Sentences with phrase «of the bad things people»

Its religious and moral depth has been flattened out to make it a suggestion merely of the bad things people do, of unconventional behavior, or failure in a purely legalistic morality.

Not exact matches

Regardless of what people think of you at any particular moment, one thing is certain — you're never as good or bad as they say you are.

And how about this uplifting message from Jagmeet Singh after he won the leadership of the New Democratic Party on the weekend: «At a time when people are feeling so despondent, when there is a lack of hope, when it feels like things will only get worse before they get better, Canadians must stand united and champion a politics of courage to fight the politics of fear.»

There's no such thing as a bad time to quit Facebook, a website that takes 40 minutes per day of its average user's productive time in exchange for access to other people's badly composed baby photos and half - baked political opinions.

But thanks to things like boredom, lack of time, and sleep deprivation, people tend to make bad eating decisions during the workday.

How often did you hear things such as «Don't talk to strangers,» «It is better to be seen, not heard,» and maybe the worst yet, «that person is out of your league.»

You just have to stick in there, keep getting out, keep meeting other actors, keep meeting people... the very worst thing you can do is stay home and hide away because that's a self - defeating spiral you might never pull out of.

Many people agree that clickbait is kind of a bad thing — it's something that often makes us feel duped or stupid seconds after we click.

While not all gossip is bad — one can share secrets about wonderful things like a suspected pregnancy or job promotion — Epstein points out that «useful gossip is, in the minds of most people, not what gossip is really about,» and so the majority of the book focuses on the more naughty kind of tattling, the kind that makes your heart beat faster when the subject of ridicule comes around the corner.

A lot of the people in academia were like «No, you have to finish, there's all these bad things that happen if you don't finish.»

«A word of warning to North Korean President Kim Jong Un the worst possible thing you can do is meet with President Trump in person and try to play him.

You likely believe (accurately) that it's a bad thing if people think the FBI is politically influenced — and you likely overrate the importance of promoting a positive image of the agency.

It is the worst version of power play when people are seeking someone's mentorship for things that are critical to their livelihood, and then they're put in that position.

Nothing I did for the rest of the trip was nearly as difficult — not hooking up or draining the waste tanks, not fixing a bad connection on the water hose, not even pulling into a crowded gas station (the thing about having a really big car towing a really big, shiny trailer is that people tend to see you, and maybe take pity, and certainly get out of your way)-- and nothing left me with such a giddy glow in the aftermath, even after I learned I'd pulled in a little bit catawampus, and our trailer listed slightly to the left.

You do or do not do bad things because of the type of person you are.

Wealthy people believe, with every fiber of their being, that there is no such thing as bad luck — they believe that the lives they lead are the end product of the choices they have made.

But one of the most pernicious things about health - related stress is that it seems to become a self - perpetuating cycle: people who are stressed about their health end up experiencing worse health as result, which then stresses them out more.

Even when faced with the worst of tragedies, such as a death in the family, resilient people collect, plan, and act until things are back to normal.

«One of the worst bad boss traits is blaming other people when things go wrong.»

The worst thing is, you might have the answers to a whole range of questions, but customers won't wait to navigate to your FAQ page or chat with a support person.

Also, bracing for bad news beforehand can lessen the impact of difficult development (or, if the worry was unfounded, make the good news all the more joyful), and a touch of anxiety can push people to be more grateful for the good things in their lives.

And the experience is almost worse if you try to make things interactive as a lack of visual cues means people either talk over each other or hold back out of uncertainty, leaving gaping chasms of silence.

Some people think that competition is a bad thing, when in fact it can be one of the best things for your company.

Instead of seeing the person who wronged you as «bad,» look at things from their perspective, or find something you can appreciate or empathize with.

If we lose the fight to stop these pipelines then I would think the next line of attack would be to both make sure the liberals have such a bad image in people's minds they will not be re-elected, and more needs to be done to convince those believing oil and gas are a good thing that there are better alternatives.

These are all the kinds of things that HR managers and talent developers obsess over, and also the sorts of questions people ask themselves when they're deciding between job offers: Should I work at Company A, where I'd have better benefits but a worse commute, or Company B, which does important work but doesn't pay very well?

People can spend a lot of money on an annuity that promises guaranteed income, but Vernon says that's one of the worst things you can do because of the high costs.

Yet, as the legendary Howard Marks once wrote: «Most great investments begin in discomfort... bargains are usually found among things that are controversial, that people are pessimistic about, and that have been performing badly of late.»

Been working for my company for 10 years now, and people say all sorts of bad things about corporate America.

«After two years of denying that there was any problem in B.C.'s housing market, Premier Clark has taken steps that will do little to help the situation in the Lower Mainland, and will actually make things worse for people trying to find affordable housing in the rest of B.C.,» said Horgan.

A dual - class share structure essentially renders the voice of «the people» worthless but with many investors not having a particular insight or inside knowledge of a business and management having a lot of skin in the game, this might not be such a bad thing.

Remember, lots of things in finance are in the category of «if some people do it, nothing bad happens, but if everyone does it, all hell breaks loose.»

Reality dictates that many people have leveraged themselves with lots of debt (not necessarily a bad thing)-- something we all need to watch carefully.

It's the exact reverse, and even there, that's ultimately the time for a small cap value where you get low - quality small cap, which is the version of the things that people in the bear were so afraid would absolutely die if things ended up being as bad as people previously feared, that when they're not quite that bad, you get this huge upward relief bounce from.

Facebook's bad month is getting even worse — now because of an internal memo by one of the company's top executives that suggests, among other things, that Facebook's mission to connect people is more important than user safety.

It is true that people often believe things for bad reasons — self - deception, wishful thinking, and a wide variety of other cognitive biases really do cloud our thinking — but bad reasons only tend to work when they are unrecognized.

The funny thing about people saying their faith isn't shaken is that these are the same people who will often look at other natural disasters in foreign countries and say God is punishing these people, or that something bad happened because of some aspect of the culture that God disapproves of.

Sometimes, bad things really do happen to good people regardless of race, color, gender, etc. and sometimes bad things happen to people BECAUSE of those same identifiers.

alot of ppl are making funny comments about if there was a god then why did all these bad things happen... and if there is a god then all these bad things that happen makes him a cruel uncaring god for not stopping it....

Have you ever heard of that saying that it takes religion to make good people do bad things?

It's one of those ancient fear things that was created hundreds of years ago when people still believed that bad things can happen to you if you don't believe in God and obey Him.

That does a couple of things for me: it keeps me accountable when I'm traveling to walk my talk and it lets people know where I'm at for better or for worse.

But don't feel bad because, as you can see, there's a lot of people hereon doing the same thing.

I'm just tired of people who say there is no God saying I am stupid for my beliefs when they act in moronic things and do things just as bad as Christians do in the name of what they believe.

I think one thing that would help this debate is to realize that the Bible doesn't speak of eternal hell where terrible people are consigned to simply because they do bad things and reject Jesus.

If you are a bad person and things are going well for you, it is only a matter of time before karma catches up with you and «you get yours.»

And I know one thing that if Hell is where bad people goes, I want to be there because all of my friends are there, not up there and be lonely!

Here's Tullian Tchividjian on the matrix of blessing, suffering and why bad things happen to good people.

If you are right (I think you are wrong) and dying in peace is the most important thing to take with you to an Afterlife, then the right thing to do is let the dying person clear the Guilt, Bad Feelings, and any other negative poisons out of their heart and soul.

The people you referred to in Deuteronomy 7:1 - 2 were doing some of the worst things in human history.