Quotes tagged ‘Hierarchy’

“My mother made me understand that every human society is a pyramid and that some lives will always matter more than others. It is better to accept this than to pretend it isn't true.”

— Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Balem Abrasax, Eddie Redmayne, imdb.com

“The issue of hierarchy and hierarchical position is absolutely key. It’s key to evolutionary survival. It’s key to mate selection. It’s key to survival.”

— Jordan B. Peterson, youtube.com

“I've been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be a man. There is no new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbor. But there's always something to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don't have and want to appropriate. In this w…”

— Jean-Jacques Annaud, Alain Godard, Commisar Danilov, Joseph Fiennes, imdb.com

“The Igbo culture, being receptive to change, individualistic, and highly competitive, gave the Igbo man an unquestioned advantage over his compatriots in securing credentials for advancement in Nigerian colonial society. Unlike the Hausa/Fulani he was unhindered by a wary religion, and unlike the Yo…”

— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com

“The word hierarchy comes from the Greek hieros, meaning ‘sacred,’ and arche, meaning ‘rule.”

— Caroline Levine, amazon.com

“The logic of combination is a powerful transformation engine for entities at a particular hierarchical level, but it does not account for the transformations that construct new levels.”

— David Lane, insiteproject.org