Sentences with phrase «non-mythical kernel of truth»

The old saw that «you can't manage what you can't measure» is surely a vast over generalization, but one that contains a kernel of truth.

As is true with many stereotypes, they spring from a kernel of truth.

Like many stereotypes, there is a kernel of truth to the basic premise that bears are smarter, but just a kernel.

Like any myth, this story has a kernel of truth: There are exceptional individuals whose hard work, determination, and intelligence make up for the lack of a college degree.

Like most bad investing decisions, these worst stock ideas start with a kernel of truth.

Often the same situation looks radically different when you start that way as opposed to when you start with the chorus and their interpretation of that kernel of truth.

Any time I think I've found some kernel of truth, a bulldozer of some higher knowledge runs over it!

«Don't discard this: There's something essential, and there's a kernel of truth.

People are scared to doubt, though, because that means the things they were taught might not necessarily have even a kernel of truth to them.

What is the kernel of truth that is embedded in each of these teachings, especially in verses 15 - 20?

He acknowledges, as he has before, the «kernel of truth» in Marxism which is the declared concern for the poor and social solidarity.

At another level, Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory reflects Balmer's attempts to come to grips with the meaning of his own fundamentalist past and to identify «those kernels of truth and insight into the human condition» that he suspects are embedded within the evangelical message but that have become distorted by consumerism and other corrosive elements of American culture.

First, there can be no question of getting behind the mythological form of the kerygma by extracting a non-mythical kernel of truth.

Again, your broad - brushed approach to the last 200 years defeats the kernel of truth within your argument (that Christians have fought amongst themselves in ways they would readily admit are not faithful to their convictions).»]

As ever with bad ideas, there is a kernel of truth here.

@philo66, And I would agree that there is reason to think that a man called Jesus once lived and some aspects of his life may be in the Bible under the «kernel of truth» concept but, I think «well recorded» is quite a stretch.

While these creeds are written in the Greek language and use Hellenistic concepts, they preserve and even expound on the biblical kernel of truth they seek to explain.

I don't necessarily subscribe to it, because an error - free defender can still get blown up based on a skills mismatch, but there's more than a kernel of truth there.

I don't buy in to the narrative that Holland was riding the coattails of Bowman / Nill / Yzerman / etc. but there is a kernel of truth there.

The comments were again delivered jokingly, but to act like there isn't a kernel of truth would ignore, well, the ass chewings.

Though something of an oversimplification, there was more than a kernel of truth to it.

This, too, has a kernel of truth, yet can be taken too far.

According to mental health expert Dr. John Grohol of the website Psych Central, myths start as kernels of truth that somehow get misinterpreted.

Beware the old - wives tales and internet memes about pregnancy, there is a kernel of truth in many things.

Re «But Trump's exaggerations often seem to have a kernel of truth...», perhaps you would care to cite an example or two?

Allegations of a political, corporate and media hegemony - «the establishment» - are often overstated, but contain more than a kernel of truth.

But as Treasury committee chairman John McFall admitted, their claims contained a «kernel of truth».

There is a kernel of truth in Cuomo's rationalizations: The state's anti-corruption regime will never be foolproof, and it will require regular updates as bad guys figure out how to game the system.

Like most jokes, it's funny because of its kernel of truth.

We've seen negative energy in the laboratory, and this is what I think Michael Crichton picked up on, that there is a kernel of truth there.

What is the kernel of truth there?

«This finding shows that these effects aren't just due to more odious criminals advertising their malice through their faces but, rather, suggests that these really are biases that might mislead people independent of any potential kernels of truth,» say Wilson and Rule.

The Hachelbich site, along with a battlefield near Hannover uncovered in 2008, show that the reports had more than a kernel of truth to them — and that the Romans were willing to cross their frontier when it suited their political or military needs.

As a result though, certain myths, some of which carry extra weight because they do in fact involve a kernel of truth, tend to circulate among academics about industry.

As with any myth, however, there is a kernel of truth at the core of the matter: many neurons remain dormant for most if not all of our life, even while their direct neighbours show regular activity.

The myth has a kernel of truth, because the ends of chromosomes are protected by specialized stretches of DNA called telomeres.

Like many brain myths, this one contains a kernel of truth.

The perception that stimulants are overprescribed and overused probably has a kernel of truth, however.

See if there are any kernels of truth about yourself that might help you grow.

This way we can learn a little bit more about ketones, what they do for us, and that little kernel of truth that has grown a bit out of control and become the present ketogenic diet.

The whole kernel of truth: as part of your healthy way of eating, whole grains can significantly lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes.

There's a kernel of truth in every training mantra.

The whole kernel of truth: as part of your healthy way of eating, whole grains, such as buckwheat, can significantly lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Most have a kernel of truth, or lots of truth, along with, usually, some problems.

There must be some kernel of truth to this, as evidenced by one of the co-writers of Columbus Circle.

We watch other people revolving around him, all good actors playing decent characters, and they seem convinced, swayed, or seduced by some irreducible kernel of truth in Ben Kalmen.

I've seen a few comments joking about it looking like a mobile game since this week's story trailer reveal, and though that's dumb internet hyperbole there's a painful kernel of truth in it right now.

She got to the kernel of truth in that movie.

This has a kernel of truth but obscures some key points.

His claim has a kernel of truth: Florida requires school districts to keep student information.