Sentences with phrase «cynicism when»

Regular readers of this blog will know that I have a certain degree of cynicism when it comes to the efficacy of Bill 168 and the changes it made to Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act.

I confess I had a slight tinge of that cynicism when I first saw Organic Transit's ELF being touted in a shop window in Durham.

It was difficult to hold back a minor ripple of cynicism when Super Mario Maker was given 2015 as its release date.

For me, the toughest part was not answering sarcastically or with cynicism when I get comments like «Aren't you worried that eating fat will hurt your baby?»

It's an extraordinary time in political scandal, even for New Yorkers, who often swing from apathy to cynicism when it comes to public corruption, said Michael Johnston, a Colgate University professor emeritus.

With probes underway of both the Cuomo and de Blasio administrations, it's an extraordinary time in political scandal — even for New Yorkers, who often swing from apathy to cynicism when it comes to public corruption, said Michael Johnston, a Colgate University professor emeritus.

How do I dial down the cynicism when folks are just trying to express thankfulness and grattitude to God?

Not exact matches

When you look at what's possible by taking the sunny side of the street, it's hard to think of cynicism as anything other than an alibi for being out of ideas.

«As cynicism deepens, people are going to seek out local financial providers - people who they can look in their eyes when they are doing business with them,» says Fine.

When it went bust, it reinforced their cynicism while strengthening their sense of possibility.

When running for the PC leadership last year, Jim Prentice promised to restore trust in a PC Party badly damaged by former Premier Alison Redford, but the latest nomination controversies undermine his promise and will likely increase cynicism among Alberta voters.

But it makes people more cynical than they already are» cynical about politicians, and cynical about newspapers» and cynicism corrodes the cynical, even when they have reason to be, and for that the Washington Post bears responsibility.

When worldly life proves to be terribly unparadisaical, the result is either the bitter cynicism of Bullet Park or else the truculent self - sufficiency of Falconer.

When angry boomers and their «greatest generation» elders talked about my generation, they'd always accuse us of caustic irony and cynicism — it seems we had ushered in a golden age of sarcasm.

Why do we commit ourselves to the political process when there is so much cynicism and a malaise of despair in politics today?

However, if this is the case, then the cynicism of Jane Austen's Charlotte Lucas would appear correct: «Happiness... is entirely a matter of chance» when so contingent upon the particular experiences of the individual.

When I comment by quoting his actual blog people almost always back down from their support of his aggressive cynicism.

Its experience of the extent to which human brutality can go, of the fury that can be unleashed when the human animal is attacked, its acceptance in wry cynicism of the venality of great and small; its acceptance, too, of a psychological analysis that tends to show how slight the power of reason, how great the strength of obscure passions; how corrupting of children the possible love of mothers and the wrath of fathers; its portrayal of men and mankind in bitterly disillusioned novels and in shuddering chronicles of man's inhumanity to man — in all this the 20th century has perhaps gone beyond anything that Edwards said in dispraise of men, individually and in the collective.

Cynicism is a wise and prudent course to take when dealing with other human beings like you.

And who will speak truth to power when the White House itself, with great cynicism, conducts a deliberate disinformation campaign, lying to the American people, the press and the world?

Or how it's when you're down to the essence of yourself that you realize even cynicism is for the well - rested and undesperate, and how God deals so gently with us, more gently than we can suspicion, and I feel like I could lay down on the floor and just rest in the love I feel so strongly while I'm here in this daily luminous life, and then I think I should just quit and tell everybody to go read Brennan Manning or Madeleine L'Engle because this is absolutely ridiculous.

I had become so dependent on my cynicism, on my know - it - all tendencies, on my «yeah - but...» when it came to everything that I was missing so much of life and goodness and hope and possibility.

When there's no end to the cynicism and sarcasm and criticism, we can get to the end of ourselves.

Cynicism is the enemy of civility: it suggests a deep distrust of the motives of our fellow passengers, a distrust that ruins any project that rests, as civility does, on trusting others even when there is risk.

Those lucky enough never to have known the accompanying fear and uncertainty can hardly begin to understand the cynicism and darkness of the lives of normal people in such countries, or of the liberation they felt when the last traces of the Communist Party were scrubbed away.

When the illusions of cynicism and utopianism are stripped away, there are endless possibilities for perfecting the justice of social institutions.

But when I looked at the Gospel for the day (John 20:19 - 31), it became very clear to me that here is a story, a story of Jesus» appearance to the disciples when they were in hiding after the Resurrection... this was a real opportunity to say something about that story and about the faith which is built around people who were fearful, were skeptical, and into the midst of them, somehow, in a way that was ultimately moving, comes the presence of Jesus through locked doors and barriers of skepticism, cynicism, and doubt, all of these things that prevent ourselves from being God's people.

It may be that we are too dull and businesslike today, but at least we are safe from the kind of disillusionment that occurred so disastrously before, when romantic idealism was followed by general cynicism.

Public cynicism toward religion, and toward the Religious Right in particular, is exacerbated when an organization such as the Christian Coalition claims to be nonpartisan.

When you have set your sights too high, reality may become hard to bear; the resulting disenchantment easily becomes cynicism.

When he wrote it, my brother had gone through the wars, so to speak, spiritual and emotional, and it has a wry, nightmarish intensity to it, run through by deep veins of both withering cynicism and luminous faith, that I found fascinating and rather disturbing.

When we look honestly at history and reflect on the poignant human struggles for an acceptable social order we might be easily tempted to cynicism.

While rampant cynicism is not desirable, there is a healthy dose of skepticism that one needs to have when a politician promises the moon.

I was at the match, and although our performance was pretty dreary between when Kos scored and Alexis came on, I have to say I was pretty disappointed with the level of cynicism shown by both the Southampton fans and players, who I always considered to be fair previously.

skepticism (even cynicism) when young people are in the news for any political cause, regardless of the cause.

How can you complain about tackles and cynicism being taken out the game when we saw what Germany did to Messi in the World Cup?

But when it comes to sports, cynicism usually wins out.

At a time when there is so much cynicism in sports, Tom is a positive role model for the NCAA, the Wolverines and the NFL.

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When Don Jordan took the welterweight title from Virgil Akins last December it was an easy cynicism to assume that the crown had been put in pawn for a betting coup to be redeemed when next they When Don Jordan took the welterweight title from Virgil Akins last December it was an easy cynicism to assume that the crown had been put in pawn for a betting coup to be redeemed when next they when next they met.

JM's 2004 UCL win was impressive but no miracle or triumph of innovative or exciting coaching — although anyone who saw their passage to the final against Man U, Lyon, Deportivo and Monaco will tell you this is when Mourinho's template for anti-football cynicism first came of age.

My cynicism towards Chelsea's position in relation to the transfer window and deadline day were swiftly changed when rumors of David luiz making a sensational return began to look more and more likely.

I find a lot of this animosity does actually appear online, though, when people seem free to express their more judgemental side without having to stare someone in the eyes while being nasty... I love that your idea of cynicism is that we all just actually love, respect and accept each other!

The cynicism of MANA is amazing — they seem to know they can just publish a headline saying «Homebirth is Safe» and their followers will accept and repeat it even when the underlying data flat out contradicts it.

Indeed, a collective cynicism broke out in the mainstream when Freeman first mooted plans for his festival in June.

The New York State Reform Party issued the following statement in endorsement of Congressman Katko, «At a time when public cynicism is at an all - time high and confidence in government is at an all - time low, Congressman Katko represents the best aspects of government today.

It is especially easy to be cynical about it when one is given so much material for cynicism.

«It just never happened and when we talk about the cynicism of government, that's part of it.»

[18] In December 2010 Maskey criticised other political parties in Northern Ireland for seeking to keep the details of people who funded them confidential; he said that «justifiable public cynicism is generated when it is perceived that political parties are not being open about their financial affairs.»

Coalition relations plummeted on Monday when the Liberal Democrats were accused by Conservatives of double crossing, cynicism, cheating and opportunism as Nick Clegg's peers joined Labour to delay a constituency boundary review that had been likely to give the Tories 20 extra seats.