“Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for it. The function of the mere critic is of very subordinate usefulness. It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger.” MenLooksActionFightingPoorDangerHe ManOughtBattleCriticismFunctionStressMereCriticsDeedsSubstitutesIndispensableUsefulnessSubordinatesDoers Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Where cultural representations do not reach out beyond themselves, there is the danger that they will function as the surrogates for activism, that they will constitute both the beginning and the end of political practice.” EndsPoliticalPracticeDangerFunctionActivismReach OutRepresentationSurrogates Author:Angela Davis
“Suppression of impulses that would put you in danger is obviously an important neurobiological function.” ImportantDangerFunctionImpulseSuppression Author:Patricia Churchland
“There's a real danger in the way our representative government functions today. It functions properly only when paired with accountability.” WayRealGovernmentTodayDangerFunctionAccountabilityRepresentativesRepresentative Government Author:Edward Snowden
“The shutdown itself is bad but not devastating. The real danger will come up in a couple of weeks. There's legislation which is in fact routine - it's passed every year - which allows the government to borrow money, otherwise it can't function. If Congress does not approve this budget request, the government may have to default.” IfsYearsMayDoeRealFactsGovernmentWeekDangerCoupleFunctionCongressCome UpBudgetsRoutineLegislationRequestDefault Author:Noam Chomsky
“One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.” DangerAccountsFunctionIntelligenceIronyIronic Author:Lewis Mumford