There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law, punish those who do not.
Rush LimbaughIt is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
AristotleThe process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.
John Kenneth GalbraithMen are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs, that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
Niccolo MachiavelliMy secret is simple - I pray.
Mother TeresaWhen you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.
Paulo CoelhoThe point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
Bertrand RussellThoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Friedrich NietzscheBut what is happiness, except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
Albert CamusThere is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life, as the simple truth.
Charles DickensA return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
Niccolo MachiavelliIt is fatal to be a man or woman, pure and simple: one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly.
Virginia WoolfIt is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated, far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.
John RuskinWell, I have a very simple method of painting.
Edward HopperGod is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.
Joseph CampbellMen are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment, that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
Niccolo MachiavelliTo disbelieve is easy, to scoff is simple, to have faith is harder.
Louis L'AmourThe Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.
Norman Vincent PealeAre creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
Mahatma GandhiDeficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers.
Ron PaulThe simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.
Thomas SowellI got a chain letter by fax. It's very simple. You just fax a dollar bill to everybody on the list.
Steven WrightI claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
Mahatma GandhiSince when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
Bill GatesThat's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end, because once you get there you can move mountains.
Steve JobsSimplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da VinciIssues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
Barack ObamaOh come on, you have got to be kidding me. I had good looks but missed them. It is as simple as that. They just weren't falling. Some nights I am on fire and other nights I have nights like tonight where the shots weren't going in.
Kobe BryantThe truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Oscar WildeChildren show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be loved.
Michael JacksonA bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.
Maya AngelouI describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.
Dalai LamaIt's quite simple (public speaking) Say what you have to say, and when you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending, sit down.
Winston ChurchillKnowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.
T. S. EliotThe statement of Christ is simple. He who sent me among you will come again . And he pointed to a lamb. The lamb is merely a symbol -- a sign. It stands for the voice - BABA. The announcement was The advent of BABA . He will wear a robe of red blooded robe. He will be short with a crown (of hair). The lamb is a sign and symbol of Love.
Sai BabaThe quality of life is so different in France. There is the possibility of living a simple life. I would never contemplate raising my daughter in LA. I would never raise any child there.
Johnny DeppWe just did not execute in overtime and the execution was really simple ... They just got the ball to Jason and let him operate.
Kobe BryantI want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250 000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president, the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history and a lot of millionaires to boot.
Barack ObamaMost people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice.
Mason CooleyIt takes these very simple-minded instructions - 'Go fetch a number add it to this number put the result there perceive if it's greater than this other number' - but executes them at a rate of let's say 1 000 000 per second. At 1 000 000 per second the results appear to be magic.
Steve Jobs