“Why do so many young people literally die to belong to fraternities, sororities, and other college social organizations? The answer is complicated, but here is a starting point: Ever since the medieval universities were founded, young people have done whatever it takes to gain acceptance, to break with their past lives, to achieve a sense of power, to carve out a society of their own that isn't quite what their tutors and teachers had in mind. In the United States, hazing and drinking have been endemic since colonial days.” PeopleMindHas BeensStatesDonePastYoungDiesSocialAnswersUnitedBreakUnited StatesTeacherAchieveAcceptanceCollegeGainsOrganizationDrinkingUniversityStartingComplicatedBelongingMedievalStarting PointPast LifeWhatever It TakesFraternityTutorSocial OrganizationSororityHazing Book:Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking Source: Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking
“I certainly don't think we [The Elders organization] are oracles but I would hope that over our lifetimes we have accumulated some useful experience and perhaps even a modicum of wisdom! We don't have all the answers.” ThinkingAnswersOrganizationLifetimeEldersOracles Author:Desmond Tutu
“Ideology on which the Kyoto Protocol is based, is a new form of totalitarian ideology, along with Marxism, Communism and socialism. We had doubts about the Kyoto Protocol, we wanted reasoning from our partners in the European Union, in the IPCC. Formal requests had been sent to these organizations. But we have not received responses yet, which suggests that no coherent answers can be offered. What we hear is 'it is not comprehensive responses that matter, we will not give them anyway; what is important is whether you believe us or not'.” GivingBelieveImportantMatterWantedFormAnswersDoubtOrganizationUnionsResponsePartnersSocialismIdeologyCommunismReasoningFormalMarxismRequestComprehensiveEuropean UnionProtocolKyotoCommunism And SocialismKyoto Protocol Author:Andrey Illarionov
“One cannot see callers, answer the telephone, go to luncheons or dinners, visit the dentist or shoemaker, address charitable organizations in or from a bed; therefore a bed, in my experience, is simply bristling with ideas.” IdeasAnswersBedOrganizationDinnerAddressesTelephonesCharitableDentistInterruptionsCharitable Organizations Author:Kate Douglas Wiggin
“The most customer-centric organizations can answer any question by deciding what's best for the customer, without ever having to ask.” AsksAnswersOrganizationCustomers Author:Aaron Levie
“Obviously, if Christianity is going to survive as more than a respecter and comforter of profitable inquiries, then Christians, regardless of their organizations, are going to have to interest themselves in economy-which is to say, in nature and in work. They are going to have to give workable answers to those who say we cannot live without this economy that is destroying us and our world, who see the murder of Creation as the only way of life.” IfsWorldWayGivingChristianInterestAnswersChristianityEconomyCreationOrganizationMurderEnvironmentalOur WorldDestroyingInquiryStewardshipProfitableComforter Author:Wendell Berry
“The leader's job is to lead and protect. Not have all the answers, not know everything to do, not to micromanage and tell people what to do or how to do it. A leader's job is to lead and protect. That's their job, and it's the people within the organization - their job is to get the work done.” PeopleKnowsDoneJobsAnswersLeaderProtectOrganizationWork Done Author:Simon Sinek