The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.
It's been said that mistletoe extract enhances immune function, which increases the production of the immune cells. When administered as a form of therapy for cancer, the extracts are given by injection under the skin, into a vein or directly into a tumor.
Everyone may have some advise for the RBI. Some may advise, 'Cut your lending rates and raise the deposit rate.' How will a bank function? We take a medium term view. The bank has an 80-year-old history. I don't want to destroy it for a few decisions.
The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.
Healthful whole foods improve our brain function as well.
Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are.
The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future.
Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning.
The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.
Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science.
The true scientist no longer attempts to disprove the pull of gravity, or the rotation of the earth, or the motion of heavenly bodies, or the sequence of the seasons, or man's need of food and water, or the function of the heart.
Maybe it's the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never complain about the misery, hardship or injustice.
If you patent a discovery which is unique, say a human gene or even just one particular function of a human gene, then you are actually creating a monopoly, and that's not the purpose of the world of patents.
The defense of our democracy against the forces that threaten it from without has made some of its failures to function at home glaringly apparent.
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.
The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the left.
My frontal lobe doesn't function well. When I'm out with friends, I typically have a cup of coffee, and that's not good for my sleep. And yet I'll do it again, night after night - 'Oh why did I have that cup of coffee?' I can't stop it because I love it.
A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set.
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.
Shapes that contain no inner components of positive/negative relationships will function better with other shapes of the same nature.
I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.
Dynamism is a function of change.
My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning.
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.
Sports - especially the NBA - function as a place where American society pretends to discuss and pretends to solve questions and historical agonies that can't possibly be solved within the realm of sports.
I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if it's writing time, I write.
The body's immune system is like any other system of the body. Each of them have their vital function for the human host.
Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with a special function of its own in human experience.
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.
This means that the only function of nuclear weapons, while they exist, is to deter a nuclear attack.
Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.
If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven't the patience for them. It's maybe shallow, but that's why I'll never be part of the acting set.
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.
Well, you know, News Corp is the only real media global - that has a global presence that's involved in TV production, in movies, in publishing, in newspapers, digital media, et cetera. So for a company like that to function, clearly it does not depend only on Rupert Murdoch or James Murdoch.
In this age, if the currency of a major nation collapses, or its access to borrowing ends, it just can't function.
When the brain is silent, the executive function, which is this part of the brain that makes decisions, can work much better. So when you get quiet, you make better decisions. You're also more rested - you're not as reactive.
