Sentences with phrase «many soothsayers»

Against the Gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today.»

A version of this article appears in the June 15, 2017 issue of Fortune with the headline «CEO Soothsayers.»

Since the Oracle at Delphi, humans have looked to soothsayers to point the way.

Erik Kindel is a very accomplished writer, creator, soothsayer, and demiurge who has been helping entrepreneurs and companies in Los Angeles produce compelling content, speak clearly, and tell unique stories for the past five years.

By $ 50, the charts and many soothsayers said that it was «grossly overbought.»

So, its a no win situation for all of you soothsayers.

The soothsayers are gazing into their crystal balls for signs of the imminent future.

Everywhere in the former Soviet empire one finds an abundance of shamans with magic pendulums, soothsayers who talk to the dead, witches who tell fortunes.

The «End Times» will ever come and go adrifted by spiritual soothsayers!

Vocations that were related in any way to the powers of evil — such as making idols, being a heathen priest, a user of magic verses, an enchanter, astrologer, diviner, soothsayer, juggler, mountebank or amulet - maker - had to be abandoned, and any lifestyle that led one into immorality was to be rejected.

Now science refutes the lies told by our (soothsayers, religions, and mystics).

I love how you proclaim, like any soothsayer or witch doctor, what is exactly going to happen and what your god is going to do in every instance and even how he thinks and feels — when he doesn't even exist.

A prophet may on occasion have forgotten that his forecasts were conditional, and imagined himself a soothsayer.

To obtain popular support and to make people forget the doubtful origins, of her power, the Queen relied on the soothsayers (ombiasy), and restored to power the sacred foundation of the Monarchy

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I am not a football god nor do I consult a medium neither am I soothsayer.

The old football soothsayer reviews a season in which the unexpected was the rule and brings on some coaching friends to help figure out what happened

So either he's a soothsayer, or the Seahawks were aware of a tic about the Panthers» field goal unit that allowed him to time it perfectly.

Note that none of us are soothsayers, we can only believe that the actions we take are the right ones.

You soothsayer you.

Not that I am a soothsayer, just that I know the idiot called Wenger.

How often do we see people looking back on events and saying «saw that coming «as if they were some mystical soothsayer who only refuses to buy lottery tickets because it «wouldn't be fair «on the other punters?

Noting that, when you look at the electoral fortunes you don't need a soothsayer to tell you, the Volta region is indeed the world Bank of the NDC.

On election night, Clinton, buoyant in the hopes of a much - predicted win embellished by the major pollsters, political pundits and social media soothsayers, chose to hold her victory celebrations at Manhattan's Jacob Javits Centre where there is a gigantic, transparent ceiling — a dramatic way to consummate her victory.

I am not a soothsayer but, from the corner where I sit as a citizen of Ahafo, I envisage a flip - side turf war over which town becomes the capital of the proposed Ahafo Region.

In this new interview, Reeher brings Wolff back as a soothsayer, to comment on the Sanders campaign, its significance for American politics, both now and in the future, and class - based politics more generally.

He said Nigerian government doesn't need a soothsayer to tell it to shift its focus to agriculture if it must survive the looming financial storm.

«With our Bonny Light selling for $ 38.18 yesterday, we don't need a soothsayer to tell us that our focus must shift to agriculture if we must survive the looming financial storm.

I do not wish to be a soothsayer of doom, but unless we actively listen to the concerns of the unions (and their members) then to my mind there is the very real possibility that later in the year we could witness similar scenes upon London's chartered streets.

I am not a soothsayer, neither am I a harbinger of gloom and doom... but once again I say to you... this time with a nation full of witnesses... that your Achilles heel will destroy you!

Okupe added, «We do not need a soothsayer or an economic guru to foretell that this is unsustainable.

«I am not a soothsayer, neither am I a harbinger of gloom and doom... but once again I say to you... this time with a nation full of witnesses... that your Achilles heel will destroy you!Respectfully Martin, cut the crap!

Nonpartisan political soothsayers have predicted that neither really has a shot.

You don't need a soothsayer to tell you when the right people, who will really fight corruption, get there.

My baloney - detection alarm goes off whenever a soothsayer writes himself and his generation into the forecast, proclaiming that the Biggest Thing to Happen to Humanity Ever will occur in the prophet's own lifetime.

It doesn't take a soothsayer to see that this technology is going to radically extend life span.

The thought of how far the world has come could not be more satisfying to this once unappreciated soothsayer.

And few people have peered farther than University of California, Santa Cruz, astronomer Greg Laughlin, science's leading soothsayer.

I have never claimed to be Nostradamus (or whatever soothsayer the kids are into these days), but I think it is safe to say that the trend of statement sleeves is not going anywhere anytime soon.

The soothsayer asked me to write my full name and date of birth on a piece of paper, then lit 3 incense sticks and gave them to me.

Astrology and Dating Given that Jewish tradition prohibits seeking guidance from soothsayers and fortune tellers, does astrology have a place in Jewish dating?

Dustin Hoffman again plays the wise Master Shifu, who pops up when needed to guide Po's spiritual journey, and there are some inspired new additions to round things out: Gary Oldman as Po's latest arch nemesis, Michelle Yeoh as a soothsayer, Jean - Claude Van Damme as a past - his - prime crocodile.

On the other hand, an elderly soothsayer voiced by Michelle Yeoh steals every scene she's in.

Also look for brief appearances by Jean - Claude Van Damme as Master Croc, Michelle Yeoh as The Soothsayer, Dennis Haysbert as Master Oxen, Victor Garber as Master Thundering Rhino, and Danny McBride as the wold bandit.

After a Soothsayer (Michelle Yeoh) predicts that a black - and - white hero will bring down the bird, the peacock brutally murders all of the pandas in the realm and is promptly punished for his crimes.

Cast: Jack Black as Po (voice) Angelina Jolie as Tigress (voice) Gary Oldman as Lord Shen (voice) Seth Rogen as Mantis (voice) Jean - Claude Van Damme as Master Croc (voice) Jackie Chan as Monkey (voice) Dustin Hoffman as Shifu (voice) David Cross as Crane (voice) Lucy Liu as Viper (voice) Michelle Yeoh as The Soothsayer (voice) Dennis Haysbert as Master Oxen (voice) Victor Garber as Master Thundering Rhino (voice) James Hong as Mr. Ping (voice)

SUBSTANCE USE - A soothsayer sticks an acupuncture needle into a panda's eyebrow, he falls into a trance with an open mouth, the soothsayer pours in vile - tasting medicine, removes the needle and the panda coughs at the taste.

In Shakespeare's «Julius Caesar,» Caesar is warned by a soothsayer, «Beware the Ides of March» on the day he will be assassinated by a group of conspirators led by Cassius and Brutus, one of his closest friends in the Senate.

Head here for our soothsayer - style prediction of its likely fortunes.

Like a real kind of soothsayer, like she's trying to find the truth.