I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.
Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine
In a mad world it always seems simpler to obey.
People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children right from the start that life is absurd.
The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.
The reason why the simpler sort are moved by authority is the consciousness of their own ignorance
If God had consulted me before embarking on the Creation, I would have suggested something simpler.
Perhaps, when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand.
Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward. Rather, returning to a simpler way allows us to regain our dignity, puts us in touch with the land, and makes us value human contact again.
The more we know of God, the more unreservedly we will trust him; the greater our progress in theology, the simpler and more child-like will be our faith
My palate is simpler than it used to be. A young chef adds and adds and adds to the plate. As you get older, you start to take away.
Simple molecules combine to make powerful chemicals. Simple cells combine to make powerful life-forms. Simple electronics combine to make powerful computers. Logically, all things are created by a combination of simpler, less capable components. Therefore, a supreme being must be in our future, not our origin. What if "God" is the consciousness that will be created when enough of us are connected by the Internet?!!
To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.
I just really gravitate towards a nostalgia for a time when things were simpler. When beauty was more classical and glamorous.
Going back to a simpler life is not a step backwards.
Lying is not only saying what isn't true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels. We all do it, every day, to make life simpler.
Partial knowledge is more triumphant than complete knowledge; it takes things to be simpler than they are, and so makes its theory more popular and convincing.
People really do want simpler, cleaner food, but this isn't about marketing, it's about delivering.
I think people are gravitating towards these period dramas because I think they're looking for a simpler time.
When one theory is simpler than its competitor, this fact is relevant to saying what the world is like.
