Sentences with phrase «doing dumb things»

After being a licensed driving safety instructor here in Texas for almost 16 years, I have heard hundreds... nay, thousands of criminals — er... uh, students — with sob stories and asinine excuses for doing dumb things behind the wheel of their car or as in his case on the back of a motorcycle.

Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things With Money by Carl Richards Another guide that focuses on human psychology, The Behavior Gap aims to give simple advice that goes against our preconceived notions.

Smart, capable people are doing dumb things with their money.

Maybe we can even keep one another from doing dumb things.

She was clearly a smart person, but she knew that she was doing some dumb things with her money.

I prefer Christian fiction because it reflects my faith and values, and means I'm less likely to end up yelling at the characters for doing dumb things.

Mix in a few jump scares and smart characters doing dumb things, and suddenly what started out feeling like a Cabin in the Woods - style deconstruction / celebration of found - footage horror becomes just another screamy mess.

Given the choice between smart people occasionally doing dumb things and dumb people doing reaaaaallly dumb things, I would opt for the former just as the movie does, but neither choice is much of an option.

The film sports a bunch of big names, including Owen Wilson, Kate McKinnon, and a highly - entertaining Jason Sudeikis, and it's full of dumb people doing dumb things for dumb reasons, which is always a joy to watch.

Played ominous from the outset there are some scares here, although with a nearly equal amount of «the dumb characters doing dumb things» schtick that plagues horror films like the Ebola virus gone rabid.

«When it comes to teen texting while driving, phones will have to get smarter if they are to protect teens (and others) from doing dumb things.»

But for teenagers, doing dumb things now because of alcohol may be just the start.

Being «self reflective» doesn't prevent us from doing dumb things.

Every financial advisor has a doozy or two about clients doing dumb things.

Self consciousness can cause us to do dumb things, making us more self conscious, and kicking off a death spiral of awkwardness.

The problem with waiting, though, is that people generally do dumb things or forget something crucial.

«I did some dumb things in the beginning, fortunately with small sums of money,» says Kirkpatrick.

And then there are clients who do dumb things only because they think themselves so smart.

We all did dumb things in our youth.

Sometimes we do dumb things and sometimes we do things that are «smart» or even «holy».

If you believe Christ is on the first bus back to earth, you do dumb things, like not worrying about tomorrow.

Otherwise you are likely to be very sloppy and do dumb things.

He did dumb things.

Unfortunately people are human and we do dumb things.

The handler started laughing a little bit and waved his arm away saying, «When you get older, people might ask you to do dumb things just for their entertainment.

Then AFTER they have done the dumb thing, you adjust your parenting.

And I did some dumb things in high school, too.

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He's not doing the smart thing to extricate himself from the situation; he's doing the dumb thing to keep himself in the situation.

However, there was a little more called for than I could muster, and more often than not, I found myself laughing at one - dimensional characters do the dumbest things for little or no reason than for titillation meant to please undiscriminating audiences.

«I do some dumb things,» he laments, «and the people I love the most — they pay the price.»

There are crime dramas about smart people who only do smart things, and crime comedies about dumb people who only do dumb things.

Also, when they fall or do dumb things it makes some people feel better about their own lives

Sean Gaffney said the manga was mostly about «watching goofy Hotori do dumb things» in his review at Manga Bookshelf.

I know Christians sometimes do dumb things, but not the same kind of dumb.

I wrote a book called Moolala: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things With Their Money (and What You Can Do About It).

He's a great example of when intelligent people do dumb things.

Because a lot of people do dumb things with their portfolios.

Now don't think I'm referring to individual investors, though they do dumb things too; I'm really referring to those lemmings who get paid big bucks to lose manage other people's money.

A publisher jumped on board, the writing process began, and my first book, «Moolala: Why smart people do dumb things with their money (and what you can do about it)», became a Globe and Mail Bestseller.

As Dave Ramsey says, I have a Ph.D in D.U.M.B. I know we've all done dumb things with money, but like I said earlier, we need to talk about the mistakes we've made so that the guilt over these things doesn't prevent us from moving forward.

A New Perspective: Bruce looks at the four «C Factors» that help explain why smart people do dumb things with their money.

He latest book, «The Moolala Guide to Rockin» Your RRSP» is a bestseller, following the path of his first book «Moolala: why smart people do dumb things with their money (and what you can do about it)».

Moolala: Why smart people do dumb things with their money (and what you can do about it) is now available in stores and online.

Why Do Smart People Do Dumb Things?

Author of «Moolala: Why smart people do dumb things with their money (and what you can do about it)» Columnist at Moneysense Magazine

Even friendly dogs can do bad things when ignorant people do dumb things with them.

He certainly isn't perfect by any means, he's said and has did dumb things, much like every other human being.

None of them seem to have any real personality, and they seem to do the dumbest things without any rhyme or reason.

And out of all the hosts, seriously, Jack Tretton is the best, he knows he's the man, his confidence is amazing on stage, and he doesn't do the dumb thing practically ever other presenter or interviewer does in the game industry.