Famous quotes containing the words dominant and/or function:
“Combativeness was, I suppose, the dominant trait in my grandmothers nature. An aggressive churchgoer, she was quite without Christian feeling; the mercy of the Lord Jesus had never entered her heart. Her piety was an act of war against Protestant ascendancy. ...The teachings of the Church did not interest her, except as they were a rebuke to others ...”
—Mary McCarthy (19121989)
“The art of living is to function in society without doing violence to ones own needs or to the needs of others. The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.”
—Elaine Heffner (20th century)