Sentences with phrase «makes sensible people»

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«There is a vast number of people out there, particularly with the levels of information that are available today, who are able to understand risk, who are able to make sensible decisions, who may not be fabulously wealthy but should be able to get much wealthier.

Not only are those sensible ways of living but they're also things that create community, interdependence, the sort of life that we're made for together — and break the patterns of unsustainability and also land us in a place where we're the wealthiest country in the world and also one of the most lonely, medicated and depressed people in the world.

Furthermore, language is a spiritual function, for the self - conscious person by reflection is able to make a four-fold discrimination between: (1) particular things symbolized, (2) the sensible symbols used to symbolize them, (3) the meanings conveyed by the symbols, and (4) the self by whom the meanings are understood.

This is the difference between believers and us sensible informed people, we do nt hate you — we just want you to stop bothering us with your silly book and trying to make our country like some islamic dictatorship.

«Of course, we make lots of mistakes and we have lots of impulses, but people are as sensible about their religion as they are about everything else — no more sensible perhaps, but surely no less.

The often somewhat mysterious ability to make so much for doing so little is the main reason sensible people envy celebrities.

No, because the end justify s the means and you have already made up your mind that you are right about Jesus and there can be no other truth, and it's never about learning more about different people and cultures and religions, it's about making sure anyone who is different knows you are a Christian which is the only sensible way to live and anyone who is not like you is either converted, attacked, pitied or dismissed as a fool who awaits eternal damnation.

Where a person «feels strange,» as almost anyone is likely to in a new locality, the sensible thing to do is to make friends as fast as possible.

-LRB-» We also should also advocate making it harder for people to acquire guns, even sensible weapons purchased for self - defense or hunting.

The same God is the author of our natural intellect as well as revelation, as classical Catholic theology so often reminds us, so we should not be surprised if what the Church teaches makes wonderful sense also just from a purely natural point of view and people end up doing what the Church recommends, not because she recommends it, but just because it is the most sensible thing to do.

We feel the need for immortality most acutely when we are made sensible of the inexhaustible value of another person or the tragedy of a life cut short.

The Tour and Golf Channel got together here to make sure the sensible thing was done so the people could get their Tiger coverage on Friday.

All of which makes perfect sense, and indeed very sensible people have been suggesting more or less this same package of reforms for several years now.

«It's not sensible for people to make threats,» he told the Sunday Telegraph.

It's at this point you need an icebreaker; you need an alternative, another option for all of these sensible and pragmatic people who resent partisan gridlock because it just doesn't make any sense to them.

Yesterday he made a speech at 8.47 pm at night, when most sensible people were already a pint and a packet of mini Cheddars down, about a local issue that is causing a good deal of distress to his constituents risking, in doing so, the muttered barbed and sneers reserved for the mighty who've fallen.

Mr Mulholland said: «Pushing a bill through in any area, never mind in one so important as the NHS, with so many professional organisations and medical professionals opposed is not a sensible or acceptable way to make policy and it is time to get people round the table and find a different and acceptable way forward.»

So we should ask ourselves: is it a sensible strategy to allow these environments to become twisted into places that just compound that damage and make people worse?

«Cannabis is enjoyed by many otherwise law - abiding people and making criminals of them makes an ass of the law — the only sensible approach now is to legalise and regulate.»

We're going to have to make sure it is practical and easy enough for people who take sensible precautions to be OK.

In the spirit of soft paternalism, a more sensible and fairer tactic is to enact regulations to help people make choices they can rationally judge to be in their self - interest.

I agree that no - one should be able to bias the results by their choice of prior: there needs to be a sensible convention for how people choose the prior, and everyone should follow it to put all studies on the same footing and to make them comparable.

And I'm sureeee several sensible people have said «I would not have realized that unless you said something» but I totally get it, I have had some very unintentional America / costume - y outfits, and nothing makes me feel sillier.

You can take your time to think wisely and make a sensible decision about whether the person who just sent you a message is really worth getting to know.

Sensible, Romantic, Passionate, Quiet in some cases, Kind, Caring, Teddy Bear, Cuddle Bug, Sense of Humor... I like making people laugh, Responsible, Reasonable, HONEST / TRUTHFUL.

Any sensible person would have given up years ago but sometimes pig - headed dreamers win in the end, so thank you to all of the ill - paid fantasists and believers who have joined to make this longstanding dream a reality!»

«It's important for people to understand research in practice, how it comes about, where it comes from, and how it is interpreted to make sensible recommendations to practice,» Luk says.

Or does part of the responsibility lie with the people who exploit human beings» limited impulse control and general inability to make sensible choices, whether by saturation advertising aimed at showing how their establishment offers a bunch of drunk people unlimited bread sticks and bottomless cheesecakes for a special low price or lulling them into thinking too large and too thirsty vehicles transform their sedentary fat selves into adventure - loving action figures?

Unfortunately, many people will opt for that silly moon roof or upgraded sound system before they will make the sensible choice of air bags and stability control.

The Tiguan might be a tad bit over-priced but for the ride quality, space and features it offers, it does make a sensible buy for a small pocket of people.

The point I was making... is that people developing the chops to do this will find it sensible to do it for other authors, and that indie authors will find lots of help from places other than the big publishers... A one - to - one relationship between an author and a publishing machine is inherently inefficient.

Lots of sensible people have been talking about what publishers should be doing to make their OWN way towards a sustainable future.

I made a lot of the usual investing mistakes that young people make within my RRSP and eventually settled into a more sensible (for me) strategy of buying and holding «quality» with some boring ETFs thrown in as well.

it does really make you shake you head, even without the post 2006 numbers, how could lots of otherwise sensible people have been thinking at that time that housing prices would just continue to go up as they had for the past 5 years..

«Sensible» people that have played the game for long stretches of time would be able to make that conclusion, not you.

This innovate first - person puzzle game featured the novel gameplay mechanic of having to type in actual computer code in order to hack various objects — making it a sensible choice for this prize.

Surely the reasonable and sensible embrace of a «beautiful, low - consumption lifestyle» for the sake of a better life for a democratic majority of people; for the promotion of global biodiversity; for the protection of the environment; and for the preservation of Earth as a fit place for human habitation, could be one of the most powerfully sustainable and immediately effective behavioral changes the leaders of the family of humanity have made in a very long time.

Yes I am, i know it's strange to some people but I like to read and digest information from all sources and then make up my own mind about things.I think it's a sensible question to ask why antarctic ice is increasing when arctic ice is decreasing but I understand that might be a topic for another post as it will probably, as Gavin indicated, involve many different areas for discussion.

[Climate] «Computer models are no different to fashion models: seductive, unreliable, easily corrupted and they lead sensible people to make fools of themselves»

As solar energy use continues to grow across the world, even the more expensive systems are coming down in price, making them sensible for more people.

Sensible people understand that most statements have such embeded in them, and they make text heavy as lead.

Might it be because people aren't trusted to make sensible decisions at the ballot box, so international frameworks are needed to make sure that no democracy gets out of hand?

That would encourage people to ride... safely, confidentally and make this project sensible.

I agree that no - one should be able to bias the results by their choice of prior: there needs to be a sensible convention for how people choose the prior, and everyone should follow it to put all studies on the same footing and to make them comparable.

But overall, the Bike Hanger's space - saving virtues, sensible structural format which allows for easy visual identification of each person's bike and its use of recycled materials makes it a pretty clever proposal for solving the bike parking dilemma.

All of these bad decisions are made easier when all of the actually sensible people, or people who know anything about the subject at all, are being assailed on all sides, and aren't necessarily keen to find the time to explain, once again, that yes, the world is warming.

Often the threat of court proceedings is enough to persuade the person at fault to make a sensible settlement offer.

But practical people do things this way — they make a sensible decision on how to prepare for their future as early as today.

It seems sensible not to ignore the significance of having adequate funeral cover for over 80 policy for the older people of the making members for yourself members.

Asked how schools can be made safer, Israel mentioned a range of suggestions, such as taking people who make threats online into custody and sensible gun control.