Sentences with phrase «idea out of hand»

Conversely, when we dismiss an idea out of hand, we never get the chance to expand our own perspective, and that's a high price to pay.

With that idea in mind, it is time to focus on defining the appropriate customer service levels, not reject the idea out of hand on the basis that however far partnership goes, it does not go that far.

Since the authors did not pose a hypothesis about «how» the rising SSTs would affect global tropical storm days, they can not reject the idea out of hand as they did.

Even after he had, together with his collaborator Lynn Margulis, developed his idea into a rigorously argued hypothesis, many of their fellow scientists dismissed the idea out of hand.

Many would not dare to say that a whale can fall in love, but those like Würsig, who do not dismiss this idea out of hand, can trace their thinking back at least as far as Charles Darwin.

Perhaps surprisingly, many in the new member states reject that idea out of hand.

New York State Association of Counties Executive Director Steve Aquario did not dismiss the idea out of hand.

The idea of using your camera phone for a good quality picture might seem counter intuitive to some people, especially if you have a good SLR camera, but don't dismiss the idea out of hand.

And before you dismiss this idea out of hand, look at the stats comparison I did on Squawka.com between him and Danny Welbeck.

In fact, that takes the entire idea out of the hands of the indivdual and therefore makes it meaningless to God.

Yes, there are atheists who have used the faith of others as a cheap punch line or a reason to dismiss their ideas out of hand, all while citing lack of tolerance as a reason to hate religion.

Or does the structure of Falwell's discourse itself lead them to dismiss his ideas out of hand?

They must search for the truth hidden in what they are saying, rather than dismiss their ideas out of hand on the grounds of «professional» scepticism.

Not exact matches

Similarly, you might do something as simple as holding brainstorming sessions where all are encouraged to participate and no idea is dismissed out of hand.

On the other hand, if we're lucky, the ideas and values they stand for — excellent execution, commitment and pride, and true craftsmanship — will never go out of style, regardless of how many cute little gizmos we can 3D print in our garages.

But conceding that there's a mystical component to generating ideas doesn't mean you should assume that the process is out of your hands.

On the other hand, thinking you're so free - spirited that you don't need to work and eating food out of a dumpster is not my idea of freedom.

Here's some of the best advice she's handed out, some of which gives us an idea of what she looks for in an entrepreneur.

Its big idea is to take the whole e-commerce process out of your hands by pricing your items for you, finding a buyer, sending you packaging, handling shipping, completing the transaction, and then getting you paid.

Real life military leaders who hold my life in their hands at times, yeah, the idea of them operating via the christian military plan instead of the US military plan scares the crap out of me.

«I don't know if what the Archbishop said is true or not, but as a mere observer, it is frustrating to learn from Mr. Mills that certain ideas are dismissed out of hand simply because they might cause offence.»

I also got somewhat upset when he rejected out of hand the idea that Moses was writing a polemic against the religions of his day.

Then and now a problem with his idea that the confessional differences could, in the mysterious workings of God's left hand, be instrumental to unity is that today's heirs of the confessions coming out of the sixteenth - century division, notably Lutheranism and Calvinism, are not very confessional or, if confessional, not very interested in unity.

They don't like the idea of this grace thing getting out of hand.

I love the idea of handing out comic book Bibles in prisons, to people on the street, and to children in orphanages and such.

I am a one - man show, however, and so this book gave me some ideas of what I can do to help get my books out faster, better, and into the hands of more people.

On the other hand, it is not the Christian idea that in the temporal end alone — on this planet where our little mortal lives are lived out — there will come the grand culmination of all things.

Bentham has here laid out, quite clearly, a fundamental dispute of the modern age: the good life understood as the satisfaction of preferences and unfoiled desires on the one hand and the Platonic idea that justice is found only through the kind of self - restraint that looks beyond pleasure and pain on the other.

I was kidding, but he liked the idea, so when he came home from work he maintained a cheerful silence (communicating via sign language that he wanted a glass of wine, whereupon his silence grew even more cheerful) and spent some time sketching out a little liturgy involving the reading of the Gospel story, the handing - over of a baby doll, the writing of a note, and the loosing of his tongue to proclaim the Benedictus.

By this we do not mean just the temporal development that historical criticism discerns in the redaction of these codes, the evolution of moral ideas that may be traced out from the first Decalogue to the Law of the Covenant, on the one hand, and from the Decalogue itself through the restatements and amplifications of the book of Deuteronomy to the new synthesis of the «Holiness Code» in the book of Leviticus and the legislation subsequent to Ezra, on the other; more important than this development of the content of the Law is the transformation in the relationship between the faithful believer and the Law.

On the other hand, I've busted you for lying about three dozen times, shown how you have no idea what a «false dichotomy» is, and pointed out the stupidity of your claims..

When I meet someone who identifies himself as Reformed, I make all kinds of assumptions — that he is stuck up, that he thinks Calvin must sit on the right hand of the Father, that he delights in the idea of people being predestined for hell, that he will call me «uninformed» and «unenlightened» when he finds out that I've explored Open Theism.

If, on the other hand, we start with the idea of God as a «serial society,» leaving out the phases of indeterminateness in every link (so that it would become a continuous chain of satisfactions only), it might appear that we had arrived at the same view as above.

If the appeal to revelation is designed to protect certain ideas from criticism, then Whitehead rejects it out of hand.

I am not lessened by those that do not believe what i believe, i served this country and spent a year in Iraq, many of my fellow soldiers were Christian but i served beside Atheists, mormons, Catholics, wiccans, Jews, even a satanist, yes a satanist, and guess what, we were friends, I cared deeply for them and they for me, These were the guys that protected me so i could sleep, my life was in their hands and theirs in mine... I think you all have a very bad idea of what a Christian is, i think you have no idea what you're talking about when you judge us all as a religion... you need to get out of your house and off of your computer chair and learn what people are really about... Maybe then you will understand Humanity rather than just secularizing everybody and hating them... you are sad people, yet my beliefs teach me to pray for you, and hope that you come to reason...

But back to the crumble — I love the idea of usin Quinoa flakes in it, even if I might need to try it out with oats,»cause it's hard to get a hand on them here.

My overall scheme is to take the wall calendar that my realtor sends, and fill out a whole month of dinner ideas, mostly stuff that I usually have the ingredients on hand for.

I like to eat them out of hand, but the idea of combining them with cranberry for the streusel topping is just too tempting.

Mr. Frugal (the husband) scoffed at the idea of purchasing a scale since he couldn't figure out why on earth we needed one — mind you, I bought it second hand from Goodwill for $ 10 bucks.

And yes we know that Wenger will never be fired by the board before the end of his contract but we are making certain that Kreonke and gang don't ever have ideas to hand Wenger a new contract after the current contract runs out.

In September, NFLPA president Eric Winston even floated the idea of taking discipline out of the commissioner's hands.

The idea that two Ram wide - outs could have topped 1,000 yards in the same season, first time ever on this club, ought to alarm the rest of the league, which had its hands full when L.A. coach John Robinson was doing his Woody Hayes impression.

This stance has been further complicated by the fact that Arsenal dismissed out - of - hand a bid last week from Liverpool, despite the Ox liking the idea of playing under Jurgen Klopp.

He might be able to edge wenger out, get a new, young coach full of fresh ideas and we'll still have be able to tug enough cash out of Kroenke's hands to build a side that could still seriously compete.

We on the other hand have a handful of skilled but individual players who seem to be un-inspired, incohesive, and out of ideas under the direction of Wenger.

I know that a lot of Arsenal fans will dismiss out of hand the idea that Arsene Wenger and his lack of much action in the transfer market has helped the club to challenge for major honours.

Out of contract at the end of the season, and seemingly out of ideas, is it time to remove the short term future from his hanOut of contract at the end of the season, and seemingly out of ideas, is it time to remove the short term future from his hanout of ideas, is it time to remove the short term future from his hands?

I get told I have an agenda and I do - to see Leeds United out of the hands of crooks who have no idea how to return us to our former glories.

But when it's one of those INSANE days, and I've run out of ideas, I have my go to cream on hand!

She realized this was much better idea than snatching the doll out of his hands, making him cry and disturbing the peace in the house.