Sentences with phrase «many elaborate plans»

That means we rarely have the time to create the kind of elaborate plans we may believe we should have in place, because we are busy responding to the opportunity in front of us.

Uber's elaborate plans to sabotage Lyft include aggressively recruiting Lyft's drivers and cancelling rides on the service to waste the drivers» time.

That is to say, a more elaborate plan is not guaranteed to be superior to an abbreviated one, depending on what you want to use it for.

Find out why an elaborate plan can weigh you down — and how to keep it simple.

Additionally, billionaires are known for constructing a simple plan, instead of detailed or elaborate plans.

Magnetar, which approached investment banks in 2006 and 2007 with an elaborate plan to create collateralized debt obligations, said today that the SEC has ended its investigation into the firm's activities.

He is formulating an elaborate plan to keep his child sheltered from all other ideas until he is hopelessly convinced.

Some years ago, when Episcopal Church leaders thought they were experiencing a communications problem, an elaborate plan for consultation with diocesan decision - making bodies was undertaken.

This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end No safety or surprise, the end I'll never look into your eyes... again Can you picture what will be So limitless and free Desperately in need... of some... stranger's hand In a...

They proposed that the goal should now be a «discipleship of equals,» and set out an elaborate plan for a church without hierarchy or priests endowed with special power to administer sacraments.

I actually had elaborate plans for a sour cream and roasted tomato topping that would both play homage to the sour cream traditionally served with latkes as well as the tomatoes I basically always want with my eggs, but then I was too busy eating them to make a clever topping.

Because there is more time, I can entertain more elaborate plans such as firing up the waffle maker.

Every year I always have elaborate plans to start growing vegetables and become a self sufficient domestic goddess.

there is some suggestion that wenger is backtracking on his fervent stance regarding what players would be staying at the club for the remainder of the season... some might deduce that this is all part of a much bigger, more elaborate plan... by shifting the blame wenger is attempting to, not so slyly, flip the narrative... by doing so he hopes to evoke empathy from his most ardent supporters, while attempting to rally any fence - sitters, whose faith was waning unless a more legitimate agent of blame emerges... unfortunately, and incredibly insulting to the fans, when wenger attempts to spin a tale and / or tries to eat his own words, he doesn't seem to play it all the way through in his head, so invariably gaping holes emerge... say we believed his version of the truth, would that not make him either an incredibly well - paid custodian of destruction or a spineless jellyfish because what manager worth his weight in salt would stay at a club that didn't give him final say after 20 years of supposed «success»... no matter the answer, neither bodes well for us... how ironic, in a way, since many pundits claim this team has lacked a «spine» for some years now... so whether we win, lose or draw on Sunday is frankly immaterial, as the problems will remain, and although it will be easier to digest if we left the Pool with 3 points, it might just be the worst result for the betterment of this club... a fact that both breaks my heart and baffles the mind

Naturally, it appears to be part of an elaborate plan from them to prank the pair, who have been involved in an ongoing feud this season with Sky Sports detailing the back and forth between the two managers which has often got overly personal.

«This is the end, beautiful friend / This is the end, my only friend, the end / Of our elaborate plans, the end / Of everything that stands, the end...» If you have a look at the quote above, without context, it could've...

It just goes to show that encouraging critical thinking in kids doesn't require elaborate plans!

You may have concocted elaborate plans and schemes worthy of any kid's free time, or you might have even just spent that time reading or coloring if you preferred a quieter lifestyle.

The breakwater was part of an elaborate plan that first surfaced in the 1980s for building Olcott into a much larger port.

«This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end No safety or surprise, the end I'll never look into your eyes... again

There is also likely to be a brand new hotel on the Webster Block next to the hockey arena, with two proposals on the table, one from developer Carl Paladino and a more elaborate plan including hockey rinks from Sabres owner Terry Pegula.

But getting out of the Soviet Union required an elaborate plan: Jews like him were allowed to go to Israel in small numbers, determined by a quota, but one had to secure an invitation from Israeli relatives first.

Richmond worries that despite all the elaborate planning made by the Department of Homeland Security and others to deal with chemical and biological attacks, mundane but important things aren't happening — like conducting enough drills to make sure that these plans actually get implemented properly.

I think one ofy favorite holiday memories was just making these elaborate plans every Christmas eve with my cousins to try and tired ourselves out so that we could fall asleep quickly and Christmas would come faster.

Whether or not I have elaborate plans for New Year's Eve, I always take great pleasure in picking out the perfect sparkly outfit to wear.

While your date is certainly not the enemy, the saying remains valid in the dating world and is especially true in reference to the third date upon which you have placed so many expectations and for which you have made such elaborate plans.

While you might certainly have elaborate plans for the date, it is advised that you don't give your millionaire companion a nasty surprise.

It's your first date and it should be about conversation, laughter and getting to know one another, not gifts, elaborate planning or trying to celebrate an anniversary that hasn't even happened yet.

Like Megamind's elaborate plans for domination, the film constructs one hell of a scheme but can't seem to pull it off.

«You had my curiosity,» Candy tells the men when they make an offer on his land as part of an elaborate plan to win back Broomhilda.

What makes the film engaging is that we can always see Dominkia's mind at work, whether it's part of some unknown, elaborate plan or simply improvising some new deception on the fly, hoping that it'll stick.

Philippe and his supporters make friends, research the towers, and hatch an elaborate plan that hinges on getting a lot of supplies all the way to the roof of one of the towers.

Not ready to give up on his childhood fantasies, Tom forms the Band of Robbers, recruiting their misfit friends, Joe Harper and Ben Rogers, to join them for an elaborate plan to find a fabled treasure.

Vince claims he's a CIA agent and this is all part of an elaborate plan to bring the general down, but Sheldon (and the audience) aren't convinced.

Instead of confronting them about the illicit liaison, Ted sets about carefully concocting an elaborate plan for revenge.

The Next Three Days (PG - 13 for violence, profanity, sexuality, drug use and mature themes) Oscar - winner Paul Haggis (for Crash) directs this remake of Pour Elle, a French crime thriller revolving around a desperate college professor (Russell Crowe) who hatches an elaborate plan to spring his wife (Elizabeth Banks) from prison where she's doing time for a murder he's convinced she didn't commit.

Logan Lucky, Steven Soderbergh's first film in four years (and his grand comeback from self - imposed retirement), is a jangly jaunt of a heist movie, following Jimmy's elaborate plan to rob the NASCAR Coca - Cola 600 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Meanwhile in India, elaborate plans are underway for Sonny to marry his fiancee Sunaina (Tena Desae).

Where Paul thinks that the entire train ride and picking of Frank is a part of some elaborate plan, Timothy sees something different.

Suffice it to say that the mom comes to share her son's suspicions, and undertakes the boy's elaborate plan to solve the problem through extra-legal means.

A story about a single mom with a smart son and a normal son isn't «big» enough on its own, so it sets up the whole plot about «Well, what if the smart son realized the girl he had a crush on was being raped by her stepfather and set up an elaborate plan to kill the stepfather?»

In Seven Days in May, we helplessly watch as General James Scott (Burt Lancaster) publicly lambasts President Jordan Lyman (Fredric March) for his unpopular, pacifist - leaning policies — all while secretly orchestrating an elaborate plan to stage a military coup.

But their state of marital bliss is irreversibly altered the day a Russian defector (Daniel Olbrychski) walks into CIA headquarters announcing that he wants to spill the beans about an elaborate plan to destroy the United States that is about to be hatched.

Sadie isn't much of a singer, and she's not mending a busted relationship; she's just showing, plainly and sweetly, what their relationship means to her — and, inadvertently, what his whole elaborate plan is for.

With the help of her dad Jupiter (Fred Ward, Corky Romano, Summer Catch), an internet millionaire who abandoned her as a baby (no joke), she embarks on an elaborate plan to deceive Mitch.

John heeds those wise words as he proceeds to hatch an elaborate plan, focusing as intently on the details of how family will flee the country as on first liberating Lara.

So, with the help of Kylie (Wallace Wolodarsky), an opossum, he hatches an elaborate plan to steal poultry and cider from a trio of neighboring agribusinesses owned by a trio of mean, gun - toting fox - haters: Franklin Bean (Michael Gambon), Walter Boggis (Robin Hurlstone) and Nathan Bunce (Hugo Guinness).

Conflict is the essence of drama, so for every power - hungry evil genius, there must be a muscle - bound monosyllabic gun - toting hero with a mysterious past to foil his elaborate plans.

«Every week, teens stumble upon Global Kids Island and then propose elaborate plans for activities they can create all on their own, such as dance parties, word games, and holiday events.

Continuing my elaborate plan to take CS50x, the introductory computer programming MOOC from Harvard, and to share what I'm learning...