#function

If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#basic #basic research #cancer #continues #family

Iraq is a country that has been invaded. It's not a failing state that you want to help. It's a country that was functioning good or bad, with a horrible dictator, but you have invaded. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#been #country #dictator #failing #functioning

I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher. ↗

— Gabrielle Union

#dishwasher #function #i #sheets #well

The office has oversight of people who do analysis and oversight of people who do operations, but it is not charged with doing either. That is an important point to make. Those functions are performed by the CIA, DIA and other agencies. ↗

— Stephen Cambone

#analysis #charged #cia #doing #either

I think a lot of times people design restaurants with flash in mind. I think you should design restaurants with function in mind. Make sure it's functional and works with what you're trying to accomplish. Design can come later. ↗

— Bobby Flay

#come #design #flash #function #functional

It's not about the pace, it's about the direction we've set. The pace is of course a function of many factors, including the magnitude of the supply shock. But what's probably more important is the probability of the supply shock translating into sustainable embedded inflation. ↗

— Marek Belka

#course #direction #embedded #factors #function

African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations. ↗

— Mos Def

#art #cheering #collect #dormant #functional

Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open. ↗

— James Dewar

#like #minds #only #open #parachutes

As no outward motion or change, when normal, in man's external body can take place unless provoked by an inward impulse, given through one of the three functions named, so with the external or manifested Universe. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#change #external #functions #given #impulse

The writers are writing human beings, and they're writing about the human condition and how difficult it is to function in that condition. I think it's one of the charms of the show, the idea of redemption and working towards becoming better people, for everybody involved. ↗

— George Dzundza

#becoming #beings #better #charms #condition