Sentences with phrase «as decent human beings»

What makes this film worthwhile is its willingness to display the protagonists as decent human beings despite their dog - eat - dog circumstances.

A great coach me may be; but his status as a decent human being is in doubt.

He was my hero, known and loved throughout the paper as a decent human being, a...

When I got there, I got off the bus and Reiner came over, he was an administrator, and he said, «Frank, we expect you to act as a decent human being and stay out of the girls dorm.»

Sending a few brief thoughts to your clients will help them to think of you as a decent human being and will also help them to remember you when they need legal assistance.

Not exact matches

«Diffuse the drama by being a decent human being,» says Sharron Jones who, as marketing director at Oakville, Ont.

No one should care what religion anyone is as long as they're decent, law abiding, ethical, and honest human beings... that is unless you geniuses have another definition for being a American.

Rich men are fine, poor men are fine, so long as they are decent human beings.

Now, I realize I could just as easily call it «How to be Decent to One Another on the Internet» or «How to be Human on the Internet,» but given this particular community of readers, I wanted to frame the discussion around specifically Christian values and concerns, (many of which also apply to those of other religious persuasions, of course).

Although Jesus had some decent ideals (regardless of what kind of being you think he was), history shows us that Christianity, the religion, for as much as it has aided people, has been political, corrupt (well just human to be kinder) right from the git - go, and the cause of enormous evil and suffering throughout its history.

For example, at one time many religious leaders in the early days of our «Christian nation» and even (some of our) Founding Fathers believed that people of African decent were not fully human and used the Bible as proof.

When you take away basic human rights from human beings such as decent health care, you are doing so to Jesus.

Ooh I know I'll live like a decent human being and if there is a God I doubt that he / she will be as petty and small minded as followers like HeavenSent, fred, and George.

But taking the race as a whole, they thought that the human idea of decent behaviour was obvious to every one.

There is as yet no power able to deal with the major structural changes that are required for justice in the world, so that all persons may have what they need for decent human existence, existence that the modern world has ample means to provide.

Under the reign of a decent materialism, man's soul would atrophy as humans focused on their individual pursuit of comfortable well - being.

The institute is undoubtedly an ego trip for Schuller, and so is many a classroom lecture and magazine article and editorial column for you and me, but he came through time and again during the conference as a decent, warm, ordinary and enthusiastic human being.

In their quest for righteousness, they often become self righteous, using their belief system as a weapon, to bash over the heads of others, rather than as a tool to improve their own lives and to become a living example of what true christians should be like or what truly compassionate humans should be like, it's very sad, that so many christians don't have a clue how to act like decent people, and that they are hypocrites and full of hate.

This error remains intuitively plausible and has a decent cultural pedigree, so therefore those who make it should not be dismissed as utterly irrational or evil, even though they may seem so from the viewpoint of one who bears in mind the facts of human development.

Wenger is a decent human being and he is intelligent, just not up to the job and I am so fed up with his excuses and his obsession with clinging to his job at all costs that now I no longer care what he thinks about all the Wenger out chants and banners as he is ruining our club.

I found being attached to a human milking machine bizarre and hilarious, was interested that cracked nipples didn't hurt as much as I thought they might — and then found that neither of my children were too interested in waiting patiently for a decent supply of milk, and preferred an easier way of satisfying hunger.

I have two small sons (7 and 5) and I try somehow every day to work into our conversations that my job as a mom (and the job of their other parents) is to make them socially constructive, decent human beings... Who understand common courtesies, who remain compassionate and show empathy for those less fortunate, who have work ethic and a moral compass....

A group of women have signed onto a letter vouching for Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein as a «gentleman and a decent human being» as he faces an allegation of forcibly kissing a then legislative staffer in 2015.

«We know interferon lambda has a decent safety profile as it has already been tested for safety in humans.

I have been described as a decent, humorous human.

This is nothing new of course, as we already have politicians trying to pass laws to get us to look up like a decent human being instead of at our phones while we are in the middle of the street.

Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a Dating ladyboys / transsexuals in a decent and classy dating site.

Carell keeps the beak (okay so it's exaggerated a bit) but dispenses with the comedic charade and his warmth as a basically decent human being.

Jake Lacy's Max is an entirely decent human — made up of relaxed charm and understandable reactions — and there are nice supporting moments from Gaby Hoffmann as her best friend, Richard Kind as Donna's dad, Polly Draper as her mom and David Cross, in a role he was born for, as a self - loathing, self - loving stand - up.

The main objective of Kant was to eliminate war that has always been seen by him as something that prevented humanity's efforts towards a decent future for humans.

Educators somehow have to connect as many of the strands as possible, making sure that every child has the support to grow into a well - educated, decent human being.

Schools must connect the strands across dozens of teachers, thousands of lessons, and 15,000 hours of schooling to ensure that each student leaves as a well - educated, decent human being.

Fully agree that David Driscoll «is such a decent, caring human being, overflowing with that most uncommon quality: common sense as well as a vast horde of carefully considered experience.»

It's just as useful as a boggo A4 Avant, with a decent 505 litre boot and space in the back for proper - sized human beings.

the stuff is awful i got bags totally infested with hundreds of bugs keep the swheatscoop, I'm back to clay litter wish they could make cat liter that isn't smelling like moth balls and dusty as it is not good for cats or humans we can put men on the moon but can't make decent cat liter for indoor cats i am becoming fearful of most of them the vet bills for sick cats is very high

It's also a decent thing as a human being to let people enjoy what they enjoy and keep your negativity to yourself.

I should point out I don't actually have an opinion of the game, I am just floundered as to why people cant act like decent human beings on the internet.

As a hardcore Resident Evil fan I found a few things to latch onto with this game but as a gamer and decent human being I generally felt the fun sucked out of my soul more and more as I continued to plaAs a hardcore Resident Evil fan I found a few things to latch onto with this game but as a gamer and decent human being I generally felt the fun sucked out of my soul more and more as I continued to plaas a gamer and decent human being I generally felt the fun sucked out of my soul more and more as I continued to plaas I continued to play.

The procedure does not prohibit innovation, but it does not practice innovation for its own sake, as if that were the only decent purpose of any human activity.

Social inequalities can be reduced through the defense of human rights, the rule of law, participatory democracy, universal access to public services, the recognition of personal dignity, a significant improvement in the effectiveness of fiscal and social policies, an ethical finance reform, large scale decent work creation policies, integration of the informal and popular economic sectors, and national and international collaboration to eradicate the new forms of slavery such as forced labor and sexual exploitation.

With or without the threat of human - caused climate disruption, it's clear the world lacks the menu of energy options it will require to avoid trouble as the human population heads toward 9 billion people (more or less), all seeking a decent life.

The goal, to my mind, can be to build the foundations of an energy system sufficient to meet human needs, with limited environmental costs, as the world heads toward and beyond a mid-century crest of some 9 billion people seeking decent lives.

I think that by retaining one's childhood love of such things as trees, fishes, butterflies and — to return to my first instance — toads, one makes a peaceful and decent future a little more probable, and that by preaching the doctrine that nothing is to be admired except steel and concrete, one merely makes it a little surer that human beings will have no outlet for their surplus energy except in hatred and leader worship.»

After all, she thought, human beings were equipped with half decent peripheral vision just so they could in fact see things even as they rushed right past them.

Now being a chivalrous lad, or as I like to think, just a decent human being, I ran around the car and bent down to retrieve her books.

As mentioned above, your only requirement is to be a decent human being, and follow the law.