Neil Postman: Meaning and Purpose of Schooling
“I mean to suggest that without a transcendent and honorable purpose, schooling must reach its finish, and the sooner we are done with it, the better.”
Neil Postman
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Solving Problems Instead of Avoiding Them – Henry Ford Quote
“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.”
Henry Ford
Enthusiasm and Success – Quote by Henry Ford
“Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.”
Henry Ford
Erich Fromm on Alienation and Modern Man
“Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his life forces as an investment which must bring him the maximum profit obtainable under existing market conditions.”
Erich Fromm
Competition and Lower Costs – Henry Ford
“Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.”
Henry Ford
Neil Postman Quote on Thinking and Laughing in Brave New World
“For in the end, he was trying to tell us what afflicted the people in ‘Brave New World’ was not that they were laughing instead of thinking, but that they did not know what they were laughing about and why they had stopped thinking.”
Neil Postman
Most People Get Ahead – Henry Ford
“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.”
Henry Ford
Henry Ford on Customer Service and Profit
“A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.”
Henry Ford
There are no big problems – Quote by Henry Ford
“There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.”
Henry Ford
Wealth and Happiness as By-Products – Henry Ford
“Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.”
Henry Ford