Function Quotes

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The quality of your life is a function of who you go through life with. — Peter Diamandis
I would say that, in the future, the book will be reserved for things that function best as a book. So, if I need a… — Art Spiegelman
Centuries of secularism have failed to transform eating into something strictly utilitarian. Food is still treated with reverence...To eat is still something more than to… — Alexander Schmemann
A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way: information, inspiration, and recreation. If a better way than the book… — Melvil Dewey
Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye. — Leonardo da Vinci
I think there's confusion around what the point of social networks is. A lot of different companies characterized as social networks have different goals -… — Mark Zuckerberg
For in the end, the irreality function functions as well in the face of man as in the face of the cosmos. What would we… — Gaston Bachelard
Through imagination, thanks to the subtleties of the irreality function, we re-enter the world of confidence, the world of the confident being, which is the… — Gaston Bachelard
Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth. — Cyril Connolly
In scientific thought, the concept functions all the better for being cut off from all background images. In its full exercise, the scientific concept is… — Gaston Bachelard
A critical function that we journalists perform at political conventions is to try to get into parties that we have not been invited to. There… — Dave Barry
It was one time when people thought the value of the fine structure constant was important. Now of course it's still important, of course, as… — Steven Weinberg
The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold… — Gerry Spence
We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames. — Rudolf Bing
We need to move beyond asking what drug will treat the symptoms, and instead ask what mechanism creates altered neurochemical or neurobiological function or systemic… — Jeffrey Bland
At the back of my mind there is always a fear the depression could return but I do all the right things. I try to… — Melanie Chisholm
Society, community, family are all conserving institutions. They try to maintain stability, and to prevent, or at least to slow down, change. But the organization… — Peter Drucker
Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz. — Marc Ribot
What's the number-one thing people do on the Web? They read. Words and numbers are the raw material from which the vast majority of webpages… — Gerry McGovern
I see,... and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the usurpation of all… — Thomas Jefferson

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