Function Quotations | Page 4

We are living in a world, where what we earn is a function of what we learn..

Rules are the offspring of fear. If everyone trusted and followed their true inner spirit, the world would function flawlessly.

We play the Internet through Internet infrastructure companies. Their function is moving data.

We are not going to get the critical answers, the answers that are so central to recovery of function for patients, unless we proceed across all of these fronts,

The defense budget became increasingly a function of the defense of the local economy and had nothing to do with any military purpose.

Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.

We want to be able to introduce a desired function into the proteins.

The absolute rule of the state shall be a function of the absolute liberty of each individual will.

If it is a woman's function to give, she must be replenished, too.

The fact of the matter is when you look at the loss of life in Tanzania and the loss of life in Kenya, it was a simple function of where the U.S. embassy was located -- in the middle of the city.

The fact that hedge funds have become so important is really the flip side of problems that could be generated. If they ceased to function in the way they are designed, that would create a fair amount of systemic risk.

The contractor, the provider for this fence was out of South Africa, and they contracted with a company out of California to do the maintenance, and we've just been very, very unhappy, ... We're continuing to hassle with them about getting this fence to the operative condition it should be in. But obviously, last night, it did not function as it should have functioned.

I'm suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.

the function of wealth is not to accumulate it but to give it away as productively and responsibly as you can.

No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet.

Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.

The function of a book is to provide a reading experience.

I'm just learning who I am and how relationships work and how to make them function. No different from anyone else.

Man has to pick up the use of his functions as he goes along- especially the function of Love.

Marriage functions best when both partners remain somewhat unmarried.

When money functions as measure of value it must truly represent the values it helps to circulate.

When I was young, I remember feeling a real thirst for opportunities around the arts, for learning about how artists function and how institutions work.

This report validates the success of our strategy to focus on owning the high-end market from day one, a market that has vastly different networking and security requirements than small to mid-size companies and was underserved by existing single function security appliances that were essentially PC platforms. Only Crossbeam delivers a no compromises approach that combines best-in-breed security applications from leading ISVs, multi-gigabit performance and carrier-grade reliability into innovative UTM devices that strengthen network security while lowering total cost of ownership.

We would assign a high probability to revenue of $145-$150 million and earnings per share a couple of pennies above our view. There is potential for upside as a function of robust demand for terrestrial 980nm pump laser/module shipments.

We should recognize that we're seeing a generational evolution in work style. Instead of trying to stop it, we need to look for ways to work with them more securely. Ultimately, IT is a service function for the staff. They're giving IT direction in the way they want to work. They're actually out there trying to do more work for the firm.

If there's anything weirder than an introverted writer going to lots of social functions, it's an introverted writer being converted into an accidental guru.

...loneliness is not a function of solitude.

Words are good for saying what things are, but sometimes they don't function for what things aren't.

The home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions.

A woman needn't be dragged down by her functions.

To me, that was a function of them working efficiently together. But also with the community being willing to lock arms with the schools. We know that if kids don't go to school, it's not just your problem, it's everybody's problem. So I consider that part of it.

Whenever something like that happens, it's always a function of poor organization less than poor talented people.

What these open government laws do is break down that wall of government secrecy so that everybody knows what's going on. A democracy can only function if we have information. You can only have oversight of government if you have information.

We want it to be a private event and corporate function venue, rather than a vertical drinking establishment. We are in negotiations with the police, with whom we are building bridges. They are fairly receptive and co-operative. It's really a question on agreeing on wording.

I function better when my back is to the wall.

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

You can't suppress Bodily Functions

We'll see. We might not do it at all, ... That might just be smokescreen because we do have other venues that we attack with. To have the emergence of Earnest Graham is big. We all know that Pittman can function in any formation and Carnell is a guy we think can be great, so yeah, we're really excited. It's been a while.

Words are important to me, but a song can work and function and be a good song with words that are fairly standard. But really great lyrics can't rescue a dog of a song.

Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.

The dash helps to indicate that the two thoughts are intimately related, and it's less stodgy than a semicolon, which would have performed the same function (and who talks in semicolons?).

People are obscenities. Would rather be music than be a mass of tubes squeezing semisolids around itself for a few decades before becoming so dribblesome it'll no longer function.

Form follows function straight to hell.

Who? Who is but the form following the function of what, and what I am is a man in a mask.

It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.

The chip that functions abnormally will be desoldered, as they say.

We always correct people who say, 'You're trying to make this look better.' Well yes, we want it to look better, but that's easy. The look and the function are one and the same. They are not separate. It looks good because it functions beautifully. That message is very hard.

Very few studies have examined the influence of neighborhood conditions on physical disabilities. We found the quality of the neighborhood had a very high impact on lower-body function in the people we surveyed.

We're going to have robots in the home, but they're not going to be walking. Legs are complicated, unreliable and costly. Robots are going to look and be designed to meet the function they're supposed to perform. People will still name them and connect with them.

Unrelieved stress affects almost every function of the body, causing insomnia, high blood pressure, constipation, depression and an assortment of anxiety-driven aches and pains.

There are countries like Paraguay and others, their neighboring countries, they're all interested in being able to grow and function in a manner that's free of external influence and to do things in ways that fit their history and their circumstance,

The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment.

Entertaining the reader is a good function.

And the story that we published today was only showing that what happened at that function was not an isolated incident, as Mr Brogden suggested, and the fact that he had chosen to stay on as the member for Pittwater, and was also entertaining suggestions that he might be able to make a comeback as a minister or a shadow minister somewhere down the track, means that he is still in public life.

Crime is not always a function of size and density and people being packed in sardines.

Earnings have been coming in across the board pretty good, but the problem hasn't been earnings. The issue is the forward-looking statements for the fourth quarter or 2006. Despite good numbers, you see some stocks getting punished. It's a function of the outlook.

Bob Kerrey attended a function on my behalf,

Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the better looking will outsell the other.

Digital cameras, including both digital still camera and video camera, will remain the most popular function of cutting-edge phones.

District 2 is going to have to barely function and watch every penny. Gradually, over time, the account can build up.

What we are seeing is not a function of the world running out of oil. What we are seeing is the legacy of a very long period where investment has been far too low. The problem is getting the oil out of the ground and delivering it to consumers.

What we are showing is a proof of principle that stopping the synthesis of a protein that is necessary for the formation of the telltale plaques reverses the progression of the disease, and more importantly, the cognitive function of these mice, which had already been impaired, has now recovered,

Earth is the laboratory for future discoveries on Mars. Without examining Earth's extreme environments, we wouldn't understand how processes worked to shape the landscape, chemistry and life at the limits. Without that understanding, we couldn't draw conclusions about how life can develop on other planets. By examining these windows to Mars, scientists step out of the vicarious and into real features on Earth that function similarly to those on Mars.

With film, the contrast of the scene is more or less a function of the film. If the light is very harsh or flat, you're more or less stuck with it. And with film, at least with color transparencies, that's true, too.

Every team relies on greatness down the stretch. However, I do believe that good teams can function efficiently with or without one player. Our chore to function without the one player is going to be tested.

Everything at Ikea is being driven by function and purpose. For us, it's much more about directing customers and providing easy access to and from the store.

Everybody gets different guidance depending on what their function is,

I see our function as two fold - to bring art in and to help the arts that are within the community to find audiences.

The governor's doctors have indicated that there has been a slow return of normal digestive function because of the ruptured appendix. A date has not been set for the governor to be discharged, and doctors will continue to evaluate the governor on a daily basis.

Yes, there are bodily function issues that are a central premise of this movie and I think they're handled with amazing delicacy of humor.

The government continues to function properly and we continue to work as government,

We need to function as a team, and I've always thought of Denny as the coach. I think he'll do that extremely effectively.

We've been coming down here to East Texas and this alumni function for the last nine years now. Each year this crowd has gotten bigger and better. I think there's 100-150 people in there tonight.

We see slippage in retail construction as a function of increases in energy costs, which cuts into discretionary spending.

The songs are depressing, but they sound happy. That's the whole trick, ... This record is more a function of being on the road for basically two years, never having any downtime or privacy. Any semblance of a normal life. So you end up writing these disjointed, disconnected songs.

The species has no sting, and does not display active resistance when interfered with. I once imagined they exercised a sort of superintendence over the others; but this function is entirely unnecessary in a community where all work with a precision and regularity resembling the subordinate parts of a piece of machinery.

The task force will function like an ad hoc, ex officio board committee. There's a fine line between managing the business of Ko-Thi and being advisory. At the end of the day, the committee will be managed by Ko-Thi and report to Ko-Thi, not to UPAF.

The SEC desperately needs someone who both has a deep knowledge of how the markets function and at the same time possesses a rock-ribbed integrity. Bill Donaldson is such a man. I salute the administration for appointing him and appointing him quickly.

These cells have to die, because if they didn't the heart would not function properly.

The standard that a society should actually embody its own professed principles is a utopian one, in the sense that moral principles contradict the way things really are --- and always will be. How things really are --- and always will be --- is neither all-evil nor all-good but deficient, inconsistent, inferior. Principles invite us to do something about the morass of contradictions in which we function morally. Principles invite us to clean up our act; to become intolerant of moral laxity and compromise and cowardice and the turning away from what is upsetting: that secret gnawing of the heart that tells us that what we are doing is not right, and so counsels us that we'd be better off just not thinking about it.

The question one should ask is whether this ties into the education function of the university.

We must change the function of government. We must build up a government with regulated behavior and harmonious operations -- and which is fair, transparent, clean and efficient.

When you look at the big events ... small local groups don't function on their own, ... It has to be a regional approach. Communication becomes critical to that, because if you can't talk, you can't cooperate.

There are long-term complications from bacterial contamination that affect blood pressure and kidney function (but) the progress of those injuries is preventable if they're identified.

Another essential function is that of guidance counseling. At this point I am not sure that the governor feels that guidance counseling is a direct instruction,

The sealing system of a CV joint is the most susceptible product within the driveshaft. Its key function for the lifetime of our new CVJ products requires careful attention to design and material selection, always taking into account the interactions between the CVJ and the boot.

I very much avoid crowds even today. Crowds scare me. I function much better on a more personal level. I don't function very well on a dinner of more than ten. I can't be myself.

What happens in China is of real concern to us. Most of us have been quite surprised that there has not been some evidence of human disease in China and we always worry if that is a function of transparency or the cases just aren't there. We just don't know. And the doubts are troubling.

We see high growth with very low inflation. These aren't mutually exclusive. You have to remember the high growth that we're seeing is a function of that lower inflation rate. If we had inflation at 3 or 4 percent, growth would be a lot slower.

We think of the typical eighth grader as young and immature. Sixty days later they're high school freshmen. Is it reasonable to assume they've suddenly gained all the maturity and experience to function competently at a comprehensive high school?

We should have killed the first game off, and we know it. Knowing how to manage games when you are ahead or behind is a function of experience. I think our guys are a quick study though.

We're suffering from a shortage of rigorous ideas about what's happening to function in the human brain in these diseases.

We're taking a valuable property with a well-regarded history on Kauai and redeveloping its purpose and potential, ... The result will be a first-class resort of beauty and function offering an exceptional experience for vacationers at an attractive price point.

There is not a person who feels secure. It's impossible to hold a fair trial in such a climate ... A trial is supposed to be a rational process. Fear is the ultimate irrationality. How do you function in fear?

We've got a lot of runs that have been playing for a month, and some of these markets are over-encumbered. So there's a weakness in some of these theaters that are playing out. It's a function of normal attrition, despite the Academy awards stuff. It's the core markets that it's important to sustain.

Every time I can go out there and show those guys that I can function out there, it's going to breed confidence in them, and that's a big part of being a quarterback, ... They can't believe in you until you go do it.

We are taking all precautions and are working to identify those responsible for these despicable attacks on the American people. The federal government continues to function effectively.

After a year of working together, DaimlerChrysler has concluded that its automotive businesses can best function as individual divisions,

Promoting economic development is a traditional and long-accepted function of government,

Both Vocational Education and Earn-a-Bike have a priority of developing individual skills, yet they do need to work in a team context to function well.