Sentences with phrase «not glib»

THE HUMBLING is a throwback to a time when attention spans were longer, characters were created out of complex and even contradictory behaviors, and the story was an extension of the characters, not a glib contrivance.

But this is not some glib ghetto reconfiguring of a worthy classic satire (in this case, Lysistrata by Aristophanes).

Driver's characters are not glib or sarcastic.

They're not glib and don't fall easily into the cliches of remorse and redemption.

Billy Clarke sounds settled, and that is not a glib assessment with which to begin.

And that's not a glib, manufactured way to avoid reality.

It's not a glib hope plastered cheaply to any and all situations.

Amid unprecedented wealth, the very existence of hungry children is a cause for shame, not glib self - satisfaction.

«Readers, listeners and viewers rely on Bloomberg News to give them facts, not glib labels, clichés or gossip,» he wrote.

Unlike the anti-heroes at the center of Sorkin's The Social Network or Steve Jobs, Molly isn't glib or dismissive of everyone and everything around her.

, Molly isn't glib or dismissive of everyone and everything around her.

It isn't some glib Mike Petrilli chat - piece or a Rick Hess policy tome or Jay P. Greene write - a-thon.

Not exact matches

«Leadership is not magnetic personality that can just as well be a glib tongue.

Neoclassical's glib mathiness is a gloss for its unscientific «don't worry about debt» message.

If a broker says something a little glib, and the evidence doesn't support it, that will further deteriorate and accelerate the crisis of confidence.

You know, I find that argument, that if you're not paying that somehow we can't care about you, to be extremely glib.

In an interview with Vox's Ezra Klein, Zuckerberg called Cook's comments «extremely glib and not at all aligned with the truth.»

Yes, expounding the greatness and goodness of God, the transcendence and freedom of God to be God, is not easy in a time when any talk of God is either difficult or glib.

Like Hawking, she went through a lot of pain in her personal life, but at least she doesn't pontificate or make glib remarks.

Being aware, pastors will certainly continue to listen not only to the parishioner / counselee, but also to any signs that they themselves are short - circuiting the process of growth by glib or impatient responses in the interview.

The issue with them, he says, is not so much that they're false, but rather that sometimes they are used in inappropriate or glib ways.

My quest for truth — with all of its searching, its tears, its research, and its late - night prayers — had been deemed «glib and superficial» by someone who didn't even know me.

Celebrities don't just tweet glib little quips or take filtered brunch pics anymore; they speak out against issues, injustice or politics they don't agree with.

Celebrities don't just tweet glib little quips or take filtered brunch pics anymore; they

That may sound glib, but I don't mean it at all glibly.

Nor is the problem that so many people rattle off the golden rule without trying to live by it, like the scribes and Pharisees whom Jesus criticized on the grounds that «they say, and do not»; probably glib rattlers - off of the revised rule could be expected to fail as frequently to practice what they preach.

Unfortunately, glib talk about «Christian fellowship» will not produce it.

Glib you are, and verbose, but meaning attach to your words I can not.

And Martin, yes we should persevere and not give new believers the impression «there is no fight of faith» and «we do nt have to do our part» by a glib statement «once saved always saved».

They wouldn't be so glib if they read P. D. James as a detective who doubts the human capacity «to be good without God.»

You're being awfully glib about your complicity in the death of human beings — and not potential humans either... they have all the traits of being human.

If this is not too glib, Claiborne seems to suggest that we grade God's mercy on a curve.

I note this with particular importance because one of the dangers, which, I hope, the ecumenical movement and the churches should avoid, is that of being «sucked» into the glib use of this word as part of the rhetoric of «political advocacy», or as a euphemism for things we do not like or have been opposed to in the past.

I apologize but I don't understand your comment, no I do not mean this as a glib remark.

I waited & waited (first time @ 3 - 4 mins & second time @ — both times got a glue glib that I couldn't get a spatula under to flip.

Even then, I didn't realize how bad things were until the glib guy behind the counter at the computer store gave me a brochure for a place in California where I could send it, telling me there was a good chance it couldn't be fixed but that if it could be, it would likely cost «in the thousands.»

And the media muppets are wilfully ignorant on this — someone tell me the last televised match where one of the numpties doesn't reach for the stock, lazy, glib comment about «Mertesacker's lack of pace will be a problem and x and y and z will be licking their lips....

i don't mean to be glib here but surely you can see that.

He said he had decided to clam up after holding out in training camp, because «I didn't want to complicate things with the glib and witty Christensen at that point.

Saying life isn't fair is too glib for my liking; «cultural happenings» are fairly trivial compared with a service (VBAC) that enables many women to avoid further surgery and have more children.

4) Don't trivialize her concerns or offer glib reassurances.

I am certainly not meaning to be glib.

If you still choose to bed - share, don't be glib about it.

The significance of this is not so much political as it is to serve as a caution against glib interpretations of polls.

That our new friend was not particularly glib was not held against her by her middle - aged admirers.

Brown comes back strong, responding to a Cameron joke about him not knowing the difference between fiscal and monetary policy with some glib headmasterly tones and a couple of counter-accusations.

This is not the usual glib, theoretical boosterism about how Britain must sit at the top table and play to win.

That's fine but it's a glib statement which doesn't lead anywhere useful.

This is why our commitment to corruption is not just a glib reference, it is not just glib talk, it is important, crucial and as a matter of fact as the President has said, if we don't kill corruption, corruption will kill us..

«Regardless of the governor's glib talking points, New Yorkers should understand that this deal did not result from meaningful debate and good judgment — it resulted from political expediency — and it will have harmful consequences to people and communities now and for a long time to come,» Donohue said.