#function

Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#being #function #precedes #recognition

Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning. ↗

— William Burroughs

#function #functioning #happiness #happy #simply

A functioning police state needs no police. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#needs #police #police state #state

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#function #keep #reasonable #vice #virtue

My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes. ↗

— Bram Cohen

#any #anything #back #basic #classes

You were tossed away like a pair of beautiful, brand new shoes that did not quite fit. ↗

— Donna K. Childree

#adoption #dysfunctional-families #dysfunctional-family #mothers #the-wayward-gifted

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

— Thomas R. Dewar

#like #minds #only #open #parachutes

If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.' ↗

— Jeff Foxworthy

#because #craziest #dysfunctional #ever #fair

There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#country #educate #function #issues #military

It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws. ↗

— Garet Garrett

#executive #function #laws #president #principle