“The most important function of a bibliographic entry is to help the reader obtain a copy of the cited work.” ImportantHelpingReaderFunctionCopiesEntry Author:Daniel J. Bernstein
“No other serial publications carry a number on them that is of any weight to their readership. The number is there to serve a function, but it has no intrinsic value in and of itself. It's comfort food and nostalgia at best. On this, we follow what you and your fellow readers do more than what you say. We hear complaints about renumbering every time we do it, but every time we do it it results in higher sales, which is the whole ballgame - so if it were your time and your effort, what would you do?” IfsBookWholeValuesResultsNumbersEffortReaderHigherComfortWeightFunctionFellowsNostalgiaComicComic BookComplaintsPublicationSerialsReadershipIntrinsic ValueComfort FoodBallgame Author:Tom Brevoort
“As the worldly philosophers of the past affirmed, the goal of economics is to improve the way society functions. In The New Financial Order, Robert Shiller joins this proud tradition by directing his brilliant economic skills toward the creation of financial institutions designed to reduce the risks an unknown future visits on most members of our society and others. Shiller's imaginative and compelling analysis will appeal to all readers who share his passion for initiating not only a richer, but a better, century.” WayPastOrderPassionGoalRiskShareEconomicCenturyCreationReaderProudSkillsMembersEconomicsTraditionFunctionInstitutionsFinancialPhilosopherBrilliantAppealsAnalysisOur SocietyCompellingWorldlyImaginativeFinancial InstitutionsUnknown Future Author:Peter L. Bernstein
“What's the function of poetry? It's to express general truths, to connect with the reader and make him think: 'Wow, I've experienced that, but you've expressed it so much better.'” ThinkingReaderFunctionWow Author:Giles Andreae
“I think that to transfuse emotion - not to transmit thought but to set up in the reader's sense a vibration corresponding to what was felt by the writer - is the peculiar function of poetry.” ThinkingFeltEmotionReaderFunctionPeculiarVibrationsTransmitCorresponding Book:Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)
“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
“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
“The true function of art is to criticize, embellish and edit nature… the artist is a sort of impassioned proof-reader, blue penciling the bad spelling of God.” ArtArtistReaderArt IsFunctionBlueProofCriticizeEditsSpellingImpassioned Author:H. L. Mencken
“The Library is an open sanctuary. It is devoted to individual intellectual inquiry and contemplation. Its function is to provide free access to ideas and information. It is a haven of privacy, a source of both cultural and intellectual sustenance for the individual reader. Since it is thus committed to free and open inquiry on a personal basis, the Library must remain open, with access to it always guaranteed.” IdeasIndividualHavensInformationSourceReaderIntellectualFunctionBasesLibraryCommittedAccessContemplationPrivacyCensorshipDevotedInquiryFirst AmendmentSanctuarySustenanceFreedom To Read Author:Robert G. Vosper
“The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every long word that could be a short word, every adverb that carries the same meaning that’s already in the verb, every passive construction that leaves the reader unsure of who is doing what—these are the thousand and one adulterants that weaken the strength of a sentence. And they usually occur in proportion to the education and rank.” WritingLongSecretReaderThousandFunctionSentencesProportionCarrieConstructionPassiveComponentsVerbsGood WritingUnsureAdverbsShort WordsLong Words Author:William Zinsser