Quotes About Function

In this age, if the currency of a major nation collapses, or its access to borrowing ends, it just can't function.

Familiarize yourself with the parts of your brain and their function.

The guys who don't make it through SEAL training are the Rambo wannabes. If you cannot work in a team format but also function autonomously, you won't last for very long.

The military is diverse and large, and it's public: it serves a public function; it serves a public duty.

I try to think of the social function of fiction as drawing the individual toward larger social and political questions. But I'm also very comfortable in saying that my novel - any novel - doesn't matter as much as larger questions of how we can see justice done.

The way I approach this thing, when I started to get my head screwed on straight and really trying to make something of myself as an artist, when I was 19 or 20, it became more about function for me. Like, what is this song doing to you? What is the function of this type of artform? What is it doing?

I was dancing when I was acting as well. Actors generally dance in performances like in an award function.

In a climate where much of foreign policy is a direct function of domestic politics, focusing on what one doesn't want is an easy way out of difficult conundrums for many world leaders. Expressing what one does want requires more courage.

The crux of our power isn't only in our voice. It is in our economic function in society.

Any government cannot work or function if it does not enjoy popular support.

The only serious function films can serve is to act as a record of their times.

You would think that the U.S. government would not think that American firms needed subsidizing to function in developing countries, provide advice, but they do.

When I work on sculpture, I don't have to worry about function. When I work on a piece of architecture, I must think about function all the time.

London's night economy is huge and it couldn't function without London's night buses.

As president the law dictates how I do my job. The same law dictates how a judge should function.

Make sure you aren't sacrificing function for fashion. A great shoe has both.

I don't see any reason why society can't function well when people come together in the common interest under our system. In fact that's what the Big Society is all about!

I want my man to be the man, and I want to be the woman. Maybe that's not for everyone, but that's how we function.

Chronological age is only an approximation of your functional age.

I think a lot of times people design restaurants with flash in mind. I think you should design restaurants with function in mind. Make sure it's functional and works with what you're trying to accomplish. Design can come later.

I've always liked working with an archetypal design, something functional.

Transporting Americans is and should be one of the most important functions our government must address.

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.

It is the responsibility of the government to ensure the House functions.