“While generosity may be the antidote for the dizzying effects of wealth, your appetite for more may function as an antidote against God-honoring generosity. Your appetite for more stuff, status, and security has the potential to quash your efforts to be generous. And that's a problem.” MayProblemStuffWealthEffortEffectsSecurityFunctionGenerosityGenerousAppetiteAntidote Author:Andy Stanley
“Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere. It is regrettably the way human nature functions, whether we like it or not. What successful economies do is keep it to a minimum. No one has ever eliminated any of that stuff.” WayHumansStuffEconomySuccessfulHuman NatureFunctionCorruptionCharacteristicsFraudMinimumEmbezzlement Author:Alan Greenspan
“I think masturbating is a really important function in art. People don't like to hear that kind of stuff, but it's true.” PeopleThinkingKindArtImportantStuffFunction Author:Patti Smith
“Recognizing that we have the kind of blood we have because we have the kind of kidneys we have, we must acknowledge that our kidneys constitute the major foundation of our philosophical freedom. Only because they work the way they do has it become possible for us to have bones, muscles, glands and brains. Superficially, it might be said that the function of the kidney is to make urine; but in a more considered view one can say that the kidneys make the stuff of philosophy itself.” WayKindSaidPhilosophyMightStuffViewsBrainBloodMajorsFunctionPhilosophicalFoundationBonesAcknowledgeMusclesRecognizingKidneysGlands Author:Homer Smith
“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
“Walking with someone through grief, or through the process of reconciliation, requires patience, presence, and a willingness to wander, to take the scenic route. But the modern-day church doesn't like to wander or wait. The modern-day church likes results. Convinced the gospel is a product we've got to sell to an increasingly shrinking market, we like our people to function as walking advertisements: happy, put-together, finished - proof that this Jesus stuff WORKS!” PeopleTogetherJesusStuffWaitingProcessChurchResultsGriefModernProductsWalkingFunctionSellsFinishedConvincedProofLikesWanderWillingnessRoutesReconciliationAdvertisementsShrinkingModern DayScenic Book:Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church Source: Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
“I met Glenn [ Greenwald] briefly in 2009. We were both guests on Real Time With Bill Maher. I was the show's guest and he was on the panel. But this was before the Snowden stuff happened. I didn't have the opportunity to meet him in preparation for the movie, unfortunately, for various reasons. But I was able to dive into the main articles he's written, and interviews with him, and just the function that the character serves in the movie, that was enough for me.” RealReasonEnoughCharacterShowsAbleOpportunityStuffWrittenHappenedMetsFunctionBillsVariousPreparationInterviewsArticlesGuestsSnowden Author:Zachary Quinto
“I think I'm the best president I've ever been right now. And I think the team that is operating right now functions as well as any team that I've had. And so, you know, there is a part of you that thinks, "Man, we're pretty good at this stuff right now." And you hate to see that talent disperse.” ThinkingKnowsMenWellsHateStuffPresidentTeamTalentRight NowFunction Author:Barack Obama
“In order to function and pay our bills and our taxes and feed our families and stuff, musicians have to make a living. It's not about being a millionaire. It's about being able to survive. When there are people constantly stealing from you, it's quite frustrating. It's a matter of changing the public's option about doing it.” PeopleMatterAbleOrderStuffPayTaxesMusicianFunctionBillsStealingOur FamilyFrustratingMillionaire Author:Matt Snell
“When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e., the verbal information I'm trying to convey) is only one part of it. Another part is stuff about me, the communicator. Everyone knows this. It's a function of the fact there are so many different well-formed ways to say the same basic thing, from e.g. "I was attacked by a bear!" to "Goddamn bear tried to kill me!" to "That ursine juggernaut did essay to sup upon my person!" and so on.” KnowsWayWritingTryingWellsPersonsDifferentWholeFactsStuffInformationBearsFunctionCommunicateDifferent ThingsEssaysKill MeCommunicatorsBasic ThingsJuggernaut Author:David Foster Wallace
“Superficially, it might be said that the function of the kidneys is to make urine; but in a more considered view one can say that the kidneys make the stuff of philosophy itself.” SaidPhilosophyMightScienceStuffViewsFunctionKidneys Author:Homer Smith