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. American Leader More Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes 9
Scott Fawell was Frankenstein for George Ryan. George Ryan created him, George Ryan let him function. Patrick Collins More Patrick Collins Quotes 5
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. Marcus Tullius Cicero Roman Statesman More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes 1
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 Russian Writer More Ayn Rand Quotes 1
If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth. Morris West Australian Writer More Morris West Quotes 1
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 American Novelist More Jack London Quotes 1
What guides Marxism, then, is a different model of society, and a different conception of the function of the knowledge that can be produced by society and acquired from it. Jean-Francois Lyotard French Philosopher More Jean-Francois Lyotard Quotes 1
Sex is a natural function. You can't make it happen, but you can teach people to let it happen. William Masters American Scientist More William Masters Quotes 0
A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia. David C. McCullough More David C. McCullough Quotes 0
It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this order. And this refers in equal measure to the relations of man - social and political - and to the entire universe as a whole. Dmitri Mendeleev Russian Scientist More Dmitri Mendeleev Quotes 0
Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there. Ralph Merkle American Scientist More Ralph Merkle Quotes 0
Machines built by human beings they will function correctly if we provide them with a very specific environment. But if that environment is changed, they won't function at all. Ralph Merkle American Scientist More Ralph Merkle Quotes 0
I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 0
I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted. Pat Metheny American Musician More Pat Metheny Quotes 0
Psychological factors are critical in supporting immune function. If you suppress this psychological support by telling someone he's condemned to die, your words alone will have condemned him. Luc Montagnier French Scientist More Luc Montagnier Quotes 0
I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way, but that's how it is. I'm really learning to function out there and in such a way that I don't need to drink. Dana Plato American Actress More Dana Plato Quotes 0
The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplacable being. Tom Robbins American Author More Tom Robbins Quotes 0
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 American Author More Tony Robbins Quotes 0
In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind. Henri Poincare French Mathematician More Henri Poincare Quotes 0
The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein... scope for a peculiar but genuine artistic function. Frederick Pollock English Judge More Frederick Pollock Quotes 0
Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use. Ezra Pound American Poet More Ezra Pound Quotes 0
He was very much concerned with logic and function, he always worked his solos out before playing them. Jamie Muir More Jamie Muir Quotes 0
The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity. Lewis Mumford American Sociologist More Lewis Mumford Quotes 0
The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable. Benito Mussolini Italian Politician More Benito Mussolini Quotes 0
I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image. David Rockefeller American Businessman More David Rockefeller Quotes 0