“Is it not our duty to find the symphonic formula which fits our time, one which progress, daring and modern victory demand? The century of airplanes has a right to its own music.” ProgressModernCenturyDutyVictoryFitDemandOur TimeFormulasDaringAirplane Author:Claude Debussy
“Slackers might look like the left-behinds of society, but they are actually one step ahead, rejecting most of society and the social hierarchy before it rejects them. The dictionary defines slackers as people who evade duties and responsibilities. A more modern notion would be people who are ultimately being responsible to themselves and not wasting their time in a realm of activity that has nothing to do with who they are or what they might be ultimately striving for.” PeopleLooksMightWould BeLeftSocialBehindsResponsibilityStepsModernDutyActivityResponsibleStriveNotionRealmsRejectsHierarchyDictionaryBeing ResponsibleRejectingSlackerSocial Hierarchy Author:Richard Linklater
“Modern man is weighed down more by the burden of responsibility than by the burden of sin. We think him more a savior who shoulders our responsibilities than him who shoulders our sins. If instead of making decisions we have but to obey and do our duty, we feel it as a sort of salvation.” IfsThinkingMenFeelsSinDecisionResponsibilityModernDutySalvationBurdenShouldersSaviorMaking DecisionsModern ManBurden Of Responsibility Author:Eric Hoffer
“I did Call of Duty Modern Warfare as Gaz, then I did Ghost in Modern Warfare 2, which has become one of the most iconic figures in the history of computer games.” GamesModernFiguresDutyComputerGhostWarfareIconicCall Of DutyModern WarfareComputer GamesModern Warfare 2 Author:Craig Fairbrass
“perhaps all this modern ferment of what's known as 'social conscience' or 'civic responsibility' isn't a result of the sense of duty, but of the old, old craving for beauty.” SocialResultsResponsibilityKnownBeautyModernDutyConscienceCravingCivicsCivic Responsibility Book:The Bent Twig Source: The Bent Twig
“The modern Gamaliel should teach ethics. Ethics is the science of human duty. Arithmetic tells man how to count his money; ethics how he should acquire it, whether by honesty or fraud. Geography is a map of the world; ethics is a beautiful map of duty. This ethics is not Christianity, it is not even religion; but it is the sister of religion, because the path of duty is in full harmony, as to quality and direction, with the path of God.” MenWorldShouldHumansBeautifulQualityChristianityTeachPathModernHonestyDutyEthicsHarmonyAcquireMapsFraudGeographyArithmetic Author:David Swing
“To the seeker after the new, or the sensational, to those who expect a sinister frisson from modern music, it is my melancholy duty to point out that all the bomb throwing and guillotining has already taken place.” TakenModernDutyBombsMelancholyThrowingSeekersSinisterSensationalAlready TakenModern Music Author:Constant Lambert
“There is a schizophrenic nature in modern politics. A leader is expected to have a religious faith but he is not supposed to let it influence him in his duties. Somehow, the truths that determine everything else about his existence are not allowed to influence how he conducts himself in public life. Not only that, his principles are usually considered so personal that the public is not even allowed to know for certain what they are. This passes for noble statecraft in our time. It was once thought cowardice.” KnowsCertainReligiousExistenceLeaderPrinciplesInfluenceModernDutyDetermineNobleExpectedOur TimeCowardiceReligious FaithPublic LifeSchizophrenicModern Politics Author:Stephen Mansfield
“Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive - in the past, that was mixed up with other illustrative duties, but that was still its central function that has been liberated in the art called modern.” FeelsMeanHas BeensArtStillsPastAliveModernDutyArt IsFunctionCommunicateLiberated Author:Antony Gormley
“Liberal education develops a sense of right, duty and honor; and more and more in the modern world, large business rests on rectitude and honor as well as on good judgment.” WorldWellsEducationModernDutyHonorJudgmentModern WorldGood JudgmentLiberal EducationRectitudeDuty And Honor Author:Charles William Eliot
“[17th-century] Puritans were the first modern parents. Like many of us, they looked on their treatment of children as a test of their own self-control. Their goal was not to simply to ensure the child's duty to the family, but to help him or her make personal, individual commitments. They were the first authors to state that children must obey God rather than parents, in case of a clear conflict.” FirstsChildrenSelfStatesHelpingIndividualParentGoalCasesClearModernCenturyDutyConflictCommitmentTestsTreatmentSelf ControlPuritan17th Century Author:C. Sommerville
“We all have obligations and duties toward our fellow men. But it does seem curious enough that in modern neurotic society, men's energies are consumed in making a living and rarely in living itself. It takes a lot of courage for a man to declare, with clarity and simplicity, that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.” MenDoeEnoughSeemsLife IsPurposeEnergyEnjoyModernDutyFellowsSimplicityObligationClarityCuriousPurpose Of LifeFellow ManConsumedNeuroticMaking A Living Book:The pleasures of a nonconformist Source: The pleasures of a nonconformist