers would have a better sense of their privacy.
Michael Carroll
Money always comes last. Even though money is crucial you can?t be driven by your overhead - the mortgage, car - but it?s not about chucking it all. Sometimes living what you love is just living simpler.
Melinda Blanchard
We are pleased to be one of the few companies to support this platform. This will give our customers a simpler, more powerful way to create, deploy, manage and use enterprise data and analytical applications.
William Gregorian
This means increased efficiency for customers. It offers simpler management, better storage utilization, and the ability to move files non-disruptively.
Dave Donatelli
There's no perfect formula, but the NSW system has too many exclusions and exemptions. We agree with the philosophy, but there has to be a simpler formula.
Jack Haley
The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
Nancy Lopez
The character, a poor factory girl, would have something much smaller, much simpler.
Francesca Zambello
If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong. I do not say give them up, for they may be all you have, but conceal them like a vice lest they should spoil the lives of better and simpler people.
Robert Stevenson
What he [Venter] realized is that the DNA in microorganisms is about 1,000th the length of the human genome. Instead of 3 billion base pairs, it is more like a couple of million-so it is a thousand-times-simpler problem.
Larry Smarr
The advantage of having larger contract vehicles is that there are more choices for the government. And having more choices with this simpler ordering mechanism means they can get the work on contract more quickly with less paper work.
Ray Bjorklund
This situation has been terrific for me. When you play with guys that can get you the puck, it's easier than having to do everything yourself, like I had to do in junior. You don't have to press as much. The game's simpler.
Patrick O'sullivan
Walking can't be much simpler. You don't need any equipment or any special training. That is one of the things that enticed me about what they were offering.
Ken Bechtel
Kodak is in good shape to continue its growth, ... The majority of camera sales come in the final three months of the year, and its simpler, lower-cost cameras should benefit.
Chris Chute
It's a simpler, cleaner and iconic piece. It's a much better representation of a great monument.
David Childs
This album is more user-friendly and easier for people to see it, ... We made the picture simpler and clearer.
Yuka Honda
You see a reduction in the complication of the menu. Things get simpler, but we're still talking on a pretty grand scale.
Maggie Lidz
It's simpler to prove whether the wetland is adjacent to the stream or not, and then if he applies for a permit you can decide whether the impacts of his wetland on the stream are significant enough that he should or should not get a permit.
Howard Fox
I kind of like this one. I think it's simpler to operate, and it's simpler to read. But I would rather have my old one.
Jack Vaughn
The simpler the plan, the better because there's a fighting chance you'll understand your bill.
David Heim
The more disastrous the mishaps the simpler the reviewing task.
Donal Henahan
The two most important aspects are that this can be done at atmospheric pressure and just by heating a sample, a procedure which is much simpler than existing ionization methods using a laser or high-energy beam. The method does not require a high-voltage power source.
R. Graham Cooks
Our campaign gives teeth to what small business owners have been saying for years: the tax code is far too complicated and complex, ... We need a tax code which is fairer and simpler, and rewards work and savings.
Jack Faris
As time goes on they will make it simpler. It's going to take a while for everyone to get used to.
Frank Cassidy
When the world seems very frightening, we look to these small remnants of our past and a time when life seemed simpler and more benign.
Rachel Weingarten
Maybe it makes it simpler and will bring it back to football's growth rate.
Peter Schoenke
Technology like Bluetooth is an important step in getting components that can be blended in a simpler, more understandable way.
Morten Kyng
It used to be simpler. There used to be four categories: designer, bridge, contemporary and junior.
Susan Rolontz
It was simpler and easier. I think perhaps in many ways it was also a comfort to families to have their loved ones right there on the farm.
Caneta Hankins
It's second nature to play a simpler game on the road. That's probably why we have a better record than at home. The proof is in the pudding.
Shawn Horcoff
It was simpler to walk away.
Henry Price
People aren't going to be happy if it goes down this way. I hope we get a simpler solution.
Frank Adams
On a creative level, I think the songs are simpler in that they're more direct. To be commercially successful just means [your music] has reached more people, which I suppose is a good thing.
Alison Goldfrapp
From a technology standpoint there is very little new. We are putting it into packaging for simpler adoption.
Steve Roddy
Just like with any music, you listen to a song and it brings back memories. For me, [Buffett] brings me back to a simpler part of my life.
Tony Benshoof
Internet e-mail is simpler and cheaper, but you won't get integrated calendaring, scheduling, database functionality or applications.
Mark Levitt
People have increasingly been attracted to the cleaner, simpler living space that a loft can provide. People are more accustomed to or hungry for the urban lifestyle.
Chris Donovan
Obviously, we wanted a better effort and we wanted to play smarter. We need to go back to basics and play a simpler game. Frustration is a big factor and hard to control, but we have to find a way.
Martin Lapointe
We'd probably have benefited if we'd tried to keep [the CRM deployment] simpler. We tried to bite off more than we could chew to start with.
Steve Butler
We do appreciate Kyle and others bringing these barriers to our attention. We're interested in finding solution to these barrier problems. It might be simpler than you thought it would be.
Forrest Miller
We were promised a simpler life, and technology has only complicated our lives.
Freeman Thomas
[Until a simpler and more secure day comes, only a handful of companies will persist in giving consumers more payment options than plastic.] We're looking to make a nice profit tapping into this market, but checking is an old payment method, ... You can't afford to ignore it, but I wouldn't plan my business around it for the next five years.
Tim Stevens
People make the great mistake with action heroes. They think that because generally the plots are simpler and their behavior is one-note that they can't act. But most of the time they can.
Sidney Lumet
Overall, people are generally getting better deals than in the past. I would say, for the most part, it is (a better deal) because it makes the negotiation process a lot simpler.
Mike Chung
In 90 seconds and three or four clicks of the mouse, you can back up My Documents remotely. It's an order of magnitude simpler than tape backup.
Michael Simon
To offer the complexities of life as an excuse for not addressing oneself to the simpler, more manageable (trivial) aspects of daily existence is a perversity often indulged in by artists, husbands, intellectuals -- and critics of the Women's Movement.
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Sure, most of our income is now spent on needs, and the wants of life get put off more frequently than in the past, but life is simpler and so much more enjoyable. Frantic mornings getting kids ready for day care have turned into enjoyable breakfasts with the family and conversations on which park or hike the kids would like to enjoy with Mom.
Dan Crann
Token ring was a very elegant way of sharing bandwidth on a LAN, ... What killed it was LAN switching because all that matters there is price per port. Ethernet was simpler and supported by more vendors, so it was cheaper to build Ethernet chip sets.
David Passmore
Developing point-of-care tests to direct sleeping sickness treatment will greatly simplify patient care, allowing for early case detection, simpler and safer treatment, and higher rates of cure that will improve disease management and could lead to the elimination of the disease as a public health problem.
Thomas Brewer
Every place we looked, the simpler the dosing, the fewer the errors. And if they had an error, it was bad news.
Christopher Cannon
The secret to our success is that the product we developed is flexible and simple enough at an affordable price to handle a range of customers, from large to small, and we can use it to administer really complex investment products handling the intricacies and complexities of the product, or simpler, less complicated insurance products.
Don Elliott
Something that goes on the desktop has to be a simpler and more structured tool with fewer configuration options. It has to be running in the background.
Ross Anderson
The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.
Edward Teller
I like the simpler the better.
Mari Coyne
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