The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in relation to values and behavior.
Carol P. Christ

The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.
David Brinkley

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
John Kenneth Galbraith

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.
Jean-Paul Sartre

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.
Robert Brustein

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 regulation of medicine has been a State function.
Barney Frank

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

The smaller the function, the greater the management.
C. Northcote Parkinson

The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
Blaise Pascal

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

The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.
Cyril Connolly

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.
George Henry Lewes

The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future.
Joel A. Barker

The writers are writing human beings, and they're writing about the human condition and how difficult it is to function in that condition. I think it's one of the charms of the show, the idea of redemption and working towards becoming better people, for everybody involved.
George Dzundza

There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
J. William Fulbright

There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
James W. Fulbright

There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
Tadao Ando

There is no way for the American economic system to function without advertising. There is no other way to communicate enough information about enough products to enough people with enough speed.
John O'Toole

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.
Robert Rauschenberg