Sentences with phrase «little hubris»

The wind industry and its parasites have been guilty of more than just a little hubris.

It does take a little hubris to believe that we, short - lived mortals that we are, can literally change the nature of the world.

I think a little hubris is warranted at this point.

But loopy ideas, on everything from juice - making to how to treat co-workers, suggest a little hubris is creeping in.

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The confidence that they will not, it is to be feared, is based on little more than sentimental naivete and the unseemly hubris of our assumed moral superiority to «them.»

Out of the billions of galaxies in the universe Out of the billions of systems and planets Out of the hundreds of gods humans have produced You have the hubris to think that your little god listens to your prayers And if you don't believe then that little loving god will burn you for eternity.

Hollywood should realize that these big tiff things aren't nearly as impressive as they once were, particularly in the aftermath of three years of Iron Age combat apotheosized in the great «Lord of the Rings» pictures; when you've seen Orcs and hobbits fighting for the future of the world, it's a little hard to get excited about Persians and Greeks fighting over someone's imperial hubris 2,300 years ago.

If Ben can just keep his hubris in check for a little while longer, he will be back as big as ever, but some of the same motivations that lead to his demise are threatening to take him down again, and for good.

Produced by Hammer Films, that glorious British concern specializing in horror films that emphasize terror over gore, it is an elegant little flick, both creepy and atmospheric, that tells its tale of hubris and good intentions gone wrong with... Read More»

«The Wolf of Wall Street» If the mark of a truly significant artist is their ability to continually provoke and outrage viewers in their later years instead of falling into a complacent rut, then Scorsese once again proved himself to be a provocateur for the ages with this jaw - dropping, eye - popping depiction of the true story of a crafty little weasel (Leonardo Di Caprio in what now stands as the performance of his career) who created a billion dollar empire out of selling crappy penny stocks and subsequently rode it into the ground in a blaze of greed, hubris and more cocaine than «Scarface» and «Boogie Nights» combined.

In other words, this is an unfortunate combination of hubris and relatively little money or taste.

I've already called a Hubris Alert on this one; I'm sorry, Mr. Chancellor, but when just 21 percent of your eighth - grade students are proficient in reading, I think a little more humility is needed.

But I'm concerned that the third party support is shaping up to be little changed even after the hubris.

Hubris is destructively confronted by the indifference of the world, and philosophy offers little in the way of consolation.

Perhaps the awful (in very sense) of Gergis et al (hubris in living form) has persuaded them that their golden shield is instead little better than base metal.

There is a hubris in thinking that we may change Earth systems — with such little real knowledge — on such a large scale with impunity.

Choice 1: How much money do we want to spend today on reducing carbon dioxide emission without having a reasonable idea of: a) how much climate will change under business as usual, b) what the impacts of those changes will be, c) the cost of those impacts, d) how much it will cost to significantly change the future, e) whether that cost will exceed the benefits of reducing climate change, f) whether we can trust the scientists charged with developing answers to these questions, who have abandoned the ethic of telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but, with all the doubts, caveats, ifs, ands and buts; and who instead seek lots of publicity by telling scary stories, making simplified dramatic statements and making little mention of their doubts, g) whether other countries will negate our efforts, h) the meaning of the word hubris, when we think we are wise enough to predict what society will need a half - century or more in the future?

I'm find myself little concerned with patriotic hubris, bozo money calculations, taxpayer subsidies, and hidden costs since my current gasoline powered vehicle has all that and more as part of its limited charm.