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Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union. -- Frank Lloyd Wright
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. -- Jack London
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. -- Winston Churchill
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential. -- Bruce Lee
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual). -- Ayn Rand
Function influence but does not dictate form -- Eero Saarinen
Happiness is a function of accepting what is. -- Werner Erhard
To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects. -- Le Corbusier
Form follows function. -- Louis Sullivan
The function of man is to live, not to exist. -- Jack London
Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open. -- Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open. -- James Dewar
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. -- Ralph Nader
To transform breakdowns into breakthroughs is the whole function of a master. -- Rajneesh
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function. -- Garrison Keillor
The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function. -- Michael Graves
Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid. -- Dave Barry
Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are. -- Gary Wright
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought. -- Lin Yutang
Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart. -- Corrie Ten Boom
The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money. -- A. J. Liebling
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. -- Soren Kierkegaard
Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function. -- Moshe Safdie
To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way. -- E. M. Forster
Morality and its victim, the mother - what a terrible picture! Is there indeed anything more terrible, more criminal, than our glorified sacred function of motherhood? -- Emma Goldman
The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom. -- Tom Robbins
Drinking water is like washing out your insides. The water will cleanse the system, fill you up, decrease your caloric load and improve the function of all your tissues. -- Kevin R. Stone
It is not the function of government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error. -- Robert H. Jackson
The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor. -- Alvin Toffler
What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are. -- Tony Robbins
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. -- Louis D. Brandeis
From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and everything we have comes from one attribute of man - the function of his reasoning mind. -- Ayn Rand
A vibrant civil society can challenge those in power by documenting corruption or uncovering activities like the murder of political enemies. In democracies, this function is mostly performed by the media, NGOs or opposition parties. -- Evgeny Morozov
Ballet is completely unnatural to the body, just being turned-out... it's not the way your body is supposed to function, so you actually train your body to be a different structure than you were born with. -- Neve Campbell
In Darwin's time all of biology was a black box: not only the cell, or the eye, or digestion, or immunity, but every biological structure and function because, ultimately, no one could explain how biological processes occurred. -- Michael Behe
Social media websites are no longer performing an envisaged function of creating a positive communication link among friends, family and professionals. It is a veritable battleground, where insults fly from the human quiver, damaging lives, destroying self-esteem and a person's sense of self-worth. -- Anthony Carmona
The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people's cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home, you feel impacted by not having it. It's an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day. -- Aimee Mullins
Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do then with these things that serve one function once or twice in a lifetime, and the rest of the time are just in the way? -- Jonathan Carroll
Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art. -- Adolf Loos
Being a father can 'unreason' your worldview, or at least make it very flexible, and that can create all sorts of fun and insights. It's sad that children's open-eyed wonder and sense of play begin to fade as they approach adolescence. One grand function of fathering is to keep the fading to a minimum. -- Clyde Edgerton
I believe in breakfast. It's the one meal that my kids usually eat without a fuss, so that's huge. As for myself, I can't function without it, and I see it as a great way to get some healthy greens in, some coffee, and on a good day, maybe even some news of the world via the newspaper. -- Samantha Bee
A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don't function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick. -- Brene Brown
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason. -- Blaise Pascal
Form ever follows function. -- Louis Sullivan
The form follows the function. -- Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Health is a function of participation. -- Werner Erhard
Form follows finances instead of function. -- Ira Flatow
Islam and democracy can function together. -- Ali Babacan
Form does not necessarily follow function -- Antonio Gaudi
Form follows function straight to hell. -- Alan Cooper
Priority is a function of context. -- Stephen Covey
Homer no function beer well without. -- Homer
Courage is a function of process. -- Seth Klarman
Privacy is a function of liberty. -- Edward Snowden
Dynamism is a function of change. -- Hillary Clinton
Frustration is a function of our expectations. -- Stephen Covey
Can true function arise from basic dysfunction? -- Ursula K. Le Guin
Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure. -- Henry Petroski
How does the artist function as poet-slash-witness-slash-trickster? -- Kehinde Wiley
America should function as a Christian nation. -- Randall Terry
Self expression is a function of responsibility. -- Werner Erhard
...loneliness is not a function of solitude. -- David Foster Wallace
Entertaining the reader is a good function. -- David Denby
The woman's function is to fascinate men. -- George Balanchine
Faith is a function of the heart.... -- Mahatma Gandhi
Faith is the function of the heart. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being. -- Rita Mae Brown
Leadership produces change. That is its primary function -- John P. Kotter
Imagination continually frustrates tradition; that is its function. -- Jules Feiffer
The smaller the function, the greater the management. -- C. Northcote Parkinson
If you want to understand function, study structure, -- Francis Crick
Photography is simply a function of noticing things. -- Elliott Erwitt
Texture and pattern should function as a surprise. -- Robert Denning
If I don't have pressure, I don't function. -- Ferran Adria
Habits are a function of your subconscious mind. -- Marshall Sylver
You can still function as a living ruin. -- Henry Rollins
The whole function of cities has been transformed. -- Cleve Jones
One function of art is to de-kitschify kitsch. -- John Bayley
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The function of posterity is to look after itself. -- Dylan Thomas
Faith's only function is to receive what grace offers. -- John Stott
No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet. -- Christopher Paolini
It is not music's function to express rational necessities. -- Artur Schnabel
Marketing is the distinguishing, unique function of the business. -- Peter Drucker
Minds, like parachutes, only function when they are open. -- Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar
The function of pop music is to be consumed. -- Pierre Boulez
Healthful whole foods improve our brain function as well. -- Marilu Henner
Play like dreams serves the function of self realization. -- Donald Woods Winnicott
The function of Art is to disturb. Science reassures. -- Georges Braque
The whole function of education is to create Nazis. -- Bernhard Rust
What exactly is the function of a rubber duck? -- J. K. Rowling
I don't think rock music has any positive function. -- Charlton Heston
The function of art is to struggle against obligation. -- Amedeo Modigliani
The function of freedom is to free someone else. -- Toni Morrison
Unable to function as plants, we must serve as manure. -- Edward Conze
The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences -- Frank Herbert
The function of artists is "the mythologization of the world." -- Joseph Campbell
I'm suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons. -- Angela Davis
It's not the function of Congress to do criminal investigations. -- Saxby Chambliss
The key function of banks is money creation, not intermediation. -- Michael Kumhof
Democracy's ceremonial, its feast, it's great function, is the election. -- H. G. Wells
The writer's function is to prevent myths turning into allegories. -- Michel Tournier
There's no other product that changes function like the computer. -- Jonathan Ive
My goal is to eliminate positions where I can't function. -- Steve Nash
Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open. -- Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar
Generosity is a function of the heart, not the wallet. -- Wayne Dyer
I function better when my back is to the wall. -- Bernard Hopkins
The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable. -- Benito Mussolini
To turn events into ideas is the function of literature. -- George Santayana
My function here is to destroy all hypocrisy in you. -- Rajneesh
The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. -- Max Eastman
Any participation, even in the smallest public function, is useful. -- John Stuart Mill
Your soul has a single basic function-the act of valuing. -- Ayn Rand
Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth. -- Ruth McKenney
The main function of color should be to serve expression. -- Henri Matisse

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