Function Quotes

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All men are equal and free: society by nature, and destination, is therefore autonomous and ungovernable. If the sphere of activity of each citizen is… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Music's exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it. — Igor Stravinsky
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only… — Anais Nin
Contrary to what many skeptics had earlier believed, the Soviet economy is proof that a socialist command economy can function and even thrive. — Paul Samuelson
The entire repertoire of our life experiences can be accessed and activated from the body in movement â€¦every part and function of the body can… — Daria Halprin
As you know, Social Security functions under the premise that today's workers will help finance benefits for retirees and that these workers will then be… — Steve Israel
It can be argued that the mathematics behind these images [of the orbit diagram for quadratic functions and the Mandelbrot set] is even prettier than… — Robert L. Devaney
When man has mastered money he shall have mastered not only his economic problem of prosperity but also his political problem, for he will see… — E.C. Riegel
Phyllis explained to him, trying to give of her deeper self, 'Don't you find it so beautiful, math? Like an endless sheet of gold chains,… — John Updike
A generating function is a clothesline on which we hang up a sequence of numbers for display. — Herbert Wilf
A mind that is afraid withers away; it cannot function properly. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
To me photography functions as a fossilization of time. — Hiroshi Sugimoto
We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting. The self is not the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Certainty and similar states of â€˜knowing what we knowâ€™ arise out of involuntary brain mechanisms that, like love or anger, function independently of reason. — Robert A. Burton
Whenever you interact with people,don't be there primarily as a function or a role,But as a Field of conscious Presence — Eckhart Tolle
Insofar as poetry has a social function it is to awaken sleepers by other means than shock. — Denise Levertov
There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes… — John Ruskin
I have always been drawn to the beauty of things designed to function. Mixing technical pieces with more traditional prints and patterns creates not only… — Ralph Lauren
The discovery of orgone energy was made through consistent, thorough study of energy functions, first in the realm of the psyche, and later in the… — Wilhelm Reich
I know I stand visibly onstage, but my function is still unseen, because I rarely see the immediate results of what I am saying or… — Larry Norman

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