Function Quotes

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The law of gratitude is universal. It is a natural function of the soul. All things upon this earth or in the universe operate and… — Robert Scheid
Success in battle is not a function of how many show up, but who they are. — Robert H. Barrow
And if I ever DO see [Kenny G] anywhere, at any function - he WILL get a piece of my mind, and maybe a guitar… — Pat Metheny
Reverie is commonly classified among the phenomena of psychic detente. It is lived out in a relaxed time which has no linking force. Since it… — Gaston Bachelard
In the study of ideas, it is necessary to remember that insistence on hard-headed clarity issues from sentimental feeling, as it were a mist, cloaking… — Alfred North Whitehead
I will try to account for the degree of my aesthetic emotion. That, I conceive, is the function of the critic. — Clive Bell
Vision is the Source and hope of life.Â The greatest gift ever given to mankind is not the gift of sight, but the gift of… — Myles Munroe
The primary function of a theatre is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent. — Robert Brustein
Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it… — Michael Merzenich
The function of camera movement is to assist the storytelling. That's all it is. It cannot be there just to demonstrate itself. — Mike Figgis
Actually, the mysteries of water are similar to those of the blood in the human body. In Nature, normal functions are fulfilled by water just… — Viktor Schauberger
I had thought joy to be rather synonymous with happiness, but it seems now to be far less vulnerable than happiness. Joy seems to be… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Mindfulness is like a microscope; it is neither an offensive nor defensive weapon in relation to the germs we observe through it. The function of… — Chogyam Trungpa
Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you… — Esa-Pekka Salonen
We must see that consciousness is neither an isolated soul nor the mere function of a single nervous system, but of that totality of interrelated… — Alan Watts
You have certainly observed the curious fact that a given word which is perfectly clear when you hear it or use it in everyday language,… — Paul Valery
What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme function, of language? Isn't it merely to convey ideas and emotions? Certainly. Then if we… — Mark Twain
The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning. — Robert Anton Wilson
Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should be, and the discovery of the means of making it… — Benjamin Tucker
The cast, staff, and crew of a live theater work together toward a common goal: a good performance. Thus, theater is necessarily a group effort.… — Laurence Sterne

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