Sentences with phrase «of starry eyed»

In reflecting on the romance that surrounds Valentine's Day, I am reminded of the starry eyed couples who tell me, «we don't need a prenup, we're not getting divorced.»

I had heard so much hype concerning Kindle prior to Book Expo; I was half expecting to not see a single printed book on display and just thousands of starry eyed people hugging their Kindles.

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In an interview at Y Combinator's Startup School this weekend Zuckerberg sounded disillusioned with Silicon Valley, but in 2005 he was starry - eyed about the place: «Palo Alto is kind of this mythical place where you know, all the start - ups come from,» he said.

SAN FRANCISCO — When Steve Jobs adopted «think different» as Apple's mantra in the late 1990s, the company's ads featured Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Amelia Earhart and a constellation of other starry - eyed oddballs who reshaped society.

The only real progress on the Bacardi deadline is made at the very end of the episode when a starry - eyed Peggy dismisses the guys and heads into her office with a Dicta Phone and a germ of an idea.

The psychology professor at New York University and the University of Hamburg spent more than 20 years testing her contention that «starry - eyed dreaming isn't all it's cracked up to be.»

Even as a dreamy 18 - year - old, it was impossible to ignore the fact that the Left Bank was full of similarly starry - eyed foreigners living out their own Gallic fantasies.

He's drawn comparisons to Russell Wilson, though those have mostly come from the most starry - eyed of scouts.

The topics were old standards: The pro-business, yuppie - ish, Clintonian Dems and the more economically lefty, antiwar types are in a fight for the party's soul; the Bush White House is manipulating the media; the «pageant - size fantasy» of certain starry - eyed Dems is of a last - minute Hillary run.

I will definitely agree with you that erring on the conservative side is much better than using starry - eyed numbers with little chance of real success.

I was starry - eyed at the thought of one last little baby to treasure, one last time to experience pregnancy, birth, nursing, all of it.

It turns out that when we let ourselves surrender to the «Time of the Season,» we are less like the animals and flowers of the field than a) like actors playing parts in some two - bit melodrama about low - class Others, or, b) like the starry - eyed Icaruses of the first verse seeking to take one another «to the sun» and «to promised lands.»

To LOVE your enemies does NOT mean to float around dopey and starry eyed, smiling in the face of your enemy.

One of my favourite lines from Mother Teresa is when this guy came up to her all starry - eyed and said, «You're such a saint, I couldn't do what you do for a million dollars,» and she said, «Well, me neither.»

For the loss of the every - day magic of lucky horseshoes, fables, folk tales, Santa Claus and starry - eyes dancing in the twilight of an old field, convinced that it is a palace hall.

It does, however, turn the eyes of theologians away from heaven and toward the earth; or, more accurately, it causes us to connect the starry heavens with the earth, as the «common» creation story claims, telling us that everything in the universe, including stars, dirt, robins, black holes, sunsets, plants and human beings, is the product of an enormous explosion billions of years ago.

Theirs was hardly a starry - eyed optimism; they knew that struggles were inevitable in the future of the world, the country and the church.

From the blind ambition of Wilson to the revolutionary zeal of the starry - eyed Upton Sinclair (who at one point muses, «by removing Capitalism we therefore remove evil»), the characters are so self - assured that they are psychologically, morally, and spiritually unprepared for the demonic storm that is brewing within their midst.

Or, if he is a «liberal,» he can be shown to be a starry - eyed idealist» who is not capable of understanding «the realities» of the world of human affairs.

Of this tough - minded writer, Faludi says that she writes, «sometimes in starry - eyed terms, of women's inordinate capacity for kindness, service to others, and cooperation.&raquOf this tough - minded writer, Faludi says that she writes, «sometimes in starry - eyed terms, of women's inordinate capacity for kindness, service to others, and cooperation.&raquof women's inordinate capacity for kindness, service to others, and cooperation.»

For them this Pastoral Constitution was the expression of a starry - eyed humanism, a product of optimism following the horrors of the world war.

Even if making them starry - eyed about middle management were remotely feasible, why would we want to encourage our boys in colossal, parti - colored, cape - swishing flights of fancy and our girls in the Protestant work ethic?

I was so starry - eyed by the sale sign that I accidentally bought firm instead of extra-firm.

Three years ago, on the cusp of adulthood — 18 starry - eyed years come and gone — I was packing up to come to UChicago.

To this day, I become starry - eyed at the promise of shrimp and will consume them in almost any form.

They're the type of dishes that make BA staffers go starry - eyed — it's a favorite around here, and we're thrilled to see that the leader of the free world discovered our hometown gem.

Like the starry - eyed beginning of a romantic relationship, it is hoped that our relationship with brownies can transition from the gluttonous, super sugary ones we ate with abandon when we were young to the gluten - free brownies we ate in our 30's to the paleo varieties we subsequently morphed into and now this version that is made with a protein and fiber packed garbanzo flour.

Chris, if one starry - eyed high school kid sees you in your current state and decides to head his life in a direction other than pro football, that would be the best example of all.

Your comparison between the Texans and the Cowboys (Still Starry - Eyed) reminded me of the Yankees and the Mets.

In truth, it's refreshing to hear a young player prioritise that rather than being starry - eyed over the possibility of moving to a club like Barcelona.

His interest in religion came late, and like the kids themselves he was positively starry - eyed at being in the presence of big names when he first attended an FCA summer camp.

With all due respect to you my dear friend, You seem to be starry - eyed on Ozil because of his so - called exploits in Spain, Germany and in the World Cup.

Only the starry eyed dreamers and believers in elves and pixies would believe we're going to win the league, while only end of the worlders would believe we won't end top four.

Nainggolan himself once claimed that he is «the best midfielder in the city of Rome and in all of Serie A», and when he puts in performances like he did today, you can't help but look at him with starry eyes and agree.

The starfruit is about the size of your baby this week, and starry - eyed might explain how you feel about finding out the sex of your baby.

I've seen Paul a few times now, but The Hollywood Bowl always infuses an evening with a little extra starry - night mojo and «The Long and Winding Road» brought a tear to the eye of this hard - hearted old alley cat.

Mandy Arioto, author of Starry - Eyed, offers weary moms words of wisdom.

Dana has intimate familiarity with what it takes to make significant changes in a large, urban district like my own, and she is less - than - starry - eyed about the ability of any other district to follow suit without outside funding — over and above the current USDA reimbursement rate, OR that amount plus six cents.

After a barrage of bad press over his position on Trident and his flip - flop over the so - called «shoot - to - kill» policy for armed terrorists, you'd expect Jeremy Corbyn's stock to be sinking fast, even among the most starry eyed of the «Jez - we - can» supporters who voted him in as leader of the Labour party in September.

When Governor Andrew Cuomo touts public - private partnerships as the path to NY economic development, a sizable majority of New Yorkers get starry eyed.

Of course, we can not be starry eyed about globalisation — it presents huge challenges as our economies and societies try to adapt.

British followers of US politics are often guilty of losing their poise as West Wing-itis results in weak knees and blurred vision but Clinton — who arrived at Chatham House with a small army of ear - pieced heavies — has left successive foreign secretaries in David Miliband and William Hague starry - eyed in admiration.

For the starry - eyed romantics thundering as if impunity and institutional subversion debuted with the military, Awo provided many examples of such in his book, The Travails of Democracy and the Rule of Law: CJN Adetokunbo Ademola letting off a cocktail jab at someone «who must oppose for opposing sake» (judiciary playing politics); PM Tafawa - Balewa who grumbled that Awo «called himself» Leader of Opposition (head of government subversive of the Constitution); and East Premier Michael Opara who snapped the Federal Government had powers to «abolish» misbehaving regional governments (executive outlawry against Nigerian federalism).

While their statements contained their fair share of starry - eyed idealism — at least one student spoke of the Adirondack Park as a refuge from «capitalist society» — they also raised more practical concerns geared toward community survival.

Despite what you might be picturing at this moment, they really didn't fit the image of the starry - eyed and half - drunk hipster that the term «liberal arts major» so often conjures.

A blind date between world - weary conservationists and starry - eyed synthetic biologists could be the start of a life - saving relationship.

Lilian, no doubt, expected to be whisked away on a romantic Oriental honeymoon, but as his daughter relates, «that Barnum was not youthfully starry - eyed and glowing over this marriage» was clear from his choice of activities for the nuptial reception: «The bride and groom spent the afternoon of their wedding day in the chairs of the only two English dentists in Calcutta.

Join forces with a starry - eyed dreamer who knows when to bring in a dose of practical magic, and soon life will be the adventure for two you've always dreamed it could be!

Fast - forward through the chaotic, starry - eyed, and sleepless months of infancy and, before you know it, you're faced with the new, exciting, and confusing stage of feeding your baby.