Sentences with phrase «make grand plans»

We envision grand adventures, but few of us invest the time and effort required to make those grand plans a reality.

Who's going to make the grandest plans of all?

Not exact matches

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Dubai - based port operator DP World put its name Sunday on the hyperloop technology it has already spent millions of dollars to develop as work continues to make it operational across the grand plans of its designers.

It would seem, Follow of Christ, that the creator has a lot more to answer for than simply «having faith» in his so - called grand plan when his ultimate creation has already been made.

When you let someone believe they are in control, it is easier to skirt past his sense and desire to control, and then being able to achieve your objectives by making him believe what you have achieved is just part - and - parcel of his grand plan.

Not just the belief in God, mind you, but the whole world view in which there is some Grand Plan (note the caps) that makes any sense at all of human history, let alone any valid predictions of humanity's future.

Originally I had the grand plan of drawing little red lines on these to make them look like actual eyeballs in the spirit of Halloween.

I have to admit, I've never made cornbread before... but I have grand plans to try it out this fall.

And no sign that she's planning on making her grand entrance any time soon.

Originally I had grand plans of making everything from scratch.

There were some extremely grand plans to test taquitos and churros, but my oil splatter PTSD kicked in, and I made tacos instead.

Onamia, Minn. and Hinckley, Minn. — In April of this year, Grand Casino Mille Lacs and Grand Casino Hinckley announced plans to make significant property enhancements — mainly in the food and beverage areas at each property — to mark the casinos» 25th Anniversary.

After grabbing half a dozen persimmons at the market I had grand scheme plans to make persimmon cookies.

They couldn't keep up with our consistency in Liga, don't make it sound as if it was their grand plan to be 15 points behind us at this stage of the year and hence deprioritize the league.

Legacy, grand plans, vision and imagination are not within Mou's make - up.

And if you can stick it out to the end of the day, the short yet impressive grand finale pyrotechnic waterfall display (at the River Theatre) will inspire you to make all sorts of marvelous summertime plans.

(Many of my grand plans completely evaporate when I realize how much work is involved... one way or the other, I want to make this work!)

The All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in Umuahia south local government area of Abia state on Sunday said it has uncovered a plan by some group of persons to make a media show on Monday as APGA members, decamping to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Noting that the Grand Avenue redevelopment plan in Baldwin is 17 years behind schedule, she pledges to make it a priority.

In the run - up to the Richmond Park by - election, Liberal Democrat insiders made it clear that the party had a grand plan for stealing Zac Goldsmith's seat.

At noon, de Blasio will host a press conference to make an announcement regarding the Mayor's Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety (MAP) and exterior light installations to protect NYCHA residents, Grand St. Settlement, 50 Humboldt St., Brooklyn.

This was a quintessential example of big government at its worst, straight from the textbooks of Political Science 101, with faraway bureaucrats executing a grand plan and showing no ability to admit mistakes or make real adjustments to address concerns that arose after its execution.

In the suit Metuh filed through his lawyer, Ebun - Olu Adegboruwa, he insisted his arrest was part of the grand plan of the ruling All Progressives Congress to silence the opposition and make Nigeria a one - party country.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to make an «important infrastructure / tourism announcement» Tuesday morning at the base of the South Grand Island Bridge.

The plan is to restore 1 million acres over 20 years, from the Grand Canyon to the New Mexico border, by thinning small ponderosa pines — the dominant species in the region — and making the forest less dense.

But, I still managed to make the voyage to and from my grand lunch plans last Sunday.

I have grand plans of making a new Advent calendar this year (Dec. 1st is coming way too fast!)

It basically sings the tale of a one - eyed, one - horned, flying purple people eater who has a grand plan to come to earth and start a rock & roll band (go with me here — it all made sense a the time).

I had grand plans of making fancy pancakes but by the time I get home, I can't be bothered to make a fun sauce.

I had grand plans to share with you a step - by - step guide for making french macarons today.

What did make this movie work was the sense of «being there,» of watching these characters go through what they think are grand plans for themselves (Wikus proud of getting promoted; Christopher thinking he's finally going to fix the mothership and escape) only for random chance, selfishness, and the raw immediacy of simple survival kick in and having them struggle from moment to moment against hostile forces (MNU, the human slumlords, there is no difference between those two groups exploiting the aliens).

Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford make a great comedy double act as a pair of senior technicians working for a company that simulates horror movie scenarios as part of a sinister grand plan.

The previews are met with technical issues galore, his recently rehabbed daughter (Stone, Magic in the Moonlight) and jilted ex-wife (Ryan, Escape Plan) are floating around making him feel even more like a schmuck, his other lead male actor (Norton, The Grand Budapest Hotel) is stealing his headlines, and one of his female actresses (Riseborough, Oblivion) has just told him she's carrying his baby.

Take - Two has corrected a statement made by CEO Strauss Zelnick during a recent investor call where Zelnick said there weren't plans for Grand Theft...

After starring in The Captain from Castile, Tyrone Power strayed a bit from the grand plan set out by Fox Czar Darryl Zanuck and made a pair of comedies before returning to the period action hero archetype he fitted so ebulliently.

Michell said he was asked initially if he wanted to make a planned and organised documentary about the grand dames (though one of dem dames, Baroness Olivier, is a lady... boom boom) in the rolling countryside.

Erik Killmonger's grand plan is one that makes perfect sense, even if the Black Panther's villain's goals are morally questionable at best.

BMW of North America says there are no plans to import the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer, which goes on sale in Europe late this year, though Munich indicates the long - wheelbase Grand Tourer and PHEV will make it to the U.S..

I've always been a car fan, but I never had any grand dreams, schemes, or plans of making it onto this publication's masthead.

One of our goals in the latest version of the grand strategic plan that we put out every five years is a state of good repair, to make sure we're doing wise life - cycle investing and maintaining what we already have.

Jeep plans to make a Grand Cherokee with three rows.

PocketBook has firmed up grand plans to make a splash at the upcoming CES 2011 event and will be carrying half a dozen e-readers to the prestigious tech show when it unfolds in January.

Penguin Books India has firmed up some grand plans to register its presence in the burgeoning e-book segment, which analysts believe can make printed books obsolete in the not too distant future.

But, as you may not know, we don't have a grand master plan here beyond making the books as good as we can make them.

The media moghul also revealed they are firming up grand plans to make the most of the new technologies available and to further consolidate his company in the age of tablets.

Apple has already beaten the competition once when it had launched the iPad while the most the competition could do was to make public grand plans of grand tablets of the future.

When Zach Walker moved to Los Angeles during the early 2000s, he had no grand plan to make a lifelong commitment to animal welfare.

Just make sure that you check out our grand post on how you can smartly plan your trip to Finland (more on Helsinki but prices are pretty much the same all over the country), and you should be fine!

I've never been to the Grand Canyon in Arizona, so when a friendly Yellowstone local advised us not to miss the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, we instantly made plans to fit it into our trip.

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