Sentences with phrase «more of a curiosity»

But there's a seriousness with which he's given this first Freak Show outing that actually piques more of a curiosity than trotting out the expected onslaught of spooks, one - liners, and cheekiness could've possibly be done at this point in the American Horror Story run.

City on Fire has the makings to be a much better film than what it is, but the meandering plotting and lack of focus to it's own themes makes it more of a curiosity than as a truly gripping action - drama.

In practice, we found the function more of a curiosity than a useful tool.

And is it more of a curiosity or is it of technology of the future?

So it is rather limited and I would say more of a curiosity than something useful (as the previous Kindle image viewer was).

In its current form it is a more of a curiosity rather than a major feature.

First: This is hypothetical, more of a curiosity than something I need actual help with.

Here are the details of that original «system» (it's not really a system, more of a curiosity): Continue reading All About the Exits... Revisited

========================================== I've thought about this problem before, but always thought it was more of a curiosity until I read this on page 66 of Jeff Gramm's very good b...

It's more of a curiosity than an app you'd spend great amounts of time with given its many limitations, but hey, it's free, so that kind of works.

While solar vehicles are still rather more of a curiosity than a practical transportation solution — for most purposes anyways — the technology is slowly improving.

But for now, because of the < spanunshareability and incompatibility with services like Dropbox, Google Photos, and even Apple's own Mac OS Yosemite, I find Live Photos more of a curiosity than a must - use feature.

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The normal reaction in such a situation is curiosity, of wanting to know more.

A chatty and matter - of - fact executive who professes a geeky curiosity about technology, Medline comes across more like an easygoing family doctor than someone steering a $ 12.5 - billion organization that's long claimed to have an outpost within 15 minutes of every Canadian.

If you thought the Apple Watch, which has sold millions of units, was still basically a curiosity in comparison to the flagship smartphone, smart glasses would be even more marginal.

Clearly, the bankers advising the Fed understand the bull case for bitcoin, though they argue that it is still too small a phenomenon to pose any sort of risk to the U.S. economy, calling it «more a curiosity than a threat.»

And have a look at Hudson's complete post for more details and a great collection of tweets, images and videos from the Curiosity landing.

I read constantly, sometimes multiple books simultaneously, and stay in a constant state of curiosity (which fuels my desire to learn more; just in case you couldn't connect the dots there).

Curiosity left Yellowknife Bay last July and is now on the way to the base of Mount Sharp, which rises more than 3 miles (5 kilometers) into the sky from the center of Mars» Gale Crater.

In our digital world, with our uber - savvy digital consumers, all a company needs to earn the curiosity of 100 or more friends and followers is one heartfelt post on social media.

I'm so proud of her for taking action on her interests and having the curiosity to find out more — even if it wasn't all petting kittens and playing with puppies.

But we need our Canadian leaders to recognize that this genuine interest and curiosity about the world on the other side of the Pacific needs to be encouraged and validated through more opportunities that allow us to engage with new peoples and cultures.

This was strictly a curiosity purchase, the idea of owning something that was over a hundred years old was appealing, plus I couldn't go wrong with the price — winning bid was $ 2.00 — shipping cost me more.

We note, with a more than a little bit of curiosity, that the last secular bull market in U.S. stocks began in 1982 — just when the first Boomers turned 35.

, look at the power of curiosity and asking better questions and much more with our guest Scott Gerber.

This history is more than just a matter of curiosity.

«At the time, people looked at our plan for more generous and means - tested child benefits, tax increases for the rich and tax cuts for the middle class as a bit of a curiosity,» he said, according to a copy of his remarks.

Isaacson noted Da Vinci's «willingness to challenge received wisdom would lead him to craft an empirical approach for understanding nature that foreshadowed the scientific method developed more than century later... His method was rooted in experiment, curiosity, and the ability to marvel at phenomena that the rest of us rarely pause to ponder after we've outgrown our wonder years».

Isaacson noted that «by allowing himself to be driven by intense curiosity, he got to explore more horizons and see more connections than anyone else of his era.»

But sometimes using just a person's name, without the name of the company, or even just an address without the name of a person or a company, will be more intriguing and get prospects to open the envelope out of curiosity.

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

My curiosity to find more was trumped only by my lack of access.

«They know it is a place of faith, but in the beginning it is more out of curiosity that they come,» Camille says of the many Muslim women who get involved.

And it is all in God's plan when new discoveries show that past interpretations of Scripture regarding the physical realm were incomplete or inaccurate, and He expects us to be constantly seeking to align our understanding with our discoveries, not to cling to interpretations about the physical realm that arose before more facts became available to us by the use of our God - given curiosity and intellect.

Another read aloud that whet appetites for more... set in 1948 in Alaska, this story of a teacher in a one - room schoolhouse inspires curiosity in art and literature and creativity.

The report went on to say that those in the younger age groups experienced a mixture of curiosity, shock, shame and confusion, but after repeated viewings the older age groups reported more positive emotions including excitement and arousal.

Medieval writers saw a clear dichotomy of wonder as a humbling realisation of ignorance in the face of God's creation and curiosity as a rather more negative and aimless desire to uncover the secrets of nature.

Is it no more than an intellectual luxury, as is commonly supposed — the mere satisfaction of curiosity?

If we were to accept the presence of God in our lives, we would move more slowly, eat more slowly, take time for loving each other, and act with curiosity and sensitivity to all things.

Once I got over apologizing for my curiosity and questions, and began accepting (and even embracing) that part of myself, the more I began to love life.

Then along came John F Kennedy and the Vatican Council; the visibility and vitality of black Protestantism; new religions and now New Age religions; the more patent secularity of the «no religious preference» sort; curiosity about Jews in respect to Israel, and, most of all, the revitalization of conservatisms.

Interest in this is more than mere curiosity, for the lack of this understanding can be seen at the heart of the enormous number of global conflicts which have increasingly catastrophic implications.

1) We're highly evolved primates 2) We have overactive imaginations 3) Our greatest evolutionary asset, our large and highly-folded brains, are also responsible for an insatiable curiosity 4) As a species, and a survival tactic, we make things up to comfort ourselves in difficult times 5) As a complex societal species, we create commonalities and «traditions» with others in our clan / tribe / community 6) These «traditions» result in security, trust, and strong relationships that make the collective more able to survive than the individual 7) These common beliefs also act as a means of numbing the brain to questions and concerns without legitimate or tangible answers 8) Religion is simply a survival mechanism 9) When we die, we simple «are not alive» anymore.

At 8 years old, looking at any type of pornographic imagery was more out of curiosity than temptation.

I was just asking out of curiosity more or less.

Such a «gnostic» idea, tempting though it has been since very early in the history of Christianity, trivializes the idea of revelation, making it appeal more to our sense of curiosity than to our need for transformation and hope.

Augustine also thinks that pursuing some scientific questions can be mere idle curiosity and a distraction from the more serious moral and religious purpose of human life.

Readers touched by the scabies of curiosity can get more information by writing P.O. Box 96, Harrodsburg, KY 40330.

For this reason they fail in two obvious ways: they regress infinitely in their argument, with a neurotic curiosity, and they divide incessantly into more and more sects which destroy the unity of the church.

This astonishing pronouncement on the part of science seemed at first to do no more than stimulate the curiosity (or indignation) of theorists; but it was soon apparent that the shock was not purely mental, and that nineteenth century man had been shaken by it to his depths.