Sentences with phrase «of pie in the sky»

Christian conservatives aren't against his politics but rather his beliefs regarding what are relatively minor details — such as exactly what kind of pie in the sky you'll get when you die.

Latins do not vote their religion, they are an ethnic vote and so are the Jews (the Jews don not care about deity, just their share of the pie in the sky).

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

In emotional terms, romanticism is an affirmation of this world — a refusal to deprecate this life in favor of pie in the sky.

As an audience, we want a little bit of pie in the sky.

I had reached the view that the realists» story was in fact a fantasy, and it seemed to me that by signing I would be downplaying the science (and the Authority's own earlier work) in exchange for a big slice of pie in the sky.

Imagining that this will somehow come to pass in the future is the very definition of pie in the sky as are the backyard nukes that Martyn mentions with an apparently straight face.

Not exact matches

It's a pie - in - the sky vision for a small company, but even a fraction of that would be a revolution in an industry that has been reliant on petroleum - based chemicals for half a century.

It may be pie - in - the sky thinking considering that billions of dollars are at stake from the possible products born from such research and the intense rivalry between Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft.

«It seems pretty pie - in - the - sky at this point,» Richard Hilgert, an autos analyst at Morningstar, said of Marchionne's long - term projection.

«Admittedly, I'm not one of those touchy - feely people who carves out time for overthinking and pie in the sky daydreaming.

Near the end of the Footprint Council meeting the group stares at a huge grid of pie - in - the - sky ideas — the company's «planetary goals.»

Many start their journey with pie - in - the - sky, smooth - road ideals, yet, success is rarely, if ever, that type of journey.

The following is not just a pie - in - the - sky wish list of games I liked as a 90s teen.

Small Business, BIG Vision is no pie in the sky theory but the nuts and bolts practical information that every entrepreneur needs to succeed in the dog eat dog world of starting and growing a profitable business.

Far from a pie - in - the - sky idea, the Internet of Things (IoT) is here.

The Plan includes positive steps to require new energy development to be located in close proximity to existing road networks although the stated proximity of 200 metres may not be close enough to maintain undisturbed habitat (at pp 44 - 47), but nonetheless implementing this step with planning regulations that require access plans to be approved and enforced by Alberta Environment, Alberta Forestry, or the Alberta Energy Regulator — once again — seems like pie in the sky.

For an example closer in time, look at UFO enthusiasts: the slightest suggestion of a pie pan in the sky immediately becomes proven fact witnessed by dozens of people.

I cintend that the bible also calls us to do the same thing — it calls us to action and then says when we have donr everything we can and there is nothing else we are to stand in faith that it will work out — of course i paraphrase — but wht do people think all christians do is sit on their butts and pray and look pie eyed at the sky - this christian worked her butt of on the streets - and look at Mother Thresa - and other christians working for humanity all over the world - i think athiests have the wrong idea about chtistians...

Let me get this straight: You believe that a couple of thousand years ago an invisible man in the sky impregnated a virgin girl in the middle east, had a half - god / half - man son who traveled around doing magic tricks, and then rose from the dead and is now constantly watching all of us to see if we'll get pie in the sky when we die?

I've come to suspect that the old pie in the sky is full of cherry pits anyway

There might be some truth in the old gibe of pie - in - the - sky if we found all Christians doing absolutely nothing to better the world, on the grounds that they have Heaven to look forward to; and all the atheists working like mad to relieve every form of human distress, since this life is all that we have!

It can be called «pie in the sky,» the «opium of the people,» and doubtless it has been used as an anodyne for much preventable human suffering and exploitation.

Dr. Streett argues that the concept of the Kingdom of God is not how it is taught or understood in most churches and Bible studies, namely, as equivalent to going to heaven when we die... as a pie in the sky in the bye - and - bye.

The eternal peace of humanity with God, received by faith on account of Christ's victory over sin, death, and the power of Satan, is dismissed as pie in the sky to be exchanged for the various approximations of peace and happiness that in good times this world also knows about and experiences.

Political opponents will cheer, political allies will criticize your impotent promises of «pie in the sky bye and bye.»

This kind of thought, which at its worst was found in the parody popularized decades ago that «there'll be pie in the sky, when you die» as a compensation for injustice today, is hardly attractive to men and women who insist that justice is to be done now.

I know that God does know the future and He will allow certain individuals into heaven — I also know that a large number of people think this is pie in the sky stuff; however, since He did make that place then why would He not allow some people to enjoy the place called heaven.

The religious foul and ruin this planet because they forsake it in search of some mythical, pie - in - the - sky heaven.

So the kingdom of heaven is not some pie - in - the - sky, go - to - heaven - when - you - die dream of an afterlife.

The familiar agricultural description of shalom makes this vision earthy, material, far removed from «pie in the sky by and by.»

It may not be what «the new» mantra for «church» is, but going back to ministry after being away for a time has shown me that to the many that are disenfranchised the «new» way or the pie in the sky of what the church should be... is ending up with a lack of loyalty to the cause, a lack of accountability to leaders — move on if you don't like this or that, complain about whatever and never really commit to the hard things.

People can be invited to a better way of living NOW... not some pie - in - the - sky, life will be better in the by - and - by sort of idea.

«War on terror» «Axis of evil» have gone out of fashion since these pie in the sky WMD's that were talked of not turning up.

Not the religious heritage of literalism and fundamentalism and pie - in - the - sky - when - you - die.

It is easy to speak of it as if it had to do with «pie - in - the - sky - when - you - die».

Who do you think Jesus was, some kind of pie - in - the - sky liberal?

So many are totally incapable of letting their head make decisions, rather than their heart with it's «pie in the sky hopes», which we all share but which certain of us — the ones with «nous» — know will never happen, merely by wishing.

This one is up there with the «blue sky / pie in the sky» thinking of # 123m for Mbappe.

So before you try to sell the ridiculous notion that our manager's hands are tied by financial constraints or that we were burned by the ineptitude of the Financial Fair Play pie - in - the - sky mandate, or that we are just a humble, family - oriented club that is resigned to counting our pennies and cutting corners to make ends meet, I implore you to take your blinkers off just for a brief moment and honestly examine the harsh realities currently facing our club.

Of course, my pie in the sky is Gail Kim.

We've been looking at what we want Folksy to do and be, drawing up wishlists of pie - in - the - sky size proportions and breaking those down into actual real achievable things.

al (in our case, Aramark)-- some of what Jane is saying strikes me as pie - in - the - sky.

That combination of funding should pave the way for an overpass that once was derided by local officials as a pie - in - the - sky project because of its cost.

When it gets into the nitty - gritty of radical animal rights and duties it also inevitably comes across as pie in the sky to those who are not fully convinced by the strong animal rights thesis.

· Assumes higher revenues: One of the biggest reasons for Rockland's burgeoning deficit has been its overreliance on pie - in - the - sky revenues.

The $ 10 billion project may be pie - in - the - sky, but at least he's thinking big — and he brought his Republican buddy Bill Shuster, the powerful chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation...

It is pie in the sky to expect someone from Wick to travel to Inverness for an emergency payment of tax credit, or to tell someone from Hawick they need to travel to Carlisle to talk face to face about their tax code that day.

The dean of the institute's engineering school knew just the guy to spearhead Piccard's pie - in - the - sky project: André Borschberg, a mechanical engineer with a business degree and a track record of risky start - ups.

David Williams, head of the department of chemistry at University College London, described the claims as «absolutely pie - in - the - sky».