Sentences with phrase «of noble intentions»

«Given these facts, we can reasonably conclude that the green energy industry is little more than a corporate welfare scheme marketed under the guise of noble intentions.»

Despite all of its noble intentions, this emphasis on high stakes / standardized testing seems to have done more harm than good and yielded troubling unintended consequences.

Despite a lack of noble intentions, at least Disney put some effort into it by tossing in a few side jokes aimed toward adults, and spiffed up the effects to theater - worthy levels we would expect for a major summer release.

Jimmy Carter's experience illustrates what happens when the idea of the grandeur of politics is forsaken, even in the name of noble intentions.

The loose, unregulated practices, defended in the name of noble intentions, were allowed to stand.

In Baltimore on October 8, 1995, Pope John Paul touched on this point in his homily: «Sometimes, witnessing to Christ will mean drawing out of a culture the full meaning of its noblest intentions, a fullness that is revealed in Christ.

Not exact matches

Given the vicious caricature of Joseph Ratzinger as Der Panzerkardinal, a ruthless enforcer of Catholic doctrine, the intention is a noble one.

Now I say only that the act of torturing a human being, though it be intended to advance the noblest of causes, cancels out utterly all intentions and objectives.

But so are the structures as such in bondage, so that no matter what one does and however noble one's intentions, there is something of evil in the result.

We can not know the consequences of our acts, however noble our intentions.

Whatever the noble intentions and heroic efforts of many teachers, these unions are the enemy of the children of the poor.

The import of this point is to show a tendency in our culture to rationalize the wish to die or the intention to bring death to others as something natural, even noble.

I have taken a look at the Bill sponsored by Hon. Olamide Johnson Oni and I am of the firm view that it contains noble intentions to promote effective performance of police functions through the provision of adequate funds.

Again, if the intention of the military was that noble and honourable, why was it necessary for Babangida to take over from Buhari?

Our intentions are noble — put patients at the forefront of our myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) investigations to make their cure today's reality.

Our intentions are noble — put patients at the forefront of our lung cancer investigation to make their cure today's reality.

Although in many respects a more stylish, authentic, tougher - minded film than «Hotel Rwanda,» director Michael Caton - Jones» respectable and well - intentioned Beyond the Gates (aka Shooting Dogs) still falls into the trap of filtering an inherently African story through the eyes of a noble white protagonist — in this case, two of them.

Sure, this film possesses a better pedigree than most movies of its type — director Fatih Akin is rated higher in international film circles than «Death Wish» remake director Eli Roth, Diane Kruger won the Best Actress prize at Cannes for her performance and the movie is Germany's entry for this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film — and its intentions may be nobler, but, at its heart, it is not markedly different from its genre brethren.

It is easy to celebrate the figure of Chris McCandless because it embodies an unfamiliar independence; more difficult is it to demean this figure, for fear of downplaying his noble intentions.

The intentions for I'm in Love With a Church Girl may have been noble, but nearly every part of the delivery turns out to be flawed.

Spielberg's Lincoln is a man of undeniably noble intentions, but one not afraid of getting his hands dirty in pursuit of those goals.

All animals may be equal, but some animals are more equal than others in this stage adaptation of George Orwell's presciently cautionary take on the dark side of human nature, as reflected in the noble (if ultimately unrealized) intentions of a group of animals who overthrow the humans and seize control of their farm.

In a year that saw the Academy heavily criticized for its noticeably white nominees across every major category, the inclusion of Tyldum as Best Director and the title amongst the Best Picture nominees came as a bit of a surprise considering the film's very routine, unavoidably square structure as a well - intentioned, noble biopic.

The star assumes his familiar guise as Cheyenne Harry, a wandering do - gooder with a questionable background but the noblest of intentions.

Forrest is no more «simple» than Lester (stupid is as stupid does, as Gump is fond of saying)-- indeed, he embodies the choice to abhor intellectualism, intention, and free will for no noble purpose of rebellion, but rather to nurse quietly on the vast unknowable «benevolent design» of a current pushing around plastic bags and feathers.

Her embrace of what she called De Palma's trashiness was central to her celebration of youthfulness in both movie art and movie audiences — especially the kind that regarded leftist humanism as square and choked with noble intentions.

However, for the most part Lincoln is not a significant inclusion into Spielberg's filmography despite the noblest of intentions and undeniable cinematic craftsmanship.

His latest documentary, He Named Me Malala, a plea for the value of education that centers around the heroic efforts of Noble Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, is such a mediocre garble of good intentions that it ends up diluting its subject's urgent message.

At a running time of over two hours, there's never a dull moment, and there's even a bit of fodder for pondering, including Thanos» noble intentions that spring from a misinterpretation of the proposition Malthus wrote about a few centuries ago, and just why it is that Thor thinks that Rocky Raccoon is a rabbit.

Despite its noble intentions, treat I was disappointed in Captain America: The First Avenger, which burst into theaters in 2011 — long before Marvel had finished its first phase of big - budget Avengers films.

But while it tells a wrenching if touching story of parental duty and noble intentions, it doesn't feel built for the distance and suffers under the weight of unbridled ideas lacking structure or thematic virtue.

Cary Elwes plays a dashing, noble hero, a role he seems suited for and one not terribly unlike his most memorable live action performance as the well - intentioned Westley of The Princess Bride.

There Gandalf finds that Denethor (John Noble), one of the line of stewards meant to mind Gondor's throne until the rightful king returns, has no intention of relinquishing his power.

Worse, this dumbing down — always with the noblest of intentions, of course — carries the imprimatur of advocacy groups like Complete College America, headed by respected former Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education Stan Jones and generously supported by the likes of Gates, Carnegie, Helmsley, and Lumina.

While the intention of «savings for all» is a noble one, the system has come under fire as a potentially unfair method of funding distribution and seems to contradict the government's objective of devolving budgets and decisions to those at the «coal - face», namely the head teacher.

He described PiXL's intention of working together to give as many pupils as possible the chance of success as «noble».

Like many education reform initiatives (i.e., charter schools, merit pay), Teach for America was created out of what were once noble intentions: to provide bright, young teachers to fill vacancies in some of our nation's most difficult to staff classrooms.

A noirish, deeply felt novel of intrigue and identity written in O'Nan's trademark lucent style, City of Secrets asks how both despair and faith can lead us astray, and what happens when, with the noblest intentions, we join movements beyond our control.

The staff — and I know they work VERY hard and with the noblest intentions — were just not adequately prepared for the number of attendees.

The essential premise at the heart of this 450 - page tome is pretty basic: business enterprises, no matter how noble their history, can not survive the tidal forces of capitalism on the basis of good intentions alone.

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This move will see the Nook Color as part of the tablet market, and it could very well be Barnes & Noble's intention of doing so.

On April 27, 2016, Riggio, announced that he would retire as Chairman of the Company following the September 2016 annual shareholder meeting September, and stated his intention to remain on the Barnes & Noble Board of Directors.

Spring Design's VP of Sales and Marketing was quoted as saying «We showed the Alex e-book design to Barnes & Noble in good faith with the intention of working together to provide a superior dual screen e-book to the market.»

This bold trek has noble intentions and is 100 % for the fans, many of whom backed the game through the Kickstarter campaign, but the adventure suffers from bouts of stagnation.

Jolly ol' Saint Nick took the mana seed with the intention of growing a massive Christmas tree for all of the children; a noble cause, for sure.

Despite Dyack's noble intentions we can't help but feel his opinions are weighed more in the developers favor (profitability and ease) rather than that of the consumer (choice and variety) but who knows what the future holds?

But I worry that the game's need to ultimately still be a Call of Duty game might completely undermine their noble intentions.

While we enjoy the spectacle of those who blew off the Climategate revelations of academic fraud shrieking that Soon didn't properly disclose the corporate funding they always knew he had, we might reflect on the funny thing about actual science: it doesn't really care who funds you, or how noble your intentions supposedly are.

While his intentions might have been noble, the site freely allowed all sorts of illegal drugs to be bought and sold with impunity.