Function Quotes

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Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly. — Vaclav Havel
They become liberated spaces that can be occupied. A rich indetermination gives them, by means of a semantic rarefaction, the function of articulating a second,… — Michel de Certeau
...a point is reached where the self is so completely aligned with the still-point that it can no longer be moved, even in its first… — Bernadette Roberts
......at this point the self has obviously outworn its function; it is no longer needed or useful, and life can go on without it. we… — Bernadette Roberts
The same thing may have all the kinds of causes, e.g. the moving cause of a house is the art or the builder, the final… — Aristotle
Disease is the abnormal performance of certain functions; the abnormal activity has its causes. — Daniel D. Palmer
The philosophy of chiropractic is founded upon the knowledge of the manner in which a vital functions are performed by innate in health and disease.… — Daniel D. Palmer
Innate directs its vital energy through the nervous system to specialize the coordination and sensation and volition through the cumulative and vegetative functions. — Daniel D. Palmer
Pressure on nerves causes irriatation and tension with deranged functions as a result. Why not release the pressure? Why not adjust the cause instead of… — Daniel D. Palmer
The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with sexual outlet and… — Kate Millett
Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions. — Kenneth Lee Pike
It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which… — Stephen Bayley
I am inclined to think that eating is a private thing and should be done alone, like other bodily functions. — Sylvia Ashton-Warner
The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and fat; but the spirit is… — Humphry Davy
The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps to… — James F. Byrnes
Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion. — Richard John Neuhaus
In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in… — Carlos Ghosn
I get invited to an awful lot of Jewish functions. — Tim Roth
One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties. — William Weld
The classic problem as an entrepreneur is that they have a hard time delegating. But that's really crazy. Recruiting other executives is critical, so is… — Robert Pozen

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