“No other art-medium–neither painting nor poetry–can communicate the specific quality of the dream as well as the film can. When the lights go down in the cinema and this white shining point opens up for us, our gaze stops flitting hither and thither, settles and becomes quite steady. We just sit there, letting the images flow out over us. Our will ceases to function. We lose our ability to sort things out and fix them in their proper places. We're drawn into a course of events–we're participants in a dream. And manufacturing dreams, that's a juicy business.” WellsArtDreamLightFilmCoursesLosesAbilityWhiteQualityEventsPaintingFlowFunctionShiningCommunicateCeaseMediumsSettlingCinemaSteadyManufacturingParticipantsJuicy Author:Ingmar Bergman
“India must achieve the real goal?that is energy independence or an economy which will function well within total freedom from oil, gas or coal imports.” WellsRealEnergyGoalEconomyAchieveIndiaFunctionIndependenceOilGasCoalImportsEnergy Independence Author:Abdul Kalam
“Being healthy is a complete lifestyle for me. It allows my brain to function at a very high degree so I can comprehend all the new things that are thrown at me. It also allows me to sleep well so that I am rested when I need to perform. Finally, being healthy will hopefully allow me to live a long and fun-filled life.” NeedsWellsLongI CanFunSleepBrainHealthyDegreesFunctionFilledLifestyleHopefullyThrownNew ThingsSleep Well Author:Derrick Rose
“Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector.” WellsDoeGovernmentFunctionPrivate SectorPublic Servants Author:Ronald Reagan
“A restaurant wine list is praised and given awards for reasons that have little to do with its real purpose, as if it existed only to be admired passively, like a stamp collection. A wine list is good only when it functions well in tandem with a menu.” IfsWellsLittlesRealReasonPurposeGivenFunctionWineListsRestaurantsCollectionsAwardsStampsMenusTandem Author:Gerald Asher
“Natural childbirth allows the hormones that have been working for women for thousands of years to fulfill their functions. This is more important than just helping a woman through labor and delivery. Birth-related hormones also affect well-being much later in life.” YearsWellsHas BeensImportantHelpingNaturalBirthLaborFunctionWell BeingRelatedPregnancyDeliveryChildbirthHormonesLater In LifeNatural Childbirth Author:Janet Schwegel
“The arts have always served relationships between people of different cultures so well. In a way, the arts function as a very serious kind of ambassador.” PeopleWayWellsKindArtDifferentCultureCreativitySeriousFunctionAmbassadorsDifferent Cultures Author:Herbie Hancock
“Good design is probably 98% common sense. Above all, an object must function well and efficiently-and getting that part right requires a good deal of time and attention.” WellsDealsCommonAttentionDesignObjectsFunctionCommon SenseGood Design Author:Terence Conran
“All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.” IfsWellsBodyAgeUsedGrowthHealthyDiseaseLaborFunctionModerationAccustomedLiableDefectiveParts Of The Body Author:Hippocrates