It's important, therefore, to know who the real enemy is, and to know the function, the very serious function of racism, which… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
Spirituality is not a function of occupation or calling. A scientist may be more spiritual than a theologian; a teacher may be… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
A cabinet is a combining committee, a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the state to the… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
The founding fathers gave the House of Representatives one function when it comes to cleansing the office of the presidency and that… — Henry Hyde Copy Share Image
The way to have good and safe government is not to trust it all to one, but to divide it among the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
An object never serves the same function as its image - or its name. — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Today, criminal justice functions and justifies itself only by this perpetual reference to something other than itself, by this unceasing reinscription in… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“Our physical body knows it cannot function without physical water. So, too, our spiritual life should realize that it can't function without… — Jim George Copy Share Image
I met my wife in Bombay at an official function. And then we courted for three years. That's a great old term,… — Glenn Turner Copy Share Image
Most of us function under the model we have to get something in order to do something, in order to be something.… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
Animals have two vital functions in today's society; to be delicious and to fit well. — Greg Proops Copy Share Image
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions. — William James Copy Share Image
The chief point we must remember is that the great and rapid advance of the physical sciences took place in fields where… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
They were viewed very much like castles, I suppose: as crumbling, obsolete relics, with no real modern function other than as tourist… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
I think the function of suffering is to let me know that my perception is skewed; what I’m doing is judging natural… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
You cannot build up a standing army and then throw it back into a box like tin soldiers. Armies equipped to the… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
• As society rapidly changes, individuals will have to be able to function comfortably in a world that is always in flux.… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
I think masturbating is a really important function in art. People don't like to hear that kind of stuff, but it's true. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind. Now, they invent them deliberately just… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
The words are the words. Seriously. Meaning you don't have boo-boo words. You can do boo-boo things. You can have sex, carnage,… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
Democracy's ceremonial, its feast, it's great function, is the election. — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Separation of power says the judiciary committee is supposed to confirm qualified judges and then what the Supreme Court does, that is… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
The law has been perverted, and the powers of the state have become perverted along with it. The law has not only… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
...Desire, a function central to all human experience, is the desire for nothing nameable. And at the same time this desire lies… — Jacques Lacan Copy Share Image
Intelligence is a measure of how well you function within your level of awareness. — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
The function of the novelist... is to comment upon life as he sees it. — Frank Norris Copy Share Image
Percussion is physical, as most instruments are. The body must function well in order to play the instruments well. Last year I… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
I'm pretty fit, naturally. I do moderate exercise, and I try to eat pretty well and I think it has an effect… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
There is an Indian fable of three beings who drank from a river: one was a god, and he drank ambrosia; one… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
A generating function is a clothesline on which we hang up a sequence of numbers for display. — Herbert Wilf Copy Share Image
It was an accident, although I've been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child -… — James Dean Copy Share Image
Is it reasonable to suppose that we can apply a broad-spectrum insecticide to kill the burrowing larval stages of a crop-destroying insect… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
