“Spin-off technologies are changing the culture. Even if you don't become an engineer you could be a poet, a journalist, a lawyer, but you will be thinking innovation and your actions within society, who you vote for, what you value, all become a participant in an innovation economy.” IfsThinkingActionValuesCultureTechnologyEconomyPoetVoteInnovationLawyerJournalistEngineersParticipants Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“There is a divide in our culture between people who want to see evidence of a politiсian's knowledge and worldliness, and people for whom "git 'er done" actions, as you put it, provide tangible proof of the ability to lead. I don't know how developed that idea is.” PeopleKnowsWantIdeasDoneActionCultureAbilityKnow HowEvidenceProofDividesTangibleWorldliness Author:Libby Copeland
“THE ABULON DANCE is an intricate and fast-paced novel of political intrigue and clashing alien cultures. The characterizations are rich, detailed, and subtle, the action engrossing. I finished it in a single sitting.” ActionPoliticalCultureNovelRichSittingFinishedAliensSubtleIntrigueFast PacedIntricateCharacterization Author:Robin Wayne Bailey
“How can we expect our students to become bold and fearless in thought and action if we encase them in sentimental shrines feigning a culture which has long since disappeared?” IfsLongActionCultureStudentsFearlessSentimentalShrinesThoughts And ActionsFeigning Author:Walter Gropius
“I put all the blame legally and morally on the actions of the terrorist, but America's secular and anti-Christian environment left us open to our Lord's decision not to protect. When a nation deserts God and expels God from the culture ... the result is not good.” HumorActionChristianAmericaCultureLeftNationsReligiousDecisionResultsLordEnvironmentProtectBlamePositive AtheismTerroristDesertSecularOur LordAnti Christian Author:Jerry Falwell
“Without culture there can be no growth; without exertion, no acquisition; without friction, no polish; without labor, no knowledge; without action, no progress; and without conflict, no victory. The man who lies down a fool at night, hoping that he will waken wise in the morning, will rise up in the morning as he laid down in the evening.” MenActionLyingNightCultureGrowthMorningWiseProgressHe ManFoolVictoryConflictLaborEveningPolishAcquisitionExertionFriction Author:Frederick Douglass
“What is music in America? It's this stand-in for political action in a lot of senses. We have no democracy and we have no art culture, and we've long considered politics nebbish-y and hopelessly unsexy. So a lot of what would be considered political activism is channeled into cultural work.” LongArtWould BeActionAmericaPoliticalCultureDemocracyActivismSensesPolitical ActionPolitical Activism Author:Ian Svenonius
“I feel like I was hit by all of geek culture at once while I was growing up in the '70s and '80s. Saturday morning cartoons like 'Star Blazers' and 'Robotech.' Live action Japanese shows like 'Ultraman' and 'The Space Giants.'” FeelsShowsActionCultureStarsSpaceMorningGrowing UpGrowingGiantsSaturdayCartoon80sGeekBlazersSaturday Morning Author:Ernest Cline
“In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality, then you are somehow left in the realm of darkness.” IfsActionCultureSpiritualityOpportunityLeftPracticeDarknessSupportGoodnessBuddhistRealmsOfferingMonk Author:Nhat Hanh
“For me, to take a movie and travel the world and go and work with these cultures and an international cast and have this spy thriller that's not just about character but also action and suspense, they're very challenging films as a producer to make, creating stories, creating set pieces that serve this character [Ethan Hunt].” WorldCharacterStoriesActionFilmCultureChallengesPiecesCreatingInternationalCastsProducersSuspenseHuntsSpyThrillersTravel The WorldCreating Stories Author:Tom Cruise