“It is a seldom proffered argument as to the advantages of a free press that it has a major function in keeping the government itself informed as to what the government is doing.” GovernmentMajorsAdvantageArgumentFunctionPressesFree Press Author:Walter Cronkite
“Since the Greeks the predominant attitude of thinkers towards intellectual activity was to glorify it insofar as (like aesthetic activity) it finds its satisfaction in itself, apart from any attention to the advantages it may procure. Most thinkers would have agreed with Renan's verdict that the man who loves science for its fruits commits the worst of blasphemies against that divinity. The modern clercs have violently torn up this charter. They proclaim the intellectual functions are only respectable to the extent that they are bound up with the pursuit of concrete advantage.” MenMayAttentionAttitudeModernWorstHe ManActivityIntellectualAdvantageFunctionFruitBoundsSatisfactionPursuitCommitGreekDivinityThinkerAestheticConcreteTornRespectableGlorifyBlasphemyCharterVerdictScience Love Author:Julien Benda
“Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation; it cannot be classified as an illness; we consider it to be a variation of the sexual function, produced by a certain arrest of sexual development. Many highly respectable individuals of ancient and modern times have been homosexuals, several of the greatest men among them (Plato, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, etc.). It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime--and a cruelty, too. If you do not believe me, read the books of Havelock Ellis.” IfsMenBelieveHas BeensBookCertainIndividualModernCrimeDevelopmentAdvantageFunctionInjusticeAncientIllnessVicesCrueltyAshamedEtcBelieve In MeHomosexualityHomosexualPlatoVariationRespectableDegradationModern TimesLeonardoGreatest Man Author:Sigmund Freud
“Success is not a function of individual talent. It's the steady accumulation of advantages. It's bound up in so many other broader circumstantial, environmental, historical, and cultural factors.” IndividualTalentAdvantageFunctionHistoricalEnvironmentalBoundsFactorsSteadyAccumulationIndividual Talent Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Some if it may seem hokey to some people, but if you traveled where I've traveled, done what I've done and seen the results that I've been getting, then you understand where I'm coming from. Playing in a football game is like being in 30-40 car accidents. You can find yourself in awkward positions. That stuff takes its toll. But if you take advantage of health care, balance your body back out, put it back where its supposed to be, you function better, and you recover faster.” PeopleIfsMayDoneBodySeemsCareGamesStuffResultsCarPositionFootballBalanceAdvantageFunctionAccidentsYour BodySupposed To BeHealth CareFasterFinding YourselfBe YouAwkwardTraveledTollsFootball GameCar Accident Author:Emmitt Smith
“The political function of 'the right of free speech' is to protect dissenters and unpopular minorities from forcible suppression - not to guarantee them the support, advantages, and rewards of a popularity they have not gained.” PoliticalSupportProtectSpeechAdvantageFunctionRewardsGuaranteesMinoritiesFree SpeechPopularitySuppression Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy.” PeopleThinkingLoveProblemChallengesCompassionKnowingLove YouEmpathyAdvantageFunctionTrue LoveSolveIntellectFriendship LoveInsufficientCourage To LoveLove And CourageCompassion And Empathy Author:Dean Koontz
“Marketing and advertising are incredibly exciting and creative functions. They are central to the creation of brands and to the creation of sustainable competitive advantage for companies” BusinessCompanyCreativeCreationAdvantageFunctionExcitingMarketingAdvertisingBrandsCompetitive Advantage Author:Jim Speros