Function Quotes

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I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a beautifully… — Evan Parker
Itâ€™s a revolution. But itâ€™s the sort of revolution that no one will notice. It might get a little shadier. Buildings might function better. You… — Bill Mollison
Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labor; and of looking… — Bill Mollison
The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing — Gerry Mulligan
The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent… — Kingman Brewster, Jr.
But the thought leaders on talk radio and Fox do more than shape opinion. Backed by their own wing of the book-publishing industry and supported… — David Frum
The absolute rule of the state shall be a function of the absolute liberty of each individual will. — Aleister Crowley
By adherence to a special set of rules, the child of the shabby-genteel can sometimes leap across the time which has passed by his family… — Murray Kempton
The function of the margin of safety is, in essence, that of rendering unnecessary an accurate estimate of the future. — Benjamin Graham
Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a function in the society that has adopted it, necessarily contradicts… — George Santayana
The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or thwarting… — William Henry Harrison
My father was a basketball player, so I loved basketball because he did. It was a direct transference. But, more than that, basketball, in the… — Sherman Alexie
The function of the artist is to disturb. His duty is to arouse the sleeper, to shake the complacent pillars of the world.In a world… — Norman Bethune
Despite the popular idea of anarchists as violent men, Anarchism is the one non-violent social philosophy.â€¦ The function of the Anarchist is two-fold. By daily… — Ammon Hennacy
One function of the angels is illumination, and the other function is that of being a guardian. — Fulton J. Sheen
A key function of a publishing brand is the bestowal of status by who and what you pay attention to. — Tim O'Reilly
It is a melancholy experience for a professional mathematician to find himself writing about mathematics. The function of a mathematician is to do something, to… — G. H. Hardy
Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function. — Moshe Safdie
A large animal needs a large area. If you protect that area, you're also protecting thousands of other plants and animals. You're saving all these… — George Schaller
Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die. — Farley Mowat

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