Sentences with phrase «n't point that thing»

The series consists of the novels «Don't Point That Thing At Me,» «After You with the Pistol,» and «Something Nasty in the Woodshed.»

Based on the novel Don't Point that That Thing at Me» by Kyril Bongfiglio, its efforts at whimsy fall flat, while its attempts to attain the quirky begin and end with the waxy curls of Johnny Depp's... Read More»

I agree that Zune should had accepted credit card as an additional payment option early on and this was a poor implementation of the Microsoft Points program — wasn't this points thing related to earning points for Bing searches?

Most inspection report, because of the legal ramifications of not pointing things out, make the home look far worse than it actually is.

Not exact matches

We get so candid that we start revealing things we wouldn't declare in the real world; and that is where the actual problem lies...» Excellent point!

Duncan Stewart, Deloitte Canada's research director, points out the obvious problem with that analysis — that slight growth at this stage in the game is not really a good thing:

Marsh calls it, «an eye - opening exploration into how children are raised around the world and how child - rearing can inform the understanding of human nature more broadly,» noting the author's most essential point is that «one of the things which makes humans special as a species is that we don't limit care to our own children.

Tim's capital structure is «incredibly important,» and will be a significant point of focus for investors, «but I don't think it'll be the first thing that a new CEO addresses,» Howlett added.

Of course, as Wise points out, it's not always possible to avoid running into the things you're trying to stay away from.

A clear summary of your points is possibly the best thing you can do to not just deliver value to the reader, but also make the book memorable, which helps you sell more books.

«The point is, there's a lot of other things that are in the offing here that we don't even know about,» he said.

Sobeys changed the things Safeway customers, employees and suppliers didn't want changed, like house brands, point - of - sale systems and long - standing relationships, and didn't alter those that needed refreshing, like the fading state of the stores.

Patricia G. Greene, a professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College, points out that «retirement» may not mean the same thing to small business owners as it does to people who have spent their lives working for other people.

Despite having previously said he did think a deal would be possible by December, he said last night: «After my meetings here in London my main message is I am more optimistic, there is progress... That is the most important thing because the perspective from a European point of view towards London was in the last weeks not so clear.»

This sort of thing should be worrisome, and not just from the point of view of ethics and compliance.

Only one thing is really standing in the way at this point: «The biggest challenge to adopting that is really for [wireless] operators to come up with a good way to manage your plan, because clearly you don't want to pay another $ 50 a month just to get a SIM card.»

DARPA isn't yet sure how to scale this sort of thing down to the point where it's practical and usable.

The right thing to do when confronted with a mistake is to own up to it, not to make a series of bizarre claims in defense then insult the profession of the people who correctly pointed out the error.

Lewis points out, for instance, that early baseball stats didn't bother to record the number of walks a batter earned — mostly because one of the early promoters of baseball stats, a journalist named Henry Chadwick, happened to be a fan of cricket, a sport where there's no such thing as a «walk.»

Branson believes that there's no point in doing things in life if they don't excite you, or in his words, «light your fire.»

Not only did he score just 11 points, including none in the fourth quarter, but things got worse after the game when he had a confrontation with a fan and took a shot at a Cleveland radio host for only asking questions after the Cavs lose.

Triggertrap has decided to do things a bit differently in 2015, designing a new four - point approach to vacations that significantly tweaks the simple «no tracking time off» policy that didn't work so well last year.

According to Freeman, one AFC GM believes there are three things going on with Kaepernick: teams aren't interested in his skillset, while others disagree with his social and political views, the latter points blending into a common theme.

Combine this with another of Twitter's problems — that it's often a source of spoilers for things I do care about, like Game of Thrones plot points, and the alternative of simply not using it looks far more appealing.

By 2007, Jimmie Johnson had reached the top level of Nascar — including twice finishing second in the points championship — and yet, «I knew in the back of my mind I wasn't doing things right,» he says.

At which point, a thought crosses my mind: Isn't this whole cupcake thing a total fad?

At this point, we've all doubtless gotten sick of the term «experiential» to explain why people do things, but we shouldn't just roll our eyes at such an important trend,» the «Mad Money» host said.

Thing is, as Coke's senior VP of integrated marketing Wendy Clark subsequently pointed out, this finding can't be viewed in isolation.

Those things might happen, but that's not the point.

The first point is that even when employers choose to purchase machines instead of hiring employees, that needn't be a bad thing socially, nor bad for labour as a group.

And as Kowitt pointed out throughout her questions, sometimes consumers say one thing and do another — meaning they say they want to eat more fresh produce and incorporate healthier foods in their diets, but still spend billions on snacks and beverages they know aren't good for them nutritionally.

While not all gossip is bad — one can share secrets about wonderful things like a suspected pregnancy or job promotion — Epstein points out that «useful gossip is, in the minds of most people, not what gossip is really about,» and so the majority of the book focuses on the more naughty kind of tattling, the kind that makes your heart beat faster when the subject of ridicule comes around the corner.

'' [It] drives home the point that things truly don't go viral; influencing the right gatekeepers in an ever - increasing world of gates means that the right relationships in business make all the difference.

I honestly believe he committed a crime we're all guilty of at one point or another — not thinking things through.

«Guys like Conor Lamb in districts that the president won by 20 points are gonna need room to say some things that in a place like Fairfield County, Connecticut would be problematic with the so - called base — not so - called base but the base.»

As BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti has pointed out, the main reason people share things on social networks isn't because they are true or false.

If the first prototype brought in front of potential customers doesn't work, it means «you don't understand their pain point — there are five or 10 things you are not addressing,» Zenios says.

Sometimes I want things to be true, even though they're not, and Kimbal is good at pointing those out.

I know it's not a nice thing to say, but at this point, the evidence is squarely against you.

Here's the thing: I actually agree with many of the points Sinek shared in his talk, and I actively write about them often: don't over-indulge on social media, don't binge on Netflix, don't mistake fleeting social interactions for deeply gratifying friendships and relationships, etc..

«I hadn't realized that it was the only thing on my resume that pointed out I was a woman,» recalls Wall, 53, managing director at Franklin Beach Energy, a solar asset advisory consultancy based in Boston.

«The ability of anyone to know what you've been browsing about for years, who your contacts are, who their contacts are, things you like and dislike and every intimate detail of your life — from my own point of view it shouldn't exist,» Apple's CEO said, according to Bloomberg.

«I was fifteen years old,» Sotomayor writes, «when I understood how it is that things break down: people can't imagine someone else's point of view.»

At this point, I'm not saying yes or no to anything, but we've built our brand and our business around being honest and authentic and real, so for me, as long as we can find those things within that world, then yes we can make it happen.

If there's one thing indie developers do exceptionally well, it's pointing out that good games don't necessarily need huge - budget ultra-graphics.

The worst thing you can do at this point is to give the discount, because then you've told the prospect you can't be trusted to offer the best deal.

Execs predicted that the bank will indeed do those things, rating the possibility a 5.0 on a 7 - point scale, where 1 means not at all likely and 7 means very likely.

For one thing Tchir points to a Bloomberg report from December 30 that details a bond deal in Portugal that inflicted losses on some but not all of a bank's bonds.

However, «the written communication, by its very nature, suggests that things are more serious at this point and also suggests that maybe [the supervisor's] prior communication wasn't clear enough,» says Steve Kane, a human resources consultant based in Hillsborough, California.

They don't have to be home runs - they can be singles and doubles, but they need to point people in the right direction and show them that there are big innings ahead and that things will only get better from here.