Sentences with phrase «go against the grain of»

«Be fearless in breaking new boundaries and don't be afraid to go against the grain of criticism along the way,» she said.

Or if the very way of functioning of the business and the intrinsic properties go against the grain of the customer mindset.

But many American practices go against the grain of the more comfortable and communitarian cultural systems of their own societies - the Japanese with life - long employment for their workers, the Germans with their unions having a say in management under co-determination, and the French with their government supporting the right of unions to pressure business from retrenching, by requiring large compensation to be paid to laid - off workers.»

His dynamic presentations usually go against the grain of the usual ways of looking at mining stocks.

Going against the grain of popular belief, Mr Buffett sees volatility and «old world» stocks as boons and frowns upon an over-diversified portfolio and excessive trading.

Naturally, such tendencies go against the grain of the structure and the new productive forces not only permit but indeed demand their reversal.)

But, like Samuel Florman, who fears that «flights through cyberspace, however energizing they may be for the imagination, may weaken the objective rationality needed to do good engineering», I agree with Alan Cromer that the formal linear thinking needed to do science «goes against the grain of traditional human thinking, which is associative and subjective» (Florman 1994).

And he concludes: «This experience taught me, a conservative evangelical, that when Christian witness is done in a spirit of vulnerability, service, and openness to others, it is evangelism... Proselytism, in contrast, is motivated by a spirit of churchly pride which goes against the grain of the Gospel.

«I think people trying to sanction it are going against the grain of many deep issues in scripture.

But these responses go against the grain of ordinary human suffering, and against the bloodiness of natural history.

In Luke 6:1 - 5, Jesus and the disciples go against the grain of the Sabbath day regulations.

So in Luke 6:1 - 5, Jesus and his disciples went against the grain of the Sabbath day laws, and Jesus taught that they were not to be legalistic with the Sabbath.

Although it goes against the grain of our culture to say so, the notion of a private Christian is a contradiction in terms.

In fact it clearly goes against the grain of how we know society to work, and it is hardly an idea that a philosopher interested in «reality» could arrive at by cogitation alone.

The former England international keeper David James has gone against the grain of the football media and suggested that Arsenal have not done the right thing by completing the transfer of Petr Cech from Chelsea.

Usually Villeneuve's opinions are a little bit controversial and go against the grain of popular thinking, but this one just seems outrageous.

Falcao seemingly would have had countless options but it is one of Europe's new uber - rich clubs that have snared him, going against the grain of the historic superpowers of European football.

Now this completely goes against the grain of football in the modern age.

Full back Jeno Buzanszky could have easily been talking about Xavi or Pirlo; two players who go against the grain of Rodney Marsh's claim that the playmaker is a diminishing role in modern day football:

I think another reason modern Jewish women are predisposed to breastfeed is that Jews in the Diaspora are used to going against the grain of popular culture.

The idea of glaring or even pretending I had not heard them and just wheeling on by went against the grain of my upbringing.

As leader, Tim must unite this spectrum in the eyes of the electorate, with a clear coherent message about our values, even if it means occasionally being counterintuitive to his own views and having to go against the grain of populism.

Sir Bob Geldof backs «No» campaign, saying that separation goes against the grain of the 21st Century

But it is thought that in several of these files the civil servants have thought it necessary to include options that do go against the grain of what the party leaders have been campaigning on - because they are not convinced the total number of cuts can be achieved unless the politicians eat their words.

The ruling at the high court went against the grain of expectations by most experts.

«It goes against the grain of decade after decade after decade of tradition here in the State of Connecticut of confirming the most qualified.

All this goes against the grain of the way that financing U.S. state and local government infrastructure worked for more than a century: through municipal bonds.

In the scientific workplace, gossip may be especially risky, because gossip is almost always based on unverified information, which goes against the grain of basic scientific principles if not necessarily the science - workplace culture.

You are working toward a better future and going against the grain of your own family and community to do so.

You well know that what we are all doing here is going against the grain of all current medical advice when it comes to folks with blood - sugar or insulin imbalances.

Since eating coconut oil might go against the grain of everything you've always heard your whole life about nutrition, here are some books and articles to steer you in the right direction:

It's not that I can't be convinced that they're unhealthy, but if I'm going to accept data that goes against the grain of thousands of years of human history and a fair amount of anecdotal data, I'd like more than one study to convince me; I'd like multiple studies and an explanation of the mechanism by which these foods do harm.

Wearing a bulk sweater without a waist goes against the grain of my fashion sense.

Going against the grain of its competitors who offer an easy sign - up process and a high number of matches, eHarmony has a rather lengthy and grueling sign - up process that can take up to 90 minutes to complete before you receive your matches.

gives us a humble family man protagonist who goes against the grain of the stereotypical Samurai archetype

The game is recommended for anyone who likes taking a close look at a piece of art that goes against the grain of the medium.

He's working on something called «Seven Psychopaths», but all he has is a vague idea of a character and an ending that goes against the grain of Hollywood, without violent shootouts between cookie - cutter gangsters and thugs.

Asked if you can destroy buildings in single player, he continued «No, you can't, and in some respects that goes against the grain of what Crackdown is -LSB-...] we really wanted to create a new multiplayer experience that bent that.»

This is something that has gone against the grain of games just aiming for a marketing spiel of «We have 100 hours» worth of game».

Going against the grain of the over-the-top menace and / or charm of such characters, he offers a more naturalistic approach that gives the character a sense of genuine pain and anger.

However, the love triangle felt unresolved at the end (which also, coincidentally, goes against the grain of Hollywood and its incessant need for happy resolved endings).

Going against the grain of its very premise, it also posits that anyone with a costume can be a superhero, as we see dozens, if not hundreds, of the foolhardy come out of the woodworks in order to be the next Kick - Ass, despite the fact that Kick - Ass himself seems to have learned few skills beyond that which we saw him perform in the first film.

But those enthusiasts are outliers in education, for Direct Instruction, however effective, goes against the grain of generations of teachers trained and flattered into the certain belief that they alone know what's best for their students.

This carries the risk of damaging rather than improving schools and it goes against the grain of school choice and parental involvement.

This legislative recalcitrance goes against the grain of Texans.

Interestingly, and going against the grain of what's happening in the marketplace, no crossovers made the final cut, but the Volvo XC60 and Range Rover Velar might have made it through had they not been in this batch of vehicles.

Going against the grain of the C - segment a little, Mazda's petrol engines for the 3 are not turbocharged, the Japanese company sticking with natural aspiration and instead upping capacity.

Usually my stuff goes against the grain of what everyone else is saying.

In terms of style, the Mazda Tribute goes against the grain of the rest of the brand's model line.

NOTE: It goes against the grain of what most people think, but your current lender is almost without fail, the most expensive refinance option.