“The memo's chief function ... is as a track-coverer, so that you can turn on someone six months later and snarl: 'Well, you should have known about it, I sent you a memo.” ShouldWellsTurnsWorkKnownMonthsOfficeSixLettersShould HaveFunctionTrackChiefsSix MonthsTurn-onShould Have KnownMemos Author:Jilly Cooper
“If anybody wants to engage in any kind of sexual activity with any consenting partner, that is their business. Anybody can do anything they damn well please, as long as the relationship isn't exploitive. And I don't feel that legality should have anything to do with it. There are certain bodily functions of mine which I will not allow to be supervised.” IfsWantFeelsShouldWellsKindLongCertainCan DoMinesPleaseActivityShould HaveFunctionSexualityPartnersDamnLegalityBodily Functions Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“If it is an element of liberation for Latin America, I believe that it should have demonstrated that. Until now, I have not been aware of any such demonstration. The IMF performs an entirely different function: precisely that of ensuring that capital based outside of Latin America controls all of Latin America.” IfsShouldBelieveDifferentAmericaI BelieveElementsShould HaveFunctionLiberationLatinDemonstrationLatin AmericaImf Author:Che Guevara
“Makeup should have one function only - to make you look better, to make you more attractive...Makeup is a luxury, so it should be fun...Making up is like telling yourself a secret.” ShouldLooksFunSecretShould HaveFunctionLuxuryAttractiveMakeupMaking Up Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“The attack on Social Security is similarly motivated. Social Security is based on the conception is that we should have sympathy for others, not function merely as isolated "rational wealth maximizers."” ShouldSocialWealthSecurityShould HaveFunctionRationalConceptionMotivatedIsolatedSocial Security Author:Noam Chomsky
“There is supercomputer somewhere in the Nevada desert whose sole function is to count the number of times that I have said the following, because it is unquantifiable by human minds at this point, but this time it’s really true: I should have stayed home.” ShouldMindHumansSaidHomeNumbersRegretShould HaveFunctionFollowingDesertHuman MindSoleReally TrueNevadaSupercomputers Author:David Rakoff