Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.
The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.
The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.
But which is the State's essential function, aggression or defence, few seem to know or care.
The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.
Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
What exactly is the function of a rubber duck?
The function of man is to live, not to exist.
Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
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.
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.
Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are.
The function of the novelist... is to comment upon life as he sees it.
In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.
The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.
To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward.
The primary function of a theatre is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.
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