Simplistic Quotations

The simplistic solutions of Deepak Chopra cannot stand against the lofty and deep teachings of Jesus Christ. Only in His answers will we find the ultimate hope for the human heart.

I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'

Republicans, say Democrats, are too simplistic about what ails America, and their solutions are straight out of 'J.A.G.'

Few things trigger fear and misconception more than economic tribulation, and nothing prompts elected officials to react with more simplistic populism.

Evil is such a simplistic way to describe any character, be it Iago or Caliban, or any character from history.

We'll see some simplistic players for a while, who'll then get into more complicated things and evolve with their instruments. This is a cycle that happens over and over again in music.

If you're an advocate of gentleness, you're simplistic and naive. If you're an advocate of despair and hate, you're sophisticated.

Whether or not these marriages are good is an issue. It is too simplistic to take something this church has wrestled with for 30 years and say it doesn't matter.

There are versions of the pro-gay and anti-gay agenda that assume a simplistic rather than simple understanding of the issue - at least from a biblical perspective. Reject it or embrace it: that's the easy choice that makes for great sound-bites but ruins lives.

I don't just want to sing about simplistic things all the time. It's good to have a mix of songs that have a real depth, and that provoke and challenge people, and then songs that are fun and people can enjoy.

I find it discouraging to see these bands taking this really simplistic element from Nirvana and employing it to their own success.

I find it amazing to watch the Democrats who have consistently argued that the Bush administration holds a simplistic understanding of the world, and treats all Muslims as equals, to take this position.

From a very simplistic point of view, consumers will probably start to see better prices and better quality of goods. When the quality and price is right, consumers shop more frequently and they buy more.

there is an emerging consensus that is hostile to the simplistic annual standard as the basis for triggering New Source Review.

I suspect that a much better approach would be to look at some of the other aspects of our judicial system. Just extending the period to three months is perhaps too simplistic and not the most effective way of dealing with this problem.

I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has emotional problems, so I don't have to take his films seriously. By using this argument, the viewer retreats from the challenges of the film.

That's the sort of simplistic thing we'd like to avoid, ... That was a train wreck that we saw in New Orleans.

That's the sort of simplistic thing we'd like to avoid, and we're not maximizing the use of our forces to best efficiency,

We concluded that you cannot rely on delta hedging alone. It sounds simplistic to say that now, but back then, this was the sort of thing people were only just beginning to realize.

The reason we left was out of protest over the way the bishop is handling this and how he is attempting to crush Father Ed over such a simplistic thing.

Year in and year out our ultimate goal is to get to the NCAA Tournament. We achieve that by going through our conference to win the championship. Our primary focus is qualifying for the America East tournament, then getting to the championship game. It's simplistic but it's what we look for.

There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs.

We cannot superimpose on any conflict very simple, borrowed and ready-made solutions ... The Americans constructed a simplistic paradigm for our peace process. And they expected everybody to think like Americans, to behave like Americans.

The simplistic concept (of lasers) probably derived from that old James Bond movie of a laser driving down at Sean Connery. It was a big-old device with a circular beam coming down. Conceptually, that's kind of correct, but all lasers today with those big beams come from gas or material lasers,

The technology for creating animated films has come down to fairly simplistic levels, so a lot of people can make animated films. The trick is to make animated films people want to see. Disney has shown you can make animated films that nobody wants.

This is the first study we've done with (the program). So it was a learning process, and because of it, we kept the study very simplistic this time.

This administration has no plan, no vision, no answer beyond simplistic knee-jerk tax cuts for the wealthiest among us.

There is this simplistic notion around that because the yield curve is inverted, therefore, economic growth is going to slow down, but ... no consideration is given as to why the economy would slow down.

A complete waste of your time -- he has no influence whatsoever. For all his misinformed and simplistic slams on otherwise accomplished local executives, I wonder if he realizes he's totally irrelevant?

It was at a particular moment in the history of my own rages that I saw the Western world conditioned by the images of Marx, Darwin and Freud; and Marx, Darwin and Freud are the three most crashing bores of the Western world. The simplistic popularization of their ideas has thrust our world into a mental straitjacket from which we can only escape by the most anarchic violence.

For Gary to say the negotiations are now only a matter of dollars and cents is both simplistic and misleading. There continue to be a myriad of issues to address, including player rights and system issues that impact the daily lives and careers of players, the way the game is played and marketed, and the growing financial disparities between clubs in a league with no meaningful revenue sharing.

Don't confuse simplistic with simple. It takes great technology to make a product simple.

It's rather simplistic but that's what it is: That there is room for redemption and hope, however grim things are; that the human spirit does have that ability to do something that is selfless, even under the most horrendous circumstances.

That's a simplistic way of looking at it. When someone spends a lot of money at the game and thinks about their bill, there's a disconnect. What they don't think about are all the things we do to support the community.

I'm not saying I'm going to buy AOL or not, ... I think Bill Miller has done an excellent job of recognizing the fact that valuation is not a simplistic exercise.

If you go back and look, a completely underrated film is 'Quest for Fire.' That was one of the most genius, simplistic but incredibly sophisticated notion of what it was. The evolution of that was just fantastic.

I feel called by God to do this work. It sounds quite simplistic but it is just the way I can explain it.

How people feel determines where stocks go. It's a simplistic thing, but it's true. The volume is good, and you've got a nice bounce today, but the main thing is that stocks are reacting positively now, even when there is negative news.

I believe audiences are ready to embrace the complexities of the film, but it still boils down to heroism. The simplistic approach is not appropriate and it's not interesting. We know there will be limitations and controversies.

A knowledge economy doesn't mean producing doctorates, although there is a perception that higher-level skills drive the economy. It's too simplistic to say that one follows the other. There is no belief at the OECD that the production of advanced degrees is a formula for economic success.

It is way too simplistic just to say this administration doesn't care about black people,