#function

That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#approaches #believed #claim #creative #degree

When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#because #come #find #fought #function

Furthermore, order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of an animal, or a machine, can work only if it is in physical order. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#body #condition #function #furthermore #laborers

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#educated #functioning #grounded #healthy #leadership

He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a musician in shape in order to perform the function, which is to play music. ↗

— Herb Alpert

#designed #exercises #function #i #i do

Whether people care enough about local news to pay for it is, sadly, an entirely different question than whether our democracy requires a strong watchdog function at the local level to ensure safeguards against abuse, chicanery, and outright dishonesty. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#abuse #against #care #chicanery #democracy

I believe in breakfast. It's the one meal that my kids usually eat without a fuss, so that's huge. As for myself, I can't function without it, and I see it as a great way to get some healthy greens in, some coffee, and on a good day, maybe even some news of the world via the newspaper. ↗

— Samantha Bee

#breakfast #coffee #day #eat #even

The function of posterity is to look after itself. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#function #itself #look #posterity

Worrying is the most natural and spontaneous of all human functions. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#human #most #natural #spontaneous #worrying

A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are about status, for example. Or signalling something about oneself. That's why the words chair, seat and bench have found themselves used to describe high status professions, from academia to Parliament to the law. ↗

— Evan Davis

#academia #bench #chair #chairs #describe