Quotes by Function The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality. Talcott Parsons behalffunctionpersonality The function of a bourgeois democracy is to secure the consent of the masses to their own exploitation and oppression. Tariq Ali functionoppressiondemocracy I'm always the cousin that can't make it to the family functions because I'm busy. Taraji P. Henson functioncousinbusy There's such a thing as spiritual capital that has economic function and potential. Ted Malloch economicfunctionspiritual The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought. Thomas Beecham releasefunctionconscious Minds, like parachutes, only function when they are open. Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar parachutesfunctionmind The function of the censor is to censor. He has a professional interest in finding things to suppress. Thomas I. Emerson censorshipfunctioninterest Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth. Thomas Huxley accountsfunctionscience The point at which the photograph ceases to function as a metaphor is the point at which it is free to propose an experiential model. Thomas Struth functionmetaphorphotograph What I do has to be a function of what I can do, not a function of what people ask me to do. Tim Berners-Lee ask-mefunctionpeople I get invited to an awful lot of Jewish functions. Tim Roth invitedfunctionawful The manager's function is not to make people work, but to make it possible for people to work. Tom DeMarco working-itfunctionpeople The function of the artist is to provide what life does not. Tom Robbins functionartistdoe To draw around the whole nation the strength of the General Government Thomas Jefferson functioncitizensgovernment A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set. Tom Stoppard movie-setsfunction The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplacable being. Tom Robbins functionuniquelove A library's ideal function is to be a little bit like a bouquiniste's stall, a place for trouvailles. Umberto Eco libraryfunctionlittles Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I'm going to go fulfill my proper function in the social organism. I'm going to unbuild walls. Ursula K. Le Guin functionwallsocial Can true function arise from basic dysfunction? Ursula K. Le Guin functiondysfunctionarise Morality is an utterly meaningless term unless defined as the good one does to others, the fulfilling of one's function in the sociopolitical whole. Ursula K. Le Guin functionmoralitydoe«1011121314151617181920»
