| "The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of certain verbal interpretations, describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work." »John Von Neumann |
| "I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision." »Barber B. Conable, Jr |
| "Deliberation is the function of many, action is the function of one." »Charles De Gaulle |
| "God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically." »Albert Einstein |
| "The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skills. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science." »Albert Einstein |
| "Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever." »Albert Einstein |
| "Form follows function." »Louis Henri Sullivan |
| "I just have this feeling if I take pi, well past all this static, take pi to 10 million, 20 million digits, that I'll find something really incredible. Not just a pattern, not just an order, but a sign. A mathematical sign." »Andrew Schneider |
| "There is no passion like that of a functionary for his function." »Georges Clemenceau |
| "Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open." »Lester R Bittel |
| "The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness." »Max Eastman |
| "The artist has one function--to affirm and glorify life." »W. Edward Brown |
| "Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function." »Unknown |
| "The proper function of man is to live - not to exist." »Jack London |
| "The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level." »Norman Mailer |
| "If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism if our government is to function it must have dissent." »Henry Commager |
| "The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation." »George Santayana |
| "Advertising is the modern substitute for argument its function is to make the worse appear the better." »George Santayana |
| "Use harms and even destroys beauty. The noblest function of an object is to be contemplated." »Miguel de Unamuno |
| "This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor to change the character of our thought." »Lin Yutang |
| "I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." »Ralph Nader |
| "The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency." »Margaret Fuller |
| "I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting. (on those behind the 911 attacks)" »Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf |
| "To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward." »Margaret Fairless Barber |
| "There were always people like the pope. They serve a certain function, of course. They subsidize us. But, they don't create anything and they must never be allowed to stop the artist from creating." »Andrew Schneider |
| "Living up to basic ethical standards in the classroom-discipline, tolerance, honesty-is one of the most important ways children learn how to function in society at large." »Eloise Salholz |
| "Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at no time can either side be permitted to walk away with the rope." »Pete Holiday |
| "The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money." »A. J. Liebling |
| "The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were." »David Brinkley |
| "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." »F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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