Potential Energy Function

Famous quotes containing the words potential, energy and/or function:

    “The real community of man ... is the community of those who seek the truth, of the potential knowers.”
    —Allan Bloom (1930–1992)

    “Just as we are learning to value and conserve the air we breathe, the water we drink, the energy we use, we must learn to value and conserve our capacity for nurture. Otherwise, in the name of human potential we will slowly but surely erode the source of our humanity.”
    —Elaine Heffner (20th century)

    “We are thus able to distinguish thinking as the function which is to a large extent linguistic.”
    —Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1934)