Sentences with phrase «of blind men»

And there I had better leave it, because rules in and of sports is a huge topic and I'm very much one of the blind men describing an elephant by the furry tip of its tail.

The name comes from the story of the blind men and the elephant, in which a number of blind men feel different parts of an elephant and come away with different descriptions of the elephant.

From the moment the Affordable Care Act was but a gleam in Barack Obama's eye, the parable of the blind men and the elephant has seemed particularly apt.

They and others in this discussion remind me of blind men trying to learn about the elephant: they may have contact with some part of the beast but they sure don't know what to make of it.

Finding the typical balance is like the parable of the blind men identifying an elephant from the shape of its parts — each observation is part of a larger truth.

But I am supposing that the first time your eyes see, things will look fuzzy and strange, like they did at first to one of the blind men healed by Jesus.

Students also explore the fable of the blind men and the elephant to consider why there are differing interpretations of God.

Like the parable of the blind men and the elephant — where each man forms an opinion of the elephant based on the part they touched — , people have many differing ideas of the exact nature of gamification for the workforce.

In this piecemeal approach, the patient is an elephant diagnosed by an array of blind men.

«This is like the story of the elephant,» says Feng, referring to the Indian parable in which a group of blind men all touch a different part of an elephant and then compare notes to try to work out what the beast looks like.

Rajesh Kana and Lauren LiberoIn an ancient Indian parable, a group of blind men touches different parts of a large animal to find what it is.

In an ancient Indian parable, a group of blind men touches different parts of a large animal to find what it is.

This reminds me of the well - known story from India of the blind men trying to describe an elephant.

«In the famous story of the blind men and the elephant... the real point of the story is constantly overlooked.

These miracles included the healing of a blind man and a leper and bringing life to the dead.

I'm also moved by the question Jesus asked of the blind man in Mark 10: «What do you want me to do for you?»

Mark now tells of the healing of a blind man at Bethsaida (8:22 - 26), one of the cities denounced by Jesus for failing to repent in spite of the mighty works done in them (Mt 11:21; Lk 10:13).

This is the epilogue of the blind man who got healed and got inquired multiple times by the farisees.

Even in the midst of a crowd that was more intent on its destination than on the heart and healing of a blind man.

9:2) And in the case of the blind man (John 9), he said it had nothing to do with the man's sins or the sins of his family, but «this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him».

The blindness of the disciples who do not see this yet, is then contrasted with the story of blind man (two in Matthew) who is made to see by (Matthew 20:29 - 34 and Luke 18:35 - 43; compare Mark» 46 - 52).

Or the dramatic story of the healing of the blind man in John 9 offers a real trap here.

; the healing of the blind man was the release of the disciples from «Jewish blindness»; names like Jaïrus and Bartimaeus contained subtle allegorical meanings; the Gerasene demoniac symbolized idolatrous heathenism; the rending of the temple veil meant the end of Judaism; the darkness at the Crucifixion symbolized the darkness of men's minds apart from Christ; the healing of the deaf mute was the symbol of conversion — either of Jews or Gentiles, it was not certain which!

There is no transition, or abrupt departure, from the healing of the blind man and the picture of the good shepherd.

Jesus» action on behalf of the blind man showed the Paraclete not merely in a defensive role but taking the initiative to support and vindicate Jesus» own, whatever their fate in court.

6:35 - 43, 8:1 - 9 and parallels), and the Healings of the Impotent Man and of the Blind Man (5:2 - 9, 9:1 - 7; the synoptic parallels are here not so close), and the fourth evangelist appears to be drawing on a tradition similar to that used by Mark and Luke.

Consider the case of a blind man who undergoes an operation and, as a result, receives back his sight.

On the other hand, the account of the blind man can not be clinically «objective» but will be filled with language of deep feeling, gratitude and emotional involvement.

In one instance, in Jericho, Mark 10:46 — 52, it is the faith of the blind man and the command of Jesus that are described; the actual healing is disposed of in a single sentence.

As though making jokes about the president being assassinated wasn't low enough, now you're making fun of a blind man.

Great personality, sense of humor, honest, trusting, shy, love to laugh, I don't like drama,, I take care of a blind man, live with his grand daughter an him.

Beneath them, various supporting figures dance and wheel in a complicated game of blind man's bluff.

The set - up is refreshingly simple: three young criminals break into the home of a blind man, hoping to make off with the fortune he supposedly has stashed away.

Man in the Dark — Stephen Lang, who is absolutely brilliant in the film, talks a little bit about his character and how he thinks of the Blind Man almost like an urban legend.

Three young thieves (Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto) fight for their lives after breaking into the home of a blind man (Stephen Lang) who has a dark side.

SYNOPSIS; Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems.

Movie review of «Don't Breathe»: Teen burglars rob the house of a blind man who isn't so helpless in this suspenseful horror film.

Official Synopsis Three young thieves (Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto) fight for their lives after breaking into the home of a blind man (Stephen Lang) who has a dark side.

Towards the end there is a beautiful image in which the hands of a blind man feel their way across a pixilated home movie footage of a couple's embrace.

«Don't Breathe» paints this ghost town with a bigger budget, and cinematographer Pedro Luque observes its wreckage with graceful camerawork, as in a long, uninterrupted shot that leads us on an elegant tour of the blind man's neglected Victorian home.

There is the story of a blind man who climbed Mount McKinley.

Heaven is for Real is the book behind the blockbuster, Soul Surfer is the amazing story of shark - attack survivor Bethany Hamilton, and Thunder Dog is the true account of a blind man and his guide dog who escaped the north tower of the World Trade Center as it collapsed on 9/11.

The idea came from watching an almost silent You - tube video of a blind man sat in the street with a tin and a sign that said.

A true account of a blind man, his guide dog, and their harrowing escape from the World Trade Center.

His number 1 New York Times best - selling book, «Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero» was released in August 2011 and gives readers an unprecedented look at how a guide dog team works.

Anita Rogers Gallery and Ugly Duckling Presse are teaming up to celebrate the current exhibition «The Divine Joke,» curated by Barry Schwabsky and on view through June 2, as well as the publication of a new edition of The Blind Man, Marcel Duchamp «s 1917 Dada magazine.

Produced by Marcel Duchamp, Beatrice Wood and Henri - Pierre Roché, only two issues of the Blind Man ever appeared, but these included a who's who of the New York and Paris avant - gardes: Mina Loy, Walter Conrad Arensberg, Francis Picabia, Gabrielle Buffet, Allen Norton, Clara Tice, Alfred Stieglitz, Charles Demuth, Charles Duncan, Erik Satie, Carl Van Vechten and Louise Norton all appeared in its pages.

Not exact matches

If that sounds like Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, that's not surprising: Annis has teamed up with John Gray, the author of that vociferously debated 1992 bestseller, on a new book that explores «gender blind spots» in the workplace.

If Woodside Petroleum is ever looking for a corporate slogan it could borrow a saying from the Dutch philosopher Erasmus: «in the land of the blind the one - eyed man is king».

In another, a scruffy bearded man peers through a set of blinds, his sinister eyes burning in anticipation of the evil deeds he will inflict upon the home's occupants — a home he found through a real estate brokerage's website, presumably.