“Pointing is a metaphor we all know. We've done a lot of studies and tests on that, and it's much faster to do all kinds of functions, such as cutting and pasting, with a mouse, so it's not only easier to use but more efficient.” KnowsKindDoneUseStudyCuttingEasierTestsFunctionMetaphorAll KindsFasterEfficientMicePointing Author:Steve Jobs
“I see ghosts everywhere, and that is partially a function of my being incredibly near-sighted and reading way too late into the night.” WayNightReadingLateFunctionGhostToo Late Author:Lauren Groff
“Typically your work will end up in a museum [after] you're dead. And maybe that's the function of a museum. It's an archive of your work after you're dead.” EndsFunctionMuseumsArchives Author:Eric Drooker
“Cities should function more like ecosystems, or even metabolisms. When we build, we should be thinking about how we can integrate into the ecosystems around us, but without sacrificing all the niceties of civilization like good restaurants, concert halls, and high-speed Internet access. I'm saying that partly tongue-in-cheek, but I'm also deadly serious. The future of technology is sustainable ecology.” ThinkingShouldCitiesTechnologySacrificeSeriousInternetCivilizationFunctionTongueSpeedAccessRestaurantsHallsConcertsCheeksEcologyIntegratingEcosystemsHigh SpeedMetabolismNicetiesTongue In CheekInternet Access Author:Annalee Newitz
“Maybe in writing about and through trauma it was therapeutic in a way, but it didn't feel like it at the time. I was in a very dark place, in lots of foreign cities, far from New York. A lot of personal trials and tribulations took over my life in those years. It might be some time before I see what therapeutic function this book did serve. But for now, it's not even easy to read from it.” WayFeelsWritingYearsBookMightEasyDarkCitiesNew YorkFunctionTraumaTrialsTribulationTherapeuticDark PlacesTrials And Tribulations Author:Porochista Khakpour
“One can say that the disaffection is still a lingering naiveté about, not the place of poetry in the world, but - how to say this - the moral and intellectual presence of poets in the world. And while this may seem an old conversation to many poets who roll their eyes and say, "Here we go again about the function of poetry," I think that conversation, about poetry as an engaged art in a world that is full of regression or still lacking in progress, is still really not well-developed. It's almost an avoided conversation.” ThinkingWorldWellsMayArtStillsSeemsEyeMoralProgressPoetConversationIntellectualFunctionEngagedLackingAvoidedLingeringRegressionHere We Go Again Author:Fady Joudah
“Our balanced budget has an important psychological function. It is a signal that we can't continue to constantly take on debt.” ImportantFunctionDebtPsychologicalBudgetsBalancedSignalsBalanced Budget Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects.” GivingGovernmentPoliticalLibertyPrinciplesSubjectsCitizensLimitsAuthorityFunctionConstitutionInstrumentsBroads Book:The Papers of Andrew Johnson: February-August 1867 Source: The Papers of Andrew Johnson: February-August 1867
“When you have a liberal class that no longer functions, when those people who traditionally defend and care about a civil society no longer do so, then you cede power to very frightening, deformed figures, all of which we are watching leap up around the fringes of our political establishment - this lunatic fringe, which has largely taken over the Republican Party.” PeopleCarePoliticalPartyClassTakenFiguresRepublicanFunctionLeapEstablishmentFrighteningRepublican PartyFringeLunaticCivil Society Author:Chris Hedges
“But the reality is that the police serve a certain function, to maintain a certain status quo, and that's one of the things that the movie is about, because it basically gives you three options for looking at the police, as symbolized by Dave Brown.” GivingRealityCertainThreeFunctionPoliceBrownStatus QuoDave Author:Oren Moverman
“I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it as something mercurial that required all the right conditions, but now I know that even if I don't get any sleep, I can still work, I can power through. The stars don't have to be perfectly aligned for me to do a good job.” IfsThinkingKnowsStillsI CanJobsStarsSleepActingConditionsBalanceFunctionTendenciesGood JobCrave Author:Laura Regan
“Well, when people talk about interrogating terrorists, they're acting like this is some sort of law enforcement function. Law enforcement is about gathering evidence to take someone to trial, and convict them. Anti-terrorism is about finding out information to prevent a future attack so the same tactics do not apply.” PeopleWellsLawActingInformationFindingsEvidenceFunctionTerrorismTerroristTrialsLaw EnforcementEnforcementGatheringTacticsConvictsAnti Terrorism Author:Marco Rubio
“How to make a scary movie human, take a movie like Sinister. How can I make that guy so real so that the scary elements of it are more scary and it functions as a genre movie - as the way it's supposed to, you want to hear a ghost story at midnight, that's a good one - but how do you fill it up with humanity inside, in staying true to the genre? You know? Does that make sense?” KnowsWayWantHumansDoeRealStoriesGuyHumanityElementsFunctionScaryGhostMake SenseGenreStayingMidnightThat GuyStay TrueSinisterGhost Stories Author:Ethan Hawke
“One of the big lessons from behavioral economics is that we make decisions as a function of the environment that we're in.” BigsDecisionEnvironmentLessonsEconomicsFunctionBehavioral Economics Author:Dan Ariely
“But joint pressure from states like Germany, Italy and France could mean a move in this direction. Because something very fundamental is on the line: freedom of movement. I can't think of any common market that could function without it.” ThinkingMeanI CanStatesMovingLinesCommonMovementFunctionPressureFundamentalsFranceGermanyJoints Author:Paolo Gentiloni
“From watching my own mind deteriorate circuit by circuit, I learned that every ability I have, from wiggling my finger to creating language, is dependent on a group of cells inside of my brain functioning in a healthy, happy way. I realized in order to get well I had to make the cells that performed those functions well again. It gave me an entirely different way to look at myself as an individual and at all of us as people.” PeopleWayMindWellsLooksDifferentOrderIndividualLanguageMy OwnAbilityBrainGroupsHealthyCreatingFunctionFingersI RealizedCellsDifferent WaysDependentCircuitsGet WellHealthy HappyWiggling Author:Jill Bolte Taylor
“There's also an aspect which I tried to express yesterday by saying the same "something" that looks out through Curlys eyes is also the same exact thing which looks out of Moe's eyes, and that's harder for people to grasp. So the thing is, you have to find a way to ultimately embrace both sides or else you can't function. If you only embrace the side of pure oneness then you end up sort of spacing out and sitting under a blanket.” PeopleIfsWayLooksEndsEyeSidesPureSittingAspectFunctionHarderEmbraceYesterdayOnenessBoth SidesBlanketSpacing Author:Brad Warner
“I don't think theory adds to criticism. (Methodology does, for better or worse.) Theory's function is to make criticism self-conscious, maybe even a little sheepish, about its ex cathedra pronouncements.” ThinkingLittlesDoeSelfTheoryConsciousCriticismFunctionAddExesSelf ConsciousMethodology Author:Paul Fry
“Suppression of impulses that would put you in danger is obviously an important neurobiological function.” ImportantDangerFunctionImpulseSuppression Author:Patricia Churchland
“I do think that it is legitimate to talk of goals and functions in nature, and that these things can be made sense of in naturalistic terms. There is nothing at all contrary to naturalism in the idea of goal-directed systems.” ThinkingMadeIdeasGoalTermFunctionContraryNaturalism Author:Hilary Kornblith
“I wanted to write a book that showed how the subjectification of the "the murderer" has changed little in over a hundred years, and to argue that this "exceptional figure" serves a conservative function in modern culture that bears closer interrogation than it has commonly received.” WritingYearsLittlesBookWantedCultureModernFiguresChangedBearsHundredFunctionConservativeArguingMurdererExceptionalInterrogationModern Culture Author:Richard Marshall
“Even an organization that doesn't do much work internationally will benefit from a culturally intelligent strategy to innovation. Working across different generations, business units, regions, and functions are all factors that can also influence the innovation process.” DifferentProcessGenerationsInfluenceBenefitsOrganizationFunctionIntelligentInnovationStrategyFactorsRegionsUnitsDifferent Generations Author:David Livermore
“I went and studied graphic design, because it seemed to me that advertising is more honest - the image actually has a function. But once I started on that, I realized that was really boring.” HonestDesignFunctionBoringI RealizedAdvertisingGraphicGraphic Design Author:Brian Froud
“You know, there's a growing level of disenchantment with governing institutions in Brazil. And in a sense, it's a healthy development because you have investigators and prosecutors going to work and finding out these things and revealing them to the public. But as a result, you have a lot of growing distrust in the way that government functions in Brazil.” KnowsWayGovernmentLevelsResultsGrowingDevelopmentHealthyFindingsFunctionInstitutionsDistrustGoing To WorkRevealingGoverningBrazilProsecutorInvestigatorsDisenchantment Author:Simon Romero
“Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay is a stylistically daring writer in love with surrealism, credited with being 'the woman who reintroduced hardcore sexuality to Bengali literature'. But though the (male) establishment used this label of erotica to dismiss her work, the sex scenes have exactly the same transgressive function as her use of chronology and narrative voice.” UseUsedLiteratureSexVoiceSceneFunctionMalesSexualityLabelsNarrativeEstablishmentDaringSurrealismHardcoreBengaliChronologyNarrative Voice Author:Deborah Smith
“Creativity is one of the most important brain functions in developing youth. It is the ultimate road to invention. I believe it is really important to both nurture and encourage this in children - and adults, too!” BelieveChildrenImportantI BelieveBrainCreativityYouthAdultsUltimateFunctionInventionDevelopingNurtureBrain Function Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar
“Radio is very popular [in Britain], but it doesn't connect us in the same way. It seems to have this community function.” WaySeemsCommunityFunctionRadioBritainVery Popular Author:John Gimlette
“I can tell that I shaped the book very deliberately, after a great deal of thought, and that I insisted this piece function as a prologue, but I find the word "intention," confusing ("trust the art," as D.H. Lawrence said, "not the artist"). These speculations are perhaps better responded to by text and reader, rather than author.” ArtSaidI CanBookArtistDealsPiecesReaderFunctionIntentionConfusingSpeculationPrologue Author:Laura Mullen
“I think we should be worried about the fact that we have become, as a society, very focused on the way people look, the way they dress. I do think we should worry about that because we should be worried about content. We should be worried about ideas. We should not be putting form over function.” PeopleThinkingWayShouldLooksIdeasFactsFormWorryFunctionDressesFocusedWorried Author:Christy Clark
“Military power tends to be a function of economic power, and the British Navy was the essential capability for establishing the imperial sway - which was attuned to furnish the raw materials for the British manufacturing ascendance. So they were mutually reinforcing.” EconomicMilitaryMaterialsEssentialsFunctionBritishCapabilityNavyManufacturingRaw MaterialsEconomic PowerMilitary PowerBritish Navy Author:Charles R. Morris
“Meditators are shown to have thickening in parts of the brain structure that deal with attention, memory and sensory functions. This was found to be more noticeable in older, more practiced meditators than in younger adults which is interesting because this structure usually tends to get thinner as we age.” AgeFoundMemoriesInterestingDealsAttentionBrainAdultsFunctionStructureSensory Author:Philippa Perry
“We actually don't know the function of sleep all that well yet, but sleep is a time of quiescence in the brain.” KnowsWellsSleepBrainFunction Author:Shelby Harris
“Well, the actual function of the brain, not so sure yet. There's a lot of different theories about it, but when you talk about psychologically in your brain, a lot of people with insomnia, though not all, report that they can't turn their minds off.” PeopleMindWellsDifferentTurnsBrainTheoryFunctionReportsInsomnia Author:Shelby Harris
“We've looked at sleep diaries of patients with insomnia, and they'll say that they don't sleep for one or two days. And the body actually has a natural function, after about the third day to start catching up and you get a little bit more sleep the third night. And that's usually what I tell my patients.” LittlesTwoBodyNightBitsNaturalSleepLittle BitThirdsFunctionPatientDiariesInsomniaCatchingTwo DaysCatching Up Author:Shelby Harris
“I'll work on patient's thoughts about sleep, "So I must get eight hours of sleep tonight or I won't sleep tomorrow." That sometimes - or "I won't function tomorrow." That sometimes makes it very difficult for you to sleep at night” SometimesNightDifficultHoursSleepTomorrowFunctionPatientEightTonight Author:Shelby Harris
“A self that is very robust, that has many, many levels of organization, from simple to complex, and that functions as a sort of witness to what is going on in our organisms.” SelfSimpleLevelsOrganizationFunctionComplexesWitnessOrganismsRobust Author:Antonio Damasio
“One of the functions of literary criticism, or reviewing, generally - and I, most of my reviews actually are not about literature - but one of the functions of that is basically the sort of Consumer Reports function of letting readers know whether this is something they want to read.” KnowsWantLiteratureReaderCriticismFunctionConsumersReportsReviewsLiterary Criticism Author:Louis Menand
“Emotional function and cognitive function aren't unrelated to each other. They're completely intertwined.” EmotionalFunctionCognitiveIntertwined Author:Amishi Jha
“The only the way that you can live and function without seeing the facts in front of you is to put yourself in a constant state of denial.” WayStatesFactsSeeingFrontsFunctionConstantDenial Author:Bassem Youssef
“I think what we need is better understanding of how to do risk analysis of a CDO, but that they still can perform a very valuable function because they can aggregate these risks and pass them around so that mortgages or other kinds of loans can be packaged and sold to investors all over the world, who in most times, would justify a small amount of each one.” ThinkingWorldNeedsKindStillsUnderstandingRiskAmountFunctionValuableAnalysisJustifyInvestorsLoanMortgageSmall Amounts Author:Robert F. Engle
“To notice people's deceptions yet not reveal it in words, to bear people's insults without showing any change of attitude-there is endless meaning in this, and also endless function.” PeopleAttitudeBearsFunctionEndlessDeceptionInsultTaoism Author:Zicheng Hong
“I think there should be a reworking of the value structure of art. The value is when the artist makes a first engagement with society. That work has the most value. That is the function of the artist. That result.” ThinkingShouldFirstsArtArtistValuesResultsFunctionStructureEngagement Author:Lawrence Weiner
“I was very withdrawn and definitely played with dolls well into eighth grade. But I was the oldest of nine, and that grounded me in a way that I don't think I would have been grounded otherwise. So I was able to - or forced to - function practically. But I think, by nature, I was someone who lived in my head, in my imagination.” ThinkingWayWellsHas BeensAbleImaginationFunctionNineGradesGroundedMy ImaginationDollsEighth Grade Author:Susan Sarandon
“If you see cattle as a source of organic manure, animal energy, as well as milk products, then Indian cattle are not inferior. It is only when you measure them as milk machines that they become inferior. What if we measured the dairy cows of America or Jersey or the Swiss Alps in terms of their work functions? They would be terribly inferior.” IfsWellsWould BeAmericaEnergyTermAnimalProductsSourceMachinesFunctionIndianWhat IfMilkCowsInferiorsJerseyCattleDairySwissManureAlpsDairy Cows Author:Vandana Shiva
“Debt deflation is when there's less money that people have to spend out of their paychecks on goods and services, because they're paying the FIRE sector. Oil going down is a function of the supply and demand of oil in the market. It's a separate phenomenon.” PeopleFireDemandFunctionDebtOilGoodsPhenomenonPaychecksGoods And ServicesSupply And DemandDeflation Author:Michael Hudson
“As an actor, I function from a place of compassion and empathy - you have to believe 100 percent what your character is doing, because otherwise it will look like it's not real.” BelieveLooksRealCharacterActorsCompassionEmpathyPercentFunctionCompassion And Empathy Author:Clare Bowen
“It is a written fact that our people had warned of all these consequences of wrongful environmental behavior since our very first contact with the non-Indians. There was a time when our elders used to say to us, "You can't function with one foot in the white man's canoe and one foot in the Indian's canoe." With these extreme environmental concerns taking place on the earth, mankind is all in the same boat. Or better be.” PeopleMenFirstsFactsEarthUsedWhiteWrittenFeetMankindBehaviorConsequenceConcernFunctionEnvironmentalExtremesContactBoatIndianWhite ManEldersFirst Contact Author:Leonard Peltier
“It's entirely possible to function as a free-thinking individual without succumbing to narcissism. This can be tricky at times, I suppose, but then so can the tango - particularly if you're dancing alone.” IfsThinkingIndividualFunctionDancingNarcissismTrickyFree ThinkingTangoSuccumbing Author:Tom Robbins
“I wouldn't say I'm a spender in the sense that I'm going out on huge spending sprees. However, to be able to function at the top of your game on the professional tennis circuit often requires an element of frequent spending.” AbleGamesHugeElementsFunctionSpendingTennisGoing OutCircuits Author:Andy Murray
“While the president is to nominate that individual [to Supreme Court], we in the Senate must provide our advice and consent. This function is not well-defined. The Constitution does not set down a road map. It does not require hearings. In fact, it does not even require questioning on your understanding of the Constitution nor the role of the Supreme Court.” WellsDoeFactsIndividualUnderstandingPresidentRolesAdviceFunctionConstitutionCourtHearingSupremeDefinedMapsSenateQuestioningConsentSupreme CourtRoad Maps Author:Mike DeWine