Sentences with phrase «higher than acting»

The cost of not acting is actually going to be higher than acting.»

These are real concerns, but the price of hesitation may be even higher than acting too soon.

Not exact matches

Entrepreneurs tend to be an action - oriented, onwards - and - upwards lot — a longitudinal study published by the Journal of Economic Psychology in 2014 associated successful entrepreneurs with higher - than - normal levels of hardiness, resourcefulness and optimism — meaning that when their venture fails, there's a pretty good chance they'll be able to rebound quickly, with a nifty second - act tale of adversity to slot into their narrative.

Other than real estate, which has higher yields and can act as a diversifier, Turnbull won't hold any sector or alternative - asset ETFs.

Not only are the majority of small businesses (83 percent of which are pass - through entities) subject to higher tax rates than their larger C - Corporation counterparts, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, any modest benefit they reap is scheduled to go away after 2025, while corporations will retain their steep tax cuts.

When you're a 26 - year - old engineer or manager you may do worse than being reactive and not being emphatic, and that acting out is at a very high cost to the business.»

Respondents to Fairfield's survey ranked partners and pets as important sources of support, but Zuckerberg says she was surprised to see that random acts of kindness from strangers ranked higher in value than interactions with online friends.

While some responders had particular axes to grind (it's true that U.S. drug prices are radically higher than elsewhere in the world, for instance, and maybe a gamma ray burst could destroy earth, but those aren't really things you can act on tomorrow), many more offered healthful reality checks that most of us could benefit from, including:

In fact, many companies are making loans at higher costs than before the law passed under the Ohio Small Loan Act, Credit Service Organization Act, and Mortgage Loan Act.

In 2040, federal spending on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the subsidies provided in the Affordable Care Act will be 3.9 percentage points of GDP higher than it was in 2017.

But with the dollar and oil acting much more favorably and the manufacturing data improving, I must say that my confidence is quite a bit higher than in the prior two or three quarters when we had a similar set - up.

However, constituency meetings, especially those at the higher levels of the organizational pyramid, have proved unlikely to act independently because the system for choosing delegates (who are appointed rather than elected) has ensured that the vast majority hold leadership positions in the church or other church - paid positions.

This acts to enforce the code and, more than incidentally, a high standard of personal honesty as well.»

The highest cause may be (1) in every sense or aspect «uncaused,» in no sense or aspect the effect of anything else; or it may be (2) in some aspects uncaused, and in others causally influenced, but its manner of both acting and receiving influences may be the highest conceivable, hence absolutely «perfect,» although even so its whole being may not in every sense be perfect, because the influences as coming from other causes, say human beings, may be less admirable than they might be; or the supreme cause may be (3) in no sense or aspect uncaused, independent of other powers, hence in no way wholly exempt from the imperfections of the latter...

This distinction can be applied to the relation of God and the world in a way which indicates how some events can be «acts of God» to a higher degree than others are.

And so it follows that the opus humanum laboriously and gradually achieved within us by the growth of knowledge and in the face of evil, is something quite other than an act of higher morality: it is a living organism.

The secret of all comprehending is that the very act of comprehension is higher than every position which it posits.

If the point of religion is to bring peace and guide a culture toward certain specific behaviors, primarily for order and the preservation of the good qualities of society, then how can one say that one religion is better than another or that a «religion-less» person who STILL acts the SAME way (i.e. does right unto their neighbors, lives according to the thing the bible suggests) but is more tolerant is not as high quality a citizen as another who is associated with a Major League Religious Team?

For the Whiteheadian, it can be said that Jesus understood and acted in accordance with God's aims to a higher degree than any other human.

A sophisticated, high - tech world where human beings acted consistently as free individuals would be one where various social inventions or conventions — such as money, property, and government — would be more indispensable than ever.

For the act of resignation faith is not required, for what I gain by resignation is my eternal consciousness, and this is a purely philosophical movement which I dare say I am able to make if it is required, and which I can train myself to make, for whenever any finiteness would get the mastery over me, I starve myself until I can make the movement, for my eternal consciousness is my love to God, and for me this is higher than everything.

Dreweke pointed to a study detailing the increased use of long - acting reversible contraceptives (such as IUDs and implants) among teens; although the study was only conducted among women who already used contraception, the efficacy of longer - acting contraceptives is higher than those of other birth control methods.

The levy that the UK government has unveiled is aimed directly at producers and importers, not consumers, because the government believes that producers need to act, rather than just passing higher prices onto consumers.

But it does high England with such glee, and so winkingly, that the act comes off as inclusive rather than reactionary.

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

On this occasion he had his back to goal, the ball came straight at him so he had to act quickly, on top of that the ball bounced no higher than three feet, if that.

Weighting As the FedEx Performance Zone acts as a form tracker, the more recent the fixture, the higher the weighting assigned to the data derived from it, i.e. player stats from yesterday are given more significance than those from last week.

At 6» 1 ″, Rodriguez has the physical presence to stand up to the challenges presented by some of the Championship's more robust defenders, while his pace, movement and link - up play mark him out as a class act and one who looks capable of playing at a higher level sooner rather than later.

But they may now have to act quicker than expected in order to fight off Barcelona in a bidding war that could go as high as # 45million.

A high school student's GPA, researchers have found, is a better predictor of her likelihood to graduate from college than her scores on standardized tests like the SAT and ACT.

Homeschooled students have been shown to have higher average scores on the ACT test (26.5) than their public school peers (25).

When the dust settles, 13,660 kids will be kicked back into the regular CPS system, where less than 9 percent of all high students meet college readiness benchmarks on the ACT.

From high school through the pros, Mecklenburg's experience with football was different than what you see today; concussions were rarely talked about and instead of getting fines for hits to the head, the act was encouraged.

How your child looks and acts are more important than how high the fever is.

Accordingly, rather than force children to take the whole meal and throw out much of it, in 1975, Congress passed an amendment to the School Lunch Act allowing high schools to still receive federal reimbursement for meals so long as students selected at least three out of five options served, including milk.

Email's strength, by contrast, is its relatively high response rate — if you have an active list, your members are much more likely to act on an email than they are to even have a chance to see your content on Facebook.

Cuomo has also been in office much longer than Spitzer was at the time Troopergate broke, and he has had far more success in office than Spitzer, passing four on - time budgets and numerous pieces of high - profile legislation (the SAFE Act, gay marriage etc.) through the Legislature.

IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.

The Erie County Pistol Permit Office is experiencing a higher than average volume of customers, due to the NY SAFE Act's re-certification deadline.

But in a 2016 ruling in a Virginia case, the high court said «official acts» by an elected official had to include specific use of government power, rather than acts that could be perceived as «constituent services.»

In contrast, land pooling involves landowners pooling their land interests (either by agreement or via a pooling vehicle) and sharing the profits of development according to the proportion of land they have provided for the development with the aim of improving the marketability of the land and ultimately to achieve a higher profit than they could by acting individually.

The new federal Every Student Succeeds Act, was endorsed by more than 35 civil rights organizations to ensure high standards and accountability for the progress of all students, the official said.

The only problem is there are judges higher than her honor who acting singly have tied her hands.»

One year after NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio publicly unloaded on Cuomo for what he said was the deliberate thwarting of his agenda — an act of «revenge,» according to the mayor — the relationship between the state's two highest Democrats is worse than ever.

Likewise, the only committee to hear from more women than men — the (temporary) Mental Capacity Act 2005 Committee — heard mainly from caring professionals, in industries with a higher degree of women in senior positions.

There is no huge distinction between a «law» and an «act of Congress» - they may be different in some cases, but one is not higher or lower than the other.

In addition, the Budget puts forward the state's largest investment in education to date, including an increase of more than 5 % in school aid; statewide, universal full - day Pre-k; a bond act to modernize classrooms; as well as signature reforms to fix Common Core implementation and protect students from unfair high stakes test results; and strengthen and support Charter Schools.

MARIETTE DICHRISTINA, ACTING EDITOR IN CHIEF, REPLIES: We hold White's work in high regard, but the editorial was published more than a month before the Science special issue.

A separate analysis of Israel was not possible since the Kyl - Bingaman Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 prohibits private companies from selling high - resolution satellite imagery of locations in Israel at better than 2.5 meter resolution.