Quotes About Function

To me, money is a commodity that a person must have to function, not a goal in itself.

It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property. The existence of persons and property preceded the existence of the legislator, and his function is only to guarantee their safety.

Anything which] is a living thing and not a dying body... will have to be an incarnate will to power, it will strive to grow, spread, seize, become predominant - not from any morality or immorality but because it is living and because life simply is will to power... 'Exploitation'... belongs to the essence of what lives, as a basic organic function; it is a consequence of the will to power, which is after all the will of life.

To be memorable and to have dramatic impact, informational detail must function actively within the dynamic of a story.

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.

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.

Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. Therefore, let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work.

Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do.

Biology is the study of complicated things that have the appearance of having been designed with a purpose.

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 mish mash of three brains, called the lizard-squirrel-monkey brain, all trying to function at once is one reason why we're nuts.

Order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of an animal, or a machine, can work only if it is in physical order.

The greatest leverage for healing is found at the subtlest levels of function.

I'm not against the government building roads. That is a legitimate government function. But I am very much against the government claiming that their building the road is the reason somebody on the road is successful.

The Rule and Its Exception The big toe located on each of the two feet of man (Homo sapiens, "man, the wise") has as its main functions the growing of a toenail and the production of pain when stepped on ... Death is the exception to this rule. Goodbye, my friends ...

The more relaxed your mind is, the more at peace you'll be, the better your mind will function, the more clear your thinking will be.

if you trust that the Divine is of a higher intelligence than you, it's better to just make yourself an offering and allow the Divine to function through you, rather than you deciding what should happen.

Everything - a horse, a vine - is created for some duty... For what task, then, were you yourself created?

Each thing has come into existence for a specific purpose, like a horse or a grapevine. Even the sun would say: "I exist for a purpose," and also the other gods.18 What, then, is your purpose? To feel pleasure? See if the mind will allow such a thought.

Cada ser nació con algún destino, como el caballo y la vid. ¿Te admiras de esto? También el sol nació destinado para una función, así como los otros dioses. Según ello, ¿para qué fuiste tú creado? ¿Para disfrutar? Reflexiona si puede sustentarse este pensamiento.

Things gravitate toward what they were intended for.

Whatsoever is, was made for something: as a horse, a vine. Why wonderest thou? The sun itself will say of itself, I was made for something; and so hath every god its proper function. What then were thou made for? to disport and delight thyself? See how even common sense and reason cannot brook it.

In function, Jesus's aphorisms are very much like his parables—provocative and invitational forms of speech. They provoke thought, lead people to reconsider their taken-for-granted assumptions, and invite them to see life differently.