Their Function Quotes

19 quotes by 18 authors

The notion that the church, the press, and the universities should serve the state is essentially a Communist notion. In a free society these institutions… — Alan Barth
Vegetables are organized bodies that grow on the dry areas of the globe and within its waters. Their function is to combine immediately the four… — Antoine Lavoisier
Their function is to anchor the frequency of the new consciousness on this planet. I call them the frequency-holders. They are here to generate consciousness… — Eckhart Tolle
We are â€¦ the un-proud non-possessors of objects whose chief substance is that of the transient symbol. Our Puritan fear of the love of things… — Ralph Caplan
Newspapers are to the body politic what arteries are to the human body, their function being to carry blood and sustenance and repair to every… — Henry Ward Beecher
When the machine grinds to a halt, the cogs themselves begin wondering about their function. — Ken Knabb
Both dreams and neurotic dream-states have as their function the avoidance of displeasure, but the dream-states also serve to provide a positive pleasure gain. — Karl Abraham
All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All things alike do… — Laozi
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
There are certain sounds that I've found work well in nearly any context. Their function is not so much musical as spatial: they define the… — Brian Eno
The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Separation of power says the judiciary committee is supposed to confirm qualified judges and then what the Supreme Court does, that is their function, not… — Arlen Specter
How hard is it, when everything encourages us to sleep, though we may look about us with conscious, clinging eyes, to wake and yet look… — Antonin Artaud
Cats are there to be indulged. That's their function: to receive the love we never fully gave our parents. Not like dogs. Dogs are there… — Alex Shakar
Christianity taught us to see the eye of the lord looking down upon us. Such forms of knowledge project an image of reality, at the… — Gilles Deleuze
Words don't change their shape, they change their meaning, their function...They don't have a meaning of their own any more, they refer to other words… — Marguerite Duras
Vegetables are organized bodies that grow on the dry areas of the globe and within its waters. Their function is to combine immediately the four… — Antoine Lavoisier
To liberate words means first to shatter their function as vehicles of idea, memory, hope, or regret. — Thomas Harrison
The unpleasant thing about society today is nowadays is that there is a confusion between people and their function; or rather, people are tempted to… — Eugene Ionesco

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