Throughout my early childhood I was tucked into bed with a gentle admonition: "Good night, sleep tight.
Pastor and activist Jim Wallis writes: "Perhaps the best counter to the culture of 'greed is good' is an admonition that comes from the heart of our moral and religious traditions that remind us that 'enough is enough.'" Swap "morality" for "market.
Pastor and activist Jim Wallis writes: "Perhaps the best counter to the culture of 'greed is good' is an admonition that comes from the heart of our moral and religious traditions that remind us that 'enough is enough.'" " In the years leading up to the Great Recession, we defined abundance as being able to accumulate.
She delivered just one admonition: "Don't open any gates".
The good doctor's fiery admonition might stand as the epigraph for this high-intensity, high-volume production, which opened on Thursday night at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater, presented by Manhattan Theater Club.
Sunstein's frequent collaborator, Richard Thaler, told me that he often signs their nudge book with the admonition "Nudge for good".
His printed scores are full of admonitions to the performers.
Tess drops Anna off at school with admonitions like "Make good choices".
The book's essential admonitions — be a good listener, admit faults quickly and emphatically, and smile more often, among them — are timeless.
His motivations recall another cult children's writer, Heinrich Hoffman, author of the violent book of juvenilia "Struwwelpeter," who had grown tired of "stupid stories, beginning and ending with admonitions like 'the good child must be truthful.'" Sandburg didn't have any interest in allowing moral lessons to dictate his stories.
