Function Quotes

Function Quote of the day

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

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.

Life never stops. The torment of men will be eternal, unless the function of creating and acting and changing, living intensely through each day, be considered an eternal joy.

You’d be surprised at the things that look great on the outside but are dysfunctional on the inside. Be sure to function as good as you look

The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.

The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.

Don't be different just for different's sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.

Form does not necessarily follow function

A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud.

There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race - scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct... it has a social function, racism.

The function of art is to struggle against obligation.

Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

All men are intellectuals, but not all men have in society the function of intellectuals.

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.

The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning.

We must be as familiar with the functions of our building as with our materials. We must learn what a building can be, what it should be, and also what it must not be.

Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I'm going to go fulfill my proper function in the social organism. I'm going to unbuild walls.

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.

Function influence but does not dictate form

The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.

It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil.

My work is not about "form follows function," but "form follows beauty" or, even better, "form follows feminine."

It would be more interesting to learn from children, than try to teach them how to behave, how to live and how to function.

Choosing colours should not be a gamble. It should be a conscious decision. Colours have a meaning and a function.

This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.

The function off the historian is neither to love the past nor to emancipate himself from the past, but to master and understand it as the key to the understanding of the present.

The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.

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.

Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.

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.

The picture is not made by the photographer, the picture is more good or less good in function of the relationship that you have with the people you photograph.

Good science and good art are always about a condition of awe. I don't think there is any other function for the poet or the scientist in the human tribe but the astonishment of the soul.

The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to create order out of the desperate confusion of our time.

Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form must exist or be created.

Leadership produces change. That is its primary function

Learning to inhibit unwanted contractions of muscles that function without, or in spite of, our will, is the main task in coordinated action.

Play like dreams serves the function of self realization.

The last clear definite function of man — muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need — this is man.

The economic function of space industrialization is to generate jobs on Earth, not in space.

I believe that forgiving them is god's function, our job is to arrange the meeting.

The function of ignoring, of inattention, is as vital a factor in mental progress as the function of attention itself.

I thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it.

Turkey is the gateway to the east for Europe, and the gateway to Europe for the east. We have a bridging function that Europe shouldn't underestimate.

The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.

When you function in love, your inside creates your outside. When you function in fear, your outside creates your inside.

The tsar [Nicholas II] is not treacherous but he is weak. Weakness is not treachery, but it fulfils all its functions.

the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute