Sentences with phrase «more noble»

And I met the loveliest fellow blogger, Josie from Josie's Juice (a fellow celebrity obsessive, among other more noble pursuits).

Now don't you feel more noble about your office?

Google may have more discreet smart contact lenses to come, but so far they're designed for more noble ambitions.

The group's riposte — that «charities are not more noble, or more worthy, than non-profit campaigning groups such as Animal Defenders International, the National Anti-Vivisection Society, or the Lord Dowding Fund» — is at least arguable.

These are apples destined for alcoholic cider, than which few fates are more noble.

At Cannella & O'Neal we believe there is no more noble cause than representing the rights of the injured.

But as a group of lawyers we can convince ourselves of some more noble purpose, albeit false.

There is nothing more noble and elegant from an intellectual viewpoint than this; resistance through form.

I think it's a far more noble endeavor to risk your life to protect and endangered species or a threatened habitat than some oil well in Iraq.

But all these facts are lost on deniers of AGW, and this, in particular is what makes them deniers and not the far more noble honest skeptic.

I understand you have more noble intentions, but invoking their own tricks will not only NOT kill them, but make them stronger.

Dr. Curry Politics of science appear to be the «ugly sister» to its more noble sibling.

I have become convinced that there is no more noble pursuit we can engage in than to seek to insure that policy is informed by an objective assessment of scientific evidence.

I think you'll find Judith express it in more noble terms — maybe, «saving climate science from itself».

The problem with that is you have someone telling people that somehow they should be living in poverty, or they are responsible entirely for why the rest of the world outside that 1 billion are so poor, or that somehow that rest outside is more noble or something; and that is patently ridiculous.

There's no calling on earth more noble, after all!

He felt no need to make a scene more noble by adding a mythological story to it.

They work with poor materials as opposed to more noble ones.

A witch — typically a female (men, having powers, are granted more noble titles such as «magician» or «wizard») upsets the social order, the rational order.

These differences between Lana and Cia, two halves of the same being, directly link the color of their skin to their goodness and virtue, falsely suggesting that a lighter skin tone reflects a purer, more noble spirit.

In the Star Control series, diplomacy will often help you avoid battles with the more noble races.

Or the ones based around my less selfish, more noble goals?

He both appears when playing an item minigame, and can appear to ask the player a question to get an item; his questions are choice - oriented, with the more noble answer generally getting the player better items.

Why is your agenda to MAKE US BUY as ps4 a more noble agenda than us just being asked to be left alone or to give MS a break?

The modern mastiff descends not only from these pit dogs but also from more noble lines, being descendants of one of the most famous mastiffs of all time: the mastiff of Sir Peers Legh.

Today, many dogs still work on farms, and they serve even more noble purposes: as service dogs, guiding the blind, assisting the handicapped,... MORE helping the police and military, participating in search - and - rescue efforts and comforting the sick.

If only the purpose of a portfolio was for a more noble reason besides sharing investment returns with their buddies during the next poker night.

There are many other reasons to write and publish, some arguably more noble than increasing wealth.

Revealing her innate understanding of the human condition, Williams ensures many of mankind's less attractive qualities and foibles jostle for space alongside our more noble traits — the pride, arrogance and recklessness of the men aboard ship are juxtaposed with acts of astonishing bravery, empathy, loyalty, friendship and love.

It would, however, have been a far more noble thing to graciously and appreciatively accept the inaugural award from Booktrust, and then openly donate Amazon's funds to the UK's independent booksellers and their member organization.

By agreeing to be a spy, is Townsend exchanging one bad situation for another — the lesser of two evils — or is being a spy truly the more noble course of action?

He didn't support slavery in the first place so yes, being a spy was the more noble course of action.

Leather and Alcantara also look more noble than in the GLA.

Happily, this unprecedented access to information frees up social studies teachers to use class time on more noble pursuits, like critical pedagogy, for example.

Why are those from B considered more noble, energetic, prepared, effective, dedicated - better teachers than those from A?

Why is their mission so much more noble?

Civic education, however, requires a more noble, moralizing history: a pantheon of heroes, who confer legitimacy on central institutions and constitute worthy objects of emulation.»

I don't think you can engage in anything more noble than education and education policy,» he says.

That's a more noble goal in the end.»

In this sequel, Dusty (Dane Cook) is forced to leave racing and decides to go for a more noble calling, «Fire and Rescue.»

After being caught again by his old nemesis, a crimminal must decide whether it's more noble to die under the blade of the guillotine, or sacrifice himself to the Nazis and free 100 French hostages.

He rolls with the punches and runs into two female former classmates, one of whom (Samira Wiley) jacks his ride and the other of whom (Kylie Bunbury) displays romantic interest more noble than Marisa's.

Her sister Mary Anne (Taissa Farmiga) is a talker as well, but she's certainly the more noble and sensible of the two.

As both the plot and the conflagrations build in intensity, though, the movie takes on a different, more noble hue.

Like Imhotep himself, this is a barebones experience that lacks any sort of humanity, constituting its form through the merciless reaping of parts from the bodies of work of other more noble creations.

Through her eyes, Peeta's sacrifices seem even more noble (crucial for the big twist to work in the upcoming «Mockingjay»), the threats that much more immediate.

Bernstein was perfect composer casting, since his ability to express humanity's more noble qualities was vitally important to make the film work.

On that note, The Room was worth the pain, as there is nothing more noble than not only finishing what you started, but to own it, despite what people think.

This initiative would have been more noble if it had come as a precondition for acquiring the film rights.

Their failures are more noble than Marvel's mightiest triumphs.