#function

‎"Broken does not mean non-functioning, or incapacitated, it does however mean ready for repair. ↗

— Shawn Boreta

#incapacitated #inspirational #non-functioning #repaired #inspirational

If a catastrophic event wipes out a large portion of House members, America needs to know this body, elected by the people, will be quickly and legally reconstituted and will continue to function. ↗

— Charles W. Pickering

#body #by the people #catastrophic #continue #elected

Let me just acknowlege that the function of grammar is to make language as efficent and clear and transparent as possible. But if we’re all constantly correcting each other’s grammar and being really snotty about it, then people stop talking because they start to be petrified that they’re going to make some sort of terrible grammatical error and that’s precisely the opposite of what grammar is supposed to do, which is to facilitate clear communication. ↗

— John Green

#correcting #function #grammar #grammar-nazi #vlogbrothers

I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motivational. I like old heavy metal when I'm outside working on my car. Music has definite functions for me. ↗

— Peter Steele

#car #clean #definite #functions #hardcore

I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science, it is an aid to art. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#art #criticism #dislike #function #help

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it. ↗

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#being #briefly #duty #find #first

We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty. ↗

— Ricardo Lagos

#democracy #freely #function #institutions #must

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#created #critic #function #never #proper

Best I can do for them is to give them every piece of information I can find and let them make the judgments. That's just my basic view of my function as a journalist. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#best #every #find #function #give

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#conflict #function #happiness #itself #purpose