Sentences with phrase «ask naive questions»

Ask naive questions such as, «How might I help you?»

Years ago Dean Karlan asked a naive question about microlending initiatives, which showed promise as a tool for lifting people out of poverty: How do we know they really work?

Dr. Curry et al.: To ask a naive question, as a member of the public for whom confidence is an issue, to what extent are climate models open and transparent?

Not exact matches

I have one more question, and it may be a very silly and naive question but I have to ask — why would a gay person want to be a part of a faith that is bulging at the seems with members who consider homosexuality to be, not only a sin, but an extremely harmful and vile sin?

Bob: «I have one more question, and it may be a very silly and naive question but I have to ask — why would a gay person want to be a part of a faith that is bulging at the seems with members who consider homosexuality to be, not only a sin, but an extremely harmful and vile sin?»

It is perhaps naive to have to ask why a church council should even have to debate such questions and have to struggle to reaffirm orthodox positions.

Only fools, naive, uniformed people ask that question.

You have to be naive enough to not ask these burning question, and / or have total blind faith that what ever religion and it's leaders tell you — is the (gospel) truth.

Are you really naive enough to believe that Wenger would bring anyone into this current locker room that is going to be given a strong voice... have you not been watching, listening or reading about our club for years... Lehman is a blind Wenger follower, which is the only reason he was even considered... just for a second think of all the strong personalities that have played for this club that have never been seriously considered even though they have expressed legitimate interest in participating in the coaching process... even worse, think of all the former greats who aren't even allowed on the same pitch as Wenger because they have offered their advice and / or criticism to the infallible one... I dare you to find a manager that has distanced himself from his former players as much as this man... it's the very reason why only one player I can think of has ever returned to play for Wenger and that was Flamini, which was hilarious considering we were desperately looking for a top quality defensive midfielder but Wenger could somehow find no one better than Flamini in the whole wide world... let's face it this club was simply trying to appease it's disgruntled fans by declaring that Wenger would no longer be given Ca rte Blanche when it came to the backroom staff so they probably asked him to give them a list of those who he would allow in the locker room... on that list he wrote Lehman, Pires and Bergkamp, likely because the first two are the only former players who haven't publicly questioned his horrible decision - making and the last one because he won't get in an airplane

Ken, It is naive to say what you did «if someone (in football) asks you a question you answer truthfully».

How you come about: «anyone thinking that the players won't be looking at each other asking each other the same question then they are quite naive» over the transfer issue is beyond me.

If anyone thinks that the players won't be looking at each other asking each other the same question then they are quite naive.

When he was interviewing for his first university job, «someone asked what I thought was a sort of stupid and condescending question in a job talk I gave, and being 24 years old and naive, I gave a snappy answer,» he says.

Arguably we risk misleading the public when we know dealers have that question, when asked by novice, or naive buyers well covered.

In other words: taking in all the advice, not getting ruffled when one person called me «naive», and asking a lot more questions about the ex-pats» lives rather than telling my own story.

It's a naive question, and I'm asking from a position of ignorance, but is there no means of leaving the past fixed and adjusting only the most current record to account for time of recording, site change etc. etc.?

But in my view it is naive even to ask your question.

So it was kind of odd to find myself uber - uncool, accused of being on the payroll of big oil or a naive dupe of the Merchants of Doubt — just for asking my own questions.

I think the NYT has been incredibly naive in asking such a question without examining the demographic involved first.

Honest, I'm not as naive as all that, but sometimes I think it is important to ask simple questions, even if I am the only one who benefits from an answer.