Function Quotes

The most important function of a bibliographic entry is to help the reader obtain a copy of the cited work.

It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this order. And this refers in equal measure to the relations of man - social and political - and to the entire universe as a whole.

If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after death.

I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.

I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!

If a catastrophic event wipes out a large portion of House members, America needs to know this body, elected by the people, will be quickly and legally reconstituted and will continue to function.

Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell, and the secret function of purgatory is to make of heaven an effective reality.

I didn't know my mother had it. I think a lot of women don't know their mothers had it; that's the sad thing about depression. You know, you don't function anymore. You shut down. You feel like you are in a void.

Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth.

It is the function of creative man to perceive and to connect the seemingly unconnected.

Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form must exist or be created.

This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new theoretical ideas: it is needed for the human mind to function in a generally harmonious way, which could in turn help to make possible an orderly and stable society.

What I do has to be a function of what I can do, not a function of what people ask me to do.

There's no other product that changes function like the computer.

Machines built by human beings they will function correctly if we provide them with a very specific environment. But if that environment is changed, they won't function at all.

The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and in kind of life, was not seriously disturbed by the difficulties which the naturalist encountered when he undertook to define them.

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.

The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially.

I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science, it is an aid to art.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.

What guides Marxism, then, is a different model of society, and a different conception of the function of the knowledge that can be produced by society and acquired from it.

Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do then with these things that serve one function once or twice in a lifetime, and the rest of the time are just in the way?

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.

Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are.

The ill effects of thought come about when we forget that thought is a function of our consciousness... an ability that we as human beings have. We are the producers of our own thinking.

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.

In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable.