Function Quotes

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It is not God's function to create or uncreate the circumstances of your life. God created You, in the image and likeness of God. You… — Neale Donald Walsch
Imagination continually frustrates tradition; that is its function. — Jules Feiffer
Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence. — Ned Rorem
Astrology has no more useful function than this, to discover the inmost nature of a man and to bring it out into his consciousness, that… — Aleister Crowley
Your soul has a single basic function-the act of valuing. — Ayn Rand
As if a device can function if it has no style. As if a device can be called stylish that does not function superbly... yes,… — Stephen Fry
The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought. — Thomas Beecham
A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people — John Wooden
The primary function of government is to protect the minority of the opulent from the majority of the poor. — James Madison
Child labor becomes a label of condemnation in spite of its ancient function as the quickest, most reliable way to human independence — John Taylor Gatto
[L]et us say that we are obliged to produce the truth by the power that demands truth and needs it in order to function: we… — Michel Foucault
The function of good journalism is to take information and add value to it. — John Chancellor
A good teacher can never be fixed in a routine... each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly adapting. A teacher… — Bruce Lee
Learn respect for the feeling function: Become aware of and undo some of your (improper) cultural training so that you grant the moods and messages… — Elizabeth Lesser
It has always been the prime function of mythology and rite to supply the symbols that carry the human spirit forward. — Joseph Campbell
We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make to our human community. The real work of your life is to… — Oprah Winfrey
The vital function that pets fulfill in this world hasn't been fully recognized. They keep millions of people sane. — Eckhart Tolle
The life function of [the local church] is to love the God who created it - to care for others out of obedience to Christ,… — Charles Colson
Rules are the offspring of fear. If everyone trusted and followed their true inner spirit, the world would function flawlessly. — Alan Cohen
Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes, decays into plutocracy,… — Mark Twain

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