Sentences with phrase «like ordinary mortals»

Just like us ordinary mortals, the princess too loves brands.

When this overconfidence persuades people that they don't have to bother learning to be competent like ordinary mortals, they trap themselves far below their potential.

Not exact matches

I wish Stoller had been more willing to simply throw us full bore into the train wreck that is Aldous's life — you know, like This Is Spinal Tap did with its horrifying rock star idiots we couldn't look away from — but I'm struck with a terrible certainty that Greek believes that it needs to spell out, in no uncertain terms, a cautionary tale about how the «glamorous life» ain't so glamorous and «ordinary life» as lived by us mere mortals is far better.

Further to my previous response to this eye - grabbing recommendation, the premise that conservatives and libertarians are less prone to lying, cheating, or stealing than mere ordinary mortals sounds like a fascinating topic for some aspiring academic to work up into a thesis.