Sentences with phrase «not carry a big stick»

In the end, honour walks softly and does not carry a big stick.

Not exact matches

excellent point — if you don't agree with their business practices of their employment practices then you carry the biggest negotiation stick of all — the dollar.

I make a big scene about it and say that if Christian bookstores stuck to their own ridiculous standards, they wouldn't be able carry the freaking Bible.

Those who carry a big stick can afford to speak softly and should have the wisdom to do so, knowing that even the biggest stick can not achieve everything.

The UCC has always prided itself on being conciliatory (ie democratic), but when it comes to carrying a big stick, we just don't know how to wield it responsibly or in a manner that follows the Way of the ancient Nazarean.

Instead he carries on as usual and as a result Arsenal are stuck in arut.He doesn't believe in anti soccer and that's why Arsenal continue to lose the big games.So don't be surprised there are gaping holes at the back and Hazard scores ahattrick.

While Revis hasn't engaged in the «I'm better, no I'm better» back and forth with Sherman, he has instead adopted the Teddy Roosevelt «talk softly, carry a big stick» mentality.

Whether or not Nanny McPhee sparks another reading frenzy like Harry Potter or The Chronicles of Narnia, her insistence on civility and her corresponding kindness demonstrates it's not necessarily bad to carry a big stick as long as you have an equally big heart.

It's funny, it's nerve - racking, it carries a slight whiff of Rich Whitey Condescension — thankfully, Lee makes his point and moves on, rather than stopping to swing his big stick — but most importantly, it doesn't cheat us with a ridiculous ending.

We don't see a huge amount of Ren's leader and mentor, the immensely awful Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis), but it's clear that he is a bigger threat than the Emperor was, and carries a much bigger stick.

The Wi - Fi - only version isn't expected to carry any big changes over the phablet version by sticking with the same specifications.

Some owners have horror stories of their hamsters getting stuck in tubes because the hamsters either grew too big or they were trying to carry nesting material and got stuck.

Though not as freaky as the «children's» fireworks parade earlier in the week, where people carrying sticks with spinning fireworks ran through the crowds, sending sparks in all directions (but preferable to the «adults» fireworks parade where they actively chased people with them, obviously public liability isn't a big issue in Spain).