Quotes by Function I just don't think I've ever been comfortable at public functions and selling myself as an entity. Val Kilmer functionsellingthinking Style of the future is the convergence of function and fashion. Vanna Bonta functionstylefashion It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life. Vincent Massey functionturnsunderstanding I function better when things are going badly than when they're as smooth as whipped cream. Walt Disney whipped-creamsmoothfunction The composition is the organized sum of the interior functions of every part of the work. Wassily Kandinsky compositionfunctionorganized I absolutely believe the species, the planet and the Universe can't survive if we function on hate. Wayne Dyer functionhatebelieve The tsar [Nicholas II] is not treacherous but he is weak. Weakness is not treachery, but it fulfils all its functions. Wilhelm II treacheryfunctionweakness We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions. William James intellectfunctionthinking Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning. William S. Burroughs functionvirtuehappiness We must find out what words are and how they function. They become images when written down, but images of words repeated in the mind and not of the image of the thing itself. William S. Burroughs functionwrittenmind The instant people specialize, its in their interest to dehumanize the people their specialized function operates upon. William T. Vollmann functioninterestpeople One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties. William Weld functionlibertygovernment Security is the slogan for people who feel unable to function by their own means. Zygmunt Bauman functionmeanpeople I'm not against the intergenerational function of the museum, I am not against its address or celebration of the individual, but I am against its continuous, unreflected-on celebration of material production. Tino Sehgal museumagainsti-amfunction The gulf between Virginia and Maryland isn't only a function of geography. It's also sociological. Indeed, it's probably not much of an exaggeration to say that Maryland suburbanites and Virginia suburbanites constitute two mutually hostile tribes. Timothy Noah sayonlyfunctiongeography Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open. Thomas Dewar mindsopenonlylikefunction He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a musician in shape in order to perform the function, which is to play music. Herb Alpert functionmusicathleteplay The HMI (human-machine interface) function inside a Ferrari is probably the weakest link in the chain of technical know-how that's embodied in the car. Sergio Marchionne insideferrarifunctioncar In December 1988, my mother died of lung cancer. I died too. I couldn't function. Sandra Dee decemberfunctioncancermother We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty. Ricardo Lagos mustunderstandfunctiondemocracy«1011121314151617181920»
