Sentences with phrase «dictum seems»

Mrs Thatcher obviously did not understand her Bible that well, but her harsh dictum seems well suited for Conservative party politics.

That old dictum seems relevant at a moment when the markets are a paradox: Each new high only makes many veteran investors more nervous that...

What is more, the Court's dicta seem to point in a direction where an interpretation of provisions of CFSP acts by the International Court of Justice in The Hague would appear problematic and Member States could accordingly see themselves threatened by infringement proceedings if they participate in such proceedings.

Not exact matches

It seems time to recall Harnack's dictum again and to return to historical theology before attempting more constructive tasks.

Wittgenstein's famous dictum «whereof one can not speak, thereof one must be silent» seemed to apply with a particular aptness to the reality of God.

Harold Wilson's often tritely - invoked dictum that a week is a long time in politics certainly does seem to sum - up George Osborne's terribilis autem sabbati (if my Latin for «terrible week» is indeed accurate).

Many diet dictums tell us to «eat every three hours» and strong associations that seem to originate in childhood align food with activities, rituals, and even emotions.

Two films — Pater, by the 79 - year - old French renaissance man Alain Cavalier, and This Is Not a Film, by banned Iranian director Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb — seemed born from the immortal dictum (usually ascribed to Orson Welles) that «the enemy of art is the absence of limitations.»

Smithee's monologue seems to appropriately inhabit the space that the playwright Samuel Beckett proposed with the dictum «Fail better,» of which Stephen Marche recently wrote, «To fail better, to fail gracefully and with composure, is so essential because there's no such thing as success.

I'm not sure if Ruello considers himself a latter - day abstract illusionist — he seems to prefer the more technical term «big fat liar» to describe his penchant for visual fake - outs — but it's safe to say that Frank Stella's dictum that «what you see is what you see» does not apply to Ruello's Unknown Adventures in Unknown Spaces series.

Using these multiperspectival transparent structures in combination with opaque planes and translucent washes Matta created spaces that seemed to break the time barrier in the sense that they represented simultaneously many places and many points in time, thus fulfilling his dictum that «reality can only be represented in a state of perpetual transformation.»

Climate science seems to governed by the self - satisfied dictum: «The less we know, the more certain we can be of our knowledge.»

Rimer LJ seems to have attributed it primarily to a misinterpretation of obiter dicta of Cumming - Bruce and Dillon LJJ in Nicholas v Nicholas [1984] FLR 285.

The court seems to be following Bennett J's dicta in McCartney v Mills McCartney and, the more inflated the budget, the greater the likelihood of it being pruned back.