Function Quotes

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You can still function as a living ruin. — Henry Rollins
All men are intellectuals, but not all men have in society the function of intellectuals — Antonio Gramsci
I am a Prince," he replied, being rather dense. "It is the function of a Princeâ€”value Aâ€”to kill monstersâ€”value Bâ€”for the purpose of establishing orderâ€”value… — Catherynne M. Valente
Who? Who is but the form following the function of what, and what I am is a man in a mask. — Alan Moore
To read fiction means to play a game by which we give sense to the immensity of things that happened, are happening, or will happen… — Umberto Eco
If the meaning of life has become doubtful, if one's relations to others and to oneself do not offer security, then fame is one means… — Erich Fromm
What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what's the weirdest… — Gail Carriger
...loneliness is not a function of solitude. — David Foster Wallace
Evidence indicates that cats were first tamed in Egypt. The Egyptians stored grain, which attracted rodents, which attracted cats. (No evidence that such a thing… — William S. Burroughs
The function of man is to live, not to exist. — Jack London
If someone should ask, "how should an Opposition function?" the best answer would be, "in the manner of a traditional mother-in-law who watches the performance… — R.K. Narayan
Today the artist has inherited the combined functions of hermit, pilgrim, prophet, priest, shaman, sorcerer, soothsayer, alchemist. — Thomas Merton
For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no matter what he… — John Steinbeck
These problems have been here so long that the only way Iâ€™ve been able to function at all is by learning to ignore them. Else… — Mark Bowden
We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining oneâ€™s balance in spite of them. Even with… — Carl von Clausewitz
Revealingly, the central function of the Constitution as law--the supreme law--was to impose limitations not on the behavior of ordinary citizens but on the federal… — Glenn Greenwald
Can true function arise from basic dysfunction? — Ursula K. Le Guin
There are stories that are true, in which each individual's tale is unique and tragic, and the worst of the tragedy is that we have… — Neil Gaiman
The last clear definite function of menâ€”muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single needâ€”this is man. — John Steinbeck
Zuzana arched an eyebrow. She was a master of the eyebrow arch, and Karou envied her for it. Her own eyebrows did not function independently… — Laini Taylor

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