#function

I am actually in poor health due to chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and my ability to work is greatly diminished right now, so I have to get better before I can start another big project. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#actually #am #another #before #better

It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error. ↗

— Robert Jackson

#error #falling #function #government #into

Did I end up finding a little blue pill to cure America's electoral dysfunction? Unfortunately, it's not that simple. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#blue #cure #did #dysfunction #electoral

People at .08 are too impaired to drive. Studies show that at .08, the ability to perform critical driving functions is decreased by as much as 60 percent. ↗

— Frank Lautenberg

#critical #decreased #drive #driving #functions

You two are a disaster.” I smiled at the ceiling. “It doesn’t matter what or why it is. When it’s good, Kara … it’s beautiful. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#dysfunctional-relationship #love #tag-line #beauty

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

The function of a genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions which time and mediocrity can resolve. ↗

— Hugh Trevor-Roper

#function #genius #give #mediocrity #new

Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence. ↗

— Ned Rorem

#artist #blaze #day #divine #each

If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth. ↗

— Morris West

#divine #function #god #his #image

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