Function Quotes

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For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If… — John Wooden
It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be… — Herbert Read
The greatest intensification of the horrors of war is a direct result of the democratisation of the State. So long as the army was a… — Herbert Read
By 2025, 80 percent of the functions doctors do will be done much better and much more cheaply by machines and machine learned algorithms, — Vinod Khosla
Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious… — Solomon Asch
We're entering a bionic era where we actually are beginning to see technology that's sophisticated enough to emulate key physiological functions. — Hugh Herr
Psychological factors are critical in supporting immune function. If you suppress this psychological support by telling someone he's condemned to die, your words alone will… — Luc Montagnier
The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its… — Virginia Henderson
Their function is to anchor the frequency of the new consciousness on this planet. I call them the frequency-holders. They are here to generate consciousness… — Eckhart Tolle
The skin is our body's envelope, the wrapping that delivers us to the world. If we understand how the skin functions in mid-life and adjust… — Jane Fonda
Government [is] operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the function of the bureau is to intercept every living idea… — Gerry Spence
When I entered graduate school I had carried out the instructions given to me by my father and had knocked on both Murray Gell-Mann's and… — Kenneth G. Wilson
Without computers, the government would be unable to function at the level of effectiveness and efficiency that we have come to expect. . . .… — Dave Barry
We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals maintain their sense of coherence… — Aaron Antonovsky
When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when it turns to… — Plato
The object of knowledge is what exists and its function to know about reality. — Plato
In the course of normal speaking the inhibitory function of the will is continuously directed to bringing the course of ideas and the articulatory movements… — Wilhelm Wundt
The Self then functions as a union of opposites and thus constitutes the most immediate experience of the Divine which it is psychologically possible to… — Carl Jung
Advocates of psychiatric drugs often claim that the medications improve learning and the ability to benefit from psychotherapy, but the contrary is true. There are… — Peter Breggin
Integration proceeds by just the opposite route: a deliberate heightening of every organic function; a release of impulses from circumstances that irrationally thwarted them; richer… — Lewis Mumford

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