Sentences with phrase «for cynical reasons»

So what we have in the climate change area (and what I find fascinating for cynical reasons) is that everyone and their grandmother, whether they be lawyers, anthropologists, economists, semi-retired mineral engineers, poets, old academic codgers, weigh in on this scientific issue often with more aplomb and fanfare than the actual scientists (earth obs through modellers) themselves.

Though this franchise reboot was perhaps launched for cynical reasons, the filmmakers have attacked the material with pure hearts and dedication.

This isn't at all for cynical reasons; well, maybe just a little.

Today's survey lays to rest the notion that Mr Carswell defected for cynical reasons after becoming convinced that if he didn't, he would lose to Ukip.

Dugin is a dangerous figure who manipulates ideas, perhaps for cynical reasons, but I find him persuasive on this point.

Not exact matches

I think for us, the reason that we ultimately chose to make that decision is that we live in a very sceptical and cynical world, and we function and live in a culture and in a time when people are wary of leaders, pastors and organisations; that there's a sense of duplicity or lack of transparency.

But it still works for some reason, which is terrible, cause I wrote it in 2001 right after 9 - 11, and I would not have been so cynical to predict that it would still be topical today.

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.

Nor should we be too harsh with the cynical or the despairing; there certainly is sufficient reason for despair.

Our bold stance in defense of reason's capacity for the universal — a capacity fulfilled in Christ's universal truth — is how we serve the deepest need of our age, a need all the more urgent because so thoroughly repressed by the skeptical, cynical mentality that predominates.

The BBC and Sky have both confirmed that we are getting close to signing the Lyon hitman, and Wenger himself has told us that Alexis will stay even if he doesn't sign an extension, but for some reason, us cynical Arsenal fans are finding it hard to accept these reports as the truth.

As you probably know, many marriage don't make it past 10 years — not to sound cynical but perhaps these marriages won't either, and perhaps for reasons that will result from the role switch; no way to know.

Corporations and other entities, from Wal - Mart to the YMCA, have made positive changes at her behest (even if for entirely cynical reasons).

The ruling was a step backward, one more reason to be cynical about a system that always seems to find a loophole for insiders with wealth and power.

The opposition was grounded in four things: first, many thought the term simply shouldn't be applied to same - sex couples for logical reasons, as it had only ever been applied to heterosexual couples; second, it was viewed as cynical pandering to the agenda of the militant left; third, there were many worse things wrong with the country that required not just the time, but the goodwill of Tory MPs, to get through; and fourth, Cameron had no mandate to do it.

He has good reason to be cynical; young Italians are used to waiting for years for a concorso to be organised, while professors fight among themselves to win the new appointment for their department.

While I'm sure this opinion rings true some of the time, a simpler and less cynical perspective offers a more likely reason why you shouldn't ask your friends for dating advice.

I can't help but cast a cynical eye on his trajectory so far because there's no reason why he shouldn't be called in for the same parts that actors such as Logan Lerman, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort and co. are being offered.

He's a fascinating, a great subject for a doc, and Goldthwait adds another piece of evidence to the case that sometimes our wittiest, most cynical comedians are angry for a reason — they're using comedy to raise consciousness.

Sestero may have had cynical reasons — to name two: cheap rent and a movie role — for standing by Wiseau.

For the cynical and pessimistic, the reasoning may be that Watts has merely gotten older, and the good stuff just isn't coming her way in as great of frequency now.

At their heart were cynical, world - weary, despicable hacks trying to catch people who killed for no other reason than their own innate hatred of the world we inhabit.

There is a cynical reason for this: the wealthy and the powerful have a distinct interest in not letting things break.

While the staggered release is total shit — and seems to exist for no reason other than cynical favoritism for the Japanese market — the reaction has been overblown.

He maintains a cynical edge and general lack of trust throughout the game, though it's later revealed that he has reasons for not getting close to anyone.

I, like many, started as a naïve cynical student questioning the reason for this hollow hullabaloo.

Western governments participated for a complex of reasons; the genuine idealism and boredom of some chimed with the cynical ambition of others; there was unity of ostensible purpose along with disunity of interests (think EU squabbles and manipulation of carbon price); there was a massive investment of resources to unclear goals; and much of the action defeated the very purpose (sack of Christian Constantinople by Crusaders).

As an interesting addition, on June 29, 2015, Justice Perell in his reasons for decision in Paquette v TeraGo Networks Inc., 2015 ONSC 4189 (CanLII),, described the partial summary judgment approach employed in Markoulakis v SNC - Lavalin Inc., 2015 ONSC 1081 as «cynical, patronizing, unfair, impractical, and expensive.»

We explore the reasons for these modest results, including the fundamental flaw in aid - effectiveness discourse and activity of a too polite, if not naïve or even cynical assumption that donors and developing country governments are speaking the same political language.

This isn't for purely cynical reasons.