The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.
The engineer, and more generally the designer, is concerned with how things ought to be – how they ought to be in order to attain goals, and to function.
Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.
I have come to an odd belief, which is that we don’t make decisions so much as the decisions make us. The goal of a decision isn’t just to find the path forward, but to become someone entirely different than who we might have been as a function of the path we take.
I’m just learning who I am and how relationships work and how to make them function. No different from anyone else.
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.
Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.
It is clear that I am a person who believes fundamentally in facts, evidence, data, and science, which supports decision-making and allows us to function as a society based on knowledge.
The female format is a beautiful one in which to function. Foolhardy as it may be. I change my image all the time, it’s whatever suits me at the moment.
My dream is to produce a generation of actors who realise what the function of an actor in a movie is supposed to be.
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.
It’s never a straightforward thing to do, to be able to inherit a squad. When you’re mid-season it’s never easy to get a team or a squad of players to function exactly the way you want them to.
‘Form follows function’ comes with so much baggage. It’s a worthless phrase because you’ll never take it for what it means.
The iPod Shuffle was something unique for Apple: a device stripped down to a single function.
Everyone may have some advise for the RBI. Some may advise, ‘Cut your lending rates and raise the deposit rate.’ How will a bank function? We take a medium term view. The bank has an 80-year-old history. I don’t want to destroy it for a few decisions.
There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship to painting and that was attitudes like tortured, struggle, pain.
Art work is inconclusive. It opens your mind up. At least, that’s what I hope it does. And advertising, using exactly the same photograph, closes things down. It makes it conclusive. It sells a product, and that is its primary function.
By definition, chaplains minister to the spiritual needs of our men and women in armed services, a vital function that an individual without any inclination toward spirituality would not be able to perform.
State and federal studies indicate that thousands of water and sewer systems may be too old to function properly.
GDP is a function of capital, labour and how productively you use both.
What’s the biggest function of a cell phone? What does a cell phone do for humanity? It makes people more productive.
First comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot is simply a function of what these people might do or be. Everything has to flow from their personalities; otherwise it will not be emotionally engaging, or plausible.
No one with a body full of aliments can have a luminous soul and other intellectual faculties. It is necessary to care for the body if we wish the spirit to function normally.
I’m a storyteller – that’s the chief function of a director. And they’re moving pictures, let’s make ’em move!
Sweaters in light hues function perfectly as between-season buffers.
What the Who is all about is exactly that and it always has been. If it exists today for this concert, it’s in response again to a function which is happening out there on the street.
The function of arts centers goes far beyond being places for performance. They might not be explicitly religious, but they are civic and social spaces.
A flag translates into everything, from tacky souvenirs to the names of organizations and the way that flags function.
Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
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 remember one night, my parents were out at a function of some kind and I had just gotten cable in my room. That was a big deal, and I saw ‘Blue Velvet’ on HBO. It blew my mind in a way that I don’t think children’s minds are supposed to be blown, but they probably shouldn’t be watching ‘Blue Velvet.’
It’s a mystery to me the way that contemporary art galleries function.
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
Who would dare assign to art the sterile function of imitating nature?
As president the law dictates how I do my job. The same law dictates how a judge should function.
While I think men in general should not fuss over how they look, I do feel as though they should make more an effort to find a way to look good in their own individual, but natural way. I think it’s a shame that it’s become acceptable to wear jeans and a T-shirt to any place and function.
You can instill fear in your kids and get them to mind, but they won’t function better in the world and your relationship will suffer greatly.
I could barely function as an adult; I slept through alarm clocks and lost train tickets mid-journey.
The most important thing is always to feel comfortable – I would never sacrifice function for style.
There are many females in my life I couldn’t function on a daily basis without who I’ve purposely put there that work with me.
The professed function of the nuclear weapons on each side is to prevent the other side from using their nuclear weapons. If that’s all it is, then we’ve gotta as: how many nuclear weapons do you need to do that?
The ability of the humans to not only function in space but be very functional when they arrive at their destination, those are the kinds of things we’re learning from the science. Fuel transfer technologies and all the things we can learn about the space environment are all valuable to us for pressing on out.
I think my life is often more interesting in the tabloids than it is in real life – or less; it depends. But I’m curious. I just try and see what they’re going to make up next, and I try to just have fun with it and not take it all too seriously, because otherwise you can’t function.
I’m OK with procedural code, and the web is a top-down type of problem. It makes sense to me that you have HTML, you spit out a bunch of HTML, then you call a function to do something and then call another function.
No one knows the complete function of sleep. Is it to reset the brain or give it more of a rest period? Is it for cleaning the brain of all the garbage protein? For me, talking about these things as a non-biologist is fascinating.
The more fruit I removed from an individual’s diet, the healthier he or she became and the more his or her cholesterol numbers and markers for kidney function improved.
Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure.
The main function of strength for a lineman is usually to move somebody.
The Small Business ‘common app’ would function much like the one that students complete to apply to multiple colleges and universities simultaneously. It would ensure that small businesses across the country can concentrate on growing and creating jobs – not wasting time, filling out mountains of repetitive paperwork.
The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein… scope for a peculiar but genuine artistic function.
It’s not about the pace, it’s about the direction we’ve set. The pace is of course a function of many factors, including the magnitude of the supply shock. But what’s probably more important is the probability of the supply shock translating into sustainable embedded inflation.
The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.
Capitalism doesn’t function when it starts to contract, and we can see that quite clearly right here in the eurozone. It’s like pushing a giant monster under water that’s gasping for air. It goes nuts.
When we automated away the elevator operator function, who knew that all the descendants of those operators would become social media marketers, machine learning engineers, and all these other jobs that we didn’t even have a language to describe back then.
Libraries function as crucial technology hubs, not merely for free Web access, but those who need computer training and assistance. Library business centers help support entrepreneurship and retraining.
