Function Quotes

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The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing... there… — Doris Humphrey
Theatre, in which actors take on changing roles, has among its many functions the examination of identity. For the individual, theatre is a kind of… — Richard Hornby
What we call knowledge does not and cannot have the purpose of producing representations of an independent reality, but instead has an adaptive function. — Ernst von Glasersfeld
The function of a leader within any institution: to provide that regulation through his or her non-anxious, self-defined presence. — Edwin H Friedman
The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions which time and mediocrity can resolve. — Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper
Surely, life is not merely a job, an occupation; life is something extraordinarily wide and profound, it is a great mystery, a vast realm in… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and fundamental ends.… — Albert Einstein
The function of literature, through all its mutations, has been to make us aware of the particularity of selves, and the high authority of the… — Lionel Trilling
So our building of the visible Church becomes much like any natural business function, using natural means and natural motives. — Francis Schaeffer
Hypostatized into a ritual pattern, Marxian theory becomes ideology. But its content and function distinguish it from classical forms of ideology; it is not false… — Herbert Marcuse
Imagination builds the image of the self, and thought then functions within its shadows. From this self-concept grows the conflict between what is and what… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a… — Tony Robbins
Spirituality is not a function of occupation or calling. A scientist may be more spiritual than a theologian; a teacher may be more spiritual than… — Dallin H. Oaks
In the animal world, on the other hand, the process of evolution is characterised by the progressive discrimination of the animal and vegetative functions, and… — Wilhelm Wundt
The Church, rightly conceived, is the whole covenant people called to serve in the world. The clergy are also part of the laity, and their… — Franklin Littell
ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim. — Laozi
It has been said that love is a function of communication. I believe that to be true. I believe, by extension, that human understanding is… — Dan Pallotta
In my lab, we are always thinking about how cells, bacterial cells, can talk to each other and then organize themselves into enormous groups that… — Bonnie Bassler
Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive - in the past, that was mixed up with other… — Antony Gormley
When looking at the brain, it is important to go beyond its structure to its function. This is because often in cognitive disorders, the structure… — Aditi Shankardass

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