“Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and artistic achievement, qualities which seemed to impress Jesus not at all.” WorldCultureJesusWealthQualityModernThis WorldHonorSkillsAchievementRewardsArtisticWinnerLoserImpressAthleticModern Culture Author:Philip Yancey
“I think the big challenge that we've got on education is making sure that from kindergarten or prekindergarten through your 14th or 15th year of school, or 16th year of school, or 20th year of school, that you are actually learning the kinds of skills that make you competitive and productive in a modern, technological economy.” ThinkingYearsKindBigsSchoolChallengesEconomyModernSkillsProductiveTechnologicalKindergartenBig Challenges Author:Barack Obama
“The idea of a rational bureaucracy, of skill, merit, and consistency, is essential to all modern states.” IdeasStatesModernSkillsEssentialsRationalMeritConsistencyBureaucracy Book:In Defense of Politics Source: In Defense of Politics
“There can be no doubt that the young of today have to be protected against certain poisonous effects inherent in present-day civilization. Five social diseases surround them, even in early childhood. There is the decline in fitness due to modern methods of locomotion; the decline in initiative due to the widespread disease of spectatoritis; the decline in care and skill due to the weakened tradition of craftsmanship; the decline in self-discipline due to the ever-present availability of tranquilizers and stimulants, and the decline in compassion, which William Temple called "spiritual death.” SelfCareTodaySpiritualYoungCertainSocialCompassionDoubtFiveModernChildhoodEffectsDisciplineCivilizationSkillsDiseaseTraditionMethodDuesNo DoubtTemplesSurroundDeclineProtectedInitiativeInherentSelf DisciplinePresent DayPoisonousAvailabilityEarly ChildhoodCraftsmanshipStimulantsSpiritual Death Author:Kurt Hahn
“everything is ambiguous. It's exciting, in a way, if you can tolerate ambiguity. I can't, but I'm taking a course where it's taught, in the hope of acquiring the skill. It's called Modern Living, and you get no credit.” IfsWayI CanCoursesModernTaughtSkillsExcitingCreditUncertaintyTolerateAmbiguityAmbiguous Book:Norma Jean, the termite queen Source: Norma Jean, the termite queen
“Space may seem distant, but is an integral part of our daily life. It drives our modern communication and connects even the remotest family to the ordinary. India's space programme is a perfect example of our vision of Scale, Speed and Skill.” MaySeemsSpacePerfectVisionTechnologyModernExampleCommunicationSkillsOrdinaryIndiaSpeedScalesDaily LifeProgrammesInformation TechnologyModern Communication Author:Narendra Modi
“Modern education develops the intellect and imparts skills, but does not promote qualities in any way.” WayDoeQualityModernSkillsEducationalIntellectImpartModern Education Author:Sai Baba
“For being able to use language was a critical skill that could carry one far. One could use it professionally, as a crafter of everything from political speeches to modern novels. One could use it personally, as a tool of discovery or a means of staying connected to others. One could use it as an outlet that would feed the artistic spirit of the creator, which existed in everyone.” MeanUseAblePoliticalSpiritLanguageNovelModernSkillsSpeechDiscoveryToolsCreatorConnectedCriticalArtisticStayingOutletsPolitical SpeechesModern NovelCrafters Author:Elizabeth George
“I think he [King Edward] was a modernizer who was a new thinker. The things he intended to do - unify the country, expand it all from coast to coast - were very modern and radical in those days. Also, the fact that he married who he did and that he managed to deal with the consequences and ramifications of that marriage and stay on the throne until the day he died, that shows skill.” ThinkingCountryFactsShowsDealsModernKingsSkillsMarriedConsequenceDiedRadicalThinkerThronesCoastRamifications Author:Max Irons
“The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. Like faxes, computer modems and other modern gadgets that have clogged out lives with phony urgency, cell phones represent the 20th Century's escalation of imaginary need. We didn't need cell phones until we had them. Clearly, cell phones cause not only a breakdown of courtesy, but the atrophy of basic skills.” NeedsCausesModernCenturySkillsConversationComputerPhonesCellsGiantsTransformedImaginary20th CenturyCourtesyNarcissisticCell PhoneUrgencyBreakdownPhonyGadgetsCocoonsAtrophyFaxEscalation Author:Mary Schmich
“It is one of the defects of modern higher education that it has become too much a training in the acquisition of certain kinds of skill, and too little an enlargement of the mind and heart by an impartial survey of the world.” WorldMindHeartKindLittlesCertainToo MuchModernHigherSkillsTrainingDefectsConquestHeart And MindAcquisitionSurveysHigher EducationEnlargement Book:The Conquest of Happiness Source: The Conquest of Happiness
“I have an Honors Degree in Drama from the University of Alberta, but when it was done I knew a life in modern theatre was not for me. While figuring out what the hell I might do instead of theatre, I spent a couple of days on a horror film doing stunt work. I'd never been behind the camera before, and I loved everything about it. I joined the local film co-op - The Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta - because you could trade skills for experience. These indie filmmakers were making their own stuff their own way, all the time. Instant education.” WayArtDoneMightFilmStuffBehindsHellModernCoupleHonorDramaHorrorSkillsDegreesCamerasTradeUniversityTheatreLocalsVideoFilmmakerInstantHorror FilmAlberta Author:Karen Walton
“To the engineer, all matter in the universe can be placed into one of two categories: (1) things that need to be fixed, and (2) things that will need to be fixed after you've had a few minutes to play with them. Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.” NeedsGivingArtTwoMatterPlayUniverseImaginationModernMinutesObjectsSkillsFixedCategoriesEngineersBasketsModern ArtPicnicsCraftsmanshipPicnic Baskets Author:Tom Stoppard