“Reason's biological function is to preserve and promote life and to postpone its extinction as long as possible. Thinking and acting are not contrary to nature; they are, rather, the foremost features of man's nature. The most appropriate description of man as differentiated from nonhuman beings is: a being purposively struggling against the forces adverse to his life.” ThinkingMenLongReasonForceActingStruggleFunctionContraryPreservesFeaturesAppropriateDescriptionExtinctionAdverse Book:Human action: a treatise on economics Source: Human action: a treatise on economics
“Organisms [...] are directed and limited by their past. They must remain imperfect in their form and function, and to that extent unpredictable since they are not optimal machines. We cannot know their future with certainty, if only because a myriad of quirky functional shifts lie within the capacity of any feature, however well adapted to a present role.” IfsKnowsWellsPastFormLyingRolesCapacityMachinesFunctionCertaintyFeaturesImperfectOrganismsUnpredictableAdaptedQuirkyOptimal Book:Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History Source: Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History
“While accessory items and embedded features help minimize driver distraction, nothing replaces simple common-sense when using a cell phone in the car. Pull over to the side of the road to dial manually, know the features and functions of your phone before you drive and allow voice mail to pick up your calls if you are driving - these are all simple and commonsensical steps we can all take to minimize distraction from in-car cell phone use.” IfsKnowsHelpingUseSidesVoiceSimpleCommonStepsCarPicksFunctionPhonesDrivingCommon SenseCellsFeaturesDriversDistractionMailItemsCell PhoneEmbeddedAccessories Author:Gary Shapiro
“No individual anonymous participant can influence the prices and therefore you really can speculate in the market without paying attention to morality. That's one of the positive features of markets. That's why they function.” IndividualAttentionInfluenceMoralityFunctionPay AttentionFeaturesParticipants Author:George Soros
“The characteristic feature of a free society is that it can function in spite of the fact that its members disagree in many judgments of value. Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.” MeanFactsValuesMistakeMembersJudgmentFunctionFeaturesCharacteristicsSpiteMaking MistakesDisagreeReally MeanFree Society Author:Ludwig von Mises
“As far as documentaries go, I believe unreservedly that they serve an important function in our culture. I'd love to be able to make both documentaries and feature films simultaneously, but so far that hasn't happened.” BelieveImportantAbleFilmCultureI BelieveHappenedFunctionFeaturesDocumentaries Author:Hirokazu Koreeda
“The most obvious feature of the brain is that it is not homogeneous, but composed of different regions. There are no intrinsic moving parts, no obvious way of knowing where to start to understand what is actually happening, or what functions are taking place.” WayDifferentMovingBrainKnowingHappeningsFunctionObviousFeaturesRegionsHomogeneousMoving Parts Author:Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield