Function Quotes · Page 48

I have no idea how people function without near-constant internal chaos. I'd lose my mind.

— Dave Eggers

To my mind, healing means returning a malfunctioning human body to full unrestricted function, not to remove parts of it by operation…

— Rudolf Breuss

The current Eurozone is obviously dysfunctional. And serious people within Germany and elsewhere know this to be the case and know things…

— Tariq Ali

It is the function of creative man to perceive and to connect the seemingly unconnected.

— William Plomer

What's unique about transportation is that it's the one function that repeats itself throughout the supply chain.

— John Murphy

What is the function that a clergyman performs in the world? Answer: He gets his living by assuring idiots that he can…

— H. L. Mencken

SUCCES is not to be what but when you can perform the function of what well, that's the real SUCCESS.

— Anonymous

These are not easy questions. Who am I? Why am I here? They're not easy because the human being isn't wired to…

— Steven Pressfield

I'm big on this 'no budget, no pay.' I think that's important. Let's get right at the heart of the issue. Even…

— Kurt Schrader

Being healthy is a complete lifestyle for me. It allows my brain to function at a very high degree so I can…

— Derrick Rose

Think of the tools in a tool-box: there is a hammer, pliers, a saw, a screwdriver, a rule, a glue-pot, nails and…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

I'm a people person, very approachable. I go out every night, tons of functions. I love all facets of this industry... Music,…

— Guy Oseary

I've never been a fan of personality-conflict burgers and identity-crisis omelets with patchouli oil. I function very well on a diet that…

— Tom Waits

The corporations plainly want academic scholarship to create a web of mystification that will avoid any public awareness of the way in…

— Noam Chomsky

Abortion is a moral right-which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish…

— Ayn Rand

I believe that mathematical reality lies outside us, that our function is to discover or observe it, and that the theorems which…

— G. H. Hardy

So here are some foolproof recipes for those of you who understand the true function of food. Bean Treat: Gingerly pour four…

— Dylan Moran

As the worldly philosophers of the past affirmed, the goal of economics is to improve the way society functions. In The New…

— Peter L. Bernstein

If the universe is a non-spatial computer, a 'time machine' is a program that allows a user to have the same (ontologically…

— Kedar Joshi

Change is freedom, change is life. It's always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in.…

— Anonymous

The cast, staff, and crew of a live theater work together toward a common goal: a good performance. Thus, theater is necessarily…

— Laurence Sterne

We welcome private investment, but any company or national firm will be a partner of a venture where the result will go…

— Evo Morales

Remember laughing? Laughter enhances the blood flow to the body’s extremities and improves cardiovascular function. Laughter releases endorphins and other natural mood…

— Patch Adams

The Library is an open sanctuary. It is devoted to individual intellectual inquiry and contemplation. Its function is to provide free access…

— Robert G. Vosper

Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die.

— Margaret J. Wheatley

The function of the killer and watching him - whatever that says about the world in which we live - it was…

— Aaron Yoo

The general function of dreams is to try to restore our psychological balance by producing dream material that re-establishes, in a subtle…

— Carl Jung

We are learning that the earth functions like an invisible organism. We are the various cells of one living being. Those who…

— Jeremy Rifkin

The village had institutionalized all human functions in forms of low intensity… Participation was high and organization was low. This is the…

— Marshall McLuhan

I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the…

— Ang Lee

I am unable to distinguish clearly between your religious ceremonies and apparently identical behavior at the sporting and cultural functions you have…

— Arthur C. Clarke

Ask Bill [Gates] why the string in [MS-DOS] function 9 is terminated by a dollar sign. Ask him, because he can't answer.…

— Gary Kildall

I will try to account for the degree of my aesthetic emotion. That, I conceive, is the function of the critic.

— Clive Bell

“The toxicity of an electrical wiring error is a function of the dirty electricity and the electrical items plugged into the faulty…

— Steven Magee

I believe it is the photographer's function to reveal that which is concealed, even if it be repugnant to the majority, not…

— Arthur Tress

I thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it.

— Ronald Reagan

A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people

— John Wooden

All schools, all colleges have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal valuable knowledge.

— Mark Twain

The BBC fulfils a wonderful cultural function. Maybe the problem is that it feels it needs to be everything to everybody.

— Andrew Davies

The librarian's mission should be, not like up to now, a mere handling of the book as an object, but rather a…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset