Function Quotes

[By the middle of next year,] we are going to be in a situation where Intel will have erased some of the functional gaps that they have had with AMD... By erasing the gap, Intel certainly has the opportunity to bring their much larger and better resourced manufacturing and development organization to bear. - Gordon Haff

[But even aspirin cant counteract the] universal fear epidemic ... that didnt truly threaten us. Then, once we were worried, we saw that our federal agencies werent functioning effectively, which worried us further. - Marc Siegel

[Brown testified that he pressed the White House to urge] dysfunctional ... I did not have a problem dealing with state and local officials. - Michael Chertoff

[Back to the Hand:] I've been making the boxes for three or four years... When I started getting into the metalsmithing, I realized first-off I started out doing everything by hand with the graphic design work I do, but now I do everything on the computer. I realized what I was missing was the hands-on design. I really fell in love with metalsmithing for that reason. I started out making jewelry and once in a while doing objects. Now I do one to three boxes a year. I make a box, then I do a line of jewelry to go with the box. Basically the box sets the tone for the whole line of jewelry. Each of them works as a functional box. All are one of a kind. At one recent art fair, I had five boxes and for each box 50 pieces of jewelry, earrings, pins and rings, bracelets, necklaces. Lots and lots of earrings. - Holly Stein

[At United Stationers, the succession-planning system has also helped identify candidates for cross-functional promotions. So, for instance, when there's an open position in one part of the company, the system can help identify a solid candidate who might be working in another part of the organization.] The old culture at a lot of businesses is that when you talk about 'sharing resources,' people don't want to share, they think of it as 'stealing talent,' ... This puts a professional face on it. - George Sanders

[As part of the
Science study, the researchers sought to understand why the salmon
shark's heart continues to function when it is ice cold.] The shark
heart slows down in the cold, just as our own heart would... But what sets it apart is where our heart would simply stop, the
salmon shark keeps on ticking. - Barbara Block

[As a result, Nagin himself has become part of the debate over how best to
rebuild the devastated Big Easy. Critics suggest the qualities that
endeared
him to Orleanians before Katrina, among them his political inexperience and
his
shoot-from-the-hip approach, make him the wrong man for the massive,
labyrinthine job ahead. But his supporters, especially members of the
business
community, say the reconstruction project offers Nagin, 49, a chance to
dramatically change not only New Orleans' skyline but also the more
larcenous
and dysfunctional side of its free wheeling culture.] I'm still high on
him... He's the right leader to bring the city back?especially when
you
consider that the corrupt old guard could try to exploit this disaster and
come
back into power. - Mark Lewis

[And that would be White's response to the lack of big runs in Calhoun's portfolio, so far. Keep banging away.] It's only a matter of time, ... He'll have plenty of 40-plus yards runs on the record by the end of the year. I know he's anxious to get some, and he will. It's a function of persistence, holding to the integrity of the landmarks, trusting your speed, and maybe somebody holding a block downfield for a split second longer. It will happen. - Brian White