Sentences with phrase «on lost causes»

I don't advocate sterilization or forced population reductions like some posters here, I do however question wasting resources on lost causes.

I tend not to waste my breath (metaphorically of course) on lost causes... now if you want to get into a legitimate discussion, by all means lets do it!

Coaxed out of retirement to pitch in on a lost cause of a campaign, one - time master of spin «Calamity» Jane Bodine (Bullock) can't seem to get her groove back.

They considered it cruel to work on a lost cause.

Not exact matches

On a list like ours, it's easy to get lost in the politics — the pinpointing of causes on a spectrum of left to right, blue to red, black to white, male to femalOn a list like ours, it's easy to get lost in the politics — the pinpointing of causes on a spectrum of left to right, blue to red, black to white, male to femalon a spectrum of left to right, blue to red, black to white, male to female.

It remains to be seen whether Breitbart's audience will see the Fields incident and its aftermath as a reason to lose trust in the site, or whether they will simply view the departed staffers as traitors to the cause and move on.

Instead of cutting calories, which can cause your body to lose muscle mass and decrease the rate of your metabolism, stick to a healthy daily caloric intake (usually that's around 1,200 - 1,800 calories, depending on your nutritional needs) and be sure to eat plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables, lean protein, and complex carbohydrates.

Investors were dismayed by the earnings report, causing Apple's shares to drop 3 % in midday trading on Friday to $ 162.35, on top of losing 7 % in the previous two weeks.

There's been enough frustration to drive former CEO Dick Costolo to step down last summer, and it has caused Twitter shares to lose half their value, falling from $ 36 a piece last June to less than $ 18 at the close on Tuesday.

The state's peak business body has called for reforms to the penalty rates system, which it says is out of date and causes many Western Australian businesses that open on Sundays and public holidays to lose money.

However, Kaepernick has also battled injuries in recent years (including some that caused him to lose a surprising amount of weight), can be overly reliant on the run, and inaccurate in tight windows.

In my view, the Chinese would not be terribly upset to see the US dragged into a war that would weaken Washington if it lost and would cause massive casualties on all sides if it won.

Get In Touch With Your Roots - Over time, many companies become overly focused on short term financial results and this can cause them to lose touch with the thing that got them into business in the first place.

Any effort by these cloud companies to build their own chip tech, even if they use for just a small part of their overall data centers and cloud businesses, could cause Intel to lose out on sales.

Some CEOs get hung up on difficult and significant decisions, dragging their feet and causing the organization to lose valuable momentum.

«There is absolutely no way to conduct a well - run execution without causing at least one person to lose a little bit of their humanity, or to start at least one person on the cumulative path to post-traumatic stress.

Those hectic schedules — combined with the pressure to look like parent of the year on social media — cause many people to lose sight of what's really important in life.

A new focus on pleasing Wall Street would cause us to lose our prized objectivity and independence.

Of course, age isn't the only factor that can cause forgetfulness or lost car keys — lifestyle and how you move your body on a regular basis also plays a role.

He said that the revenue it draws — and «the addiction it creates» — has caused broadcasters to lose sight of its negative effect on Canadian programming, which is often shunted to undesirable timeslots or secondary channels to accommodate the «scheduling whims» of U.S. networks.

One point often lost on critics of that outfit is that its main liability — entwinement with a far - flung political network — also accounts for its unique ability to mobilize new resources and partnerships behind different causes.

The last thing I'll say is third, what I'm going to call «volatility navel - gazing,» because it can cause us to lose focus on what's most powerful for investors, and that's the persistent and unrelenting force of technological change in the future.

Lauren Hogg, David's younger sister who survived the shooting and lost friends in the attack, asked Melania Trump (who has taken on the cause of preventing cyberbullying) to stand up to those harassing her family.

Complex environments can cause people to lose focus on the big picture.

The strategy has caused Jet.com to lose money on every shipment, something that would not have been reversed for another five years, Mr. Lore predicted in a 2015 interview.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry (R) World (TM); risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information;

This week, lost in the media circus caused by the resignation of Premier Stelmach and Finance Minister Morton, the announcement of the Alberta Government's Oilsands Panel and the David Suzuki CBC documentary on the oilsands was a very important announcement in advance of the next Federal Election.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

Inadequate internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our ADSs or ordinary shares.

Ignoring their behavior and selling your stocks based on fear will cause you missing the boat and losing a lot of great opportunities.

This not only surprised me, it inspired me to focus my research on the causes of these lost decades and possible defensive strategies that could be used to dampen them.

On that day, we will once again remember those who lost their lives due to work - related causes.

Promotional interest rate offers may cause you to lose the grace period on purchases if you do not pay the entire statement balance (including the amount subject to the introductory APR) by the payment due date.

Such a fire sale might roil financial markets or cause problems for companies that lost funding, but experts say it is hard to imagine a significant or lasting impact on the American economy.

The ill - fated chart approach has caused many casual investors to lose a bundle, after all — how can you profitably drive your portfolio if you're focused on the rear view mirror?

Thus their bias has caused them to lose out on gains.

Roadblocks put in place by the British Columbia government have caused uncertainty and hurt investor confidence, resulting in pipeline delays that have caused the Canadian economy to lose out on millions of dollars in revenue every day....

The presentation made clear the risks, which hinged on the nations not defaulting or the bonds losing so much value they caused a cash squeeze.

On late Friday afternoon, the city of Phoenix was engulfed in a terrifying, massive sandstorm that caused nearly 12,000 residents to lose power and even temporarily halted air traffic.

my use of the 15th century switch in languages was just an example of the uproar such acts can cause common folk... but that was clearly lost on such common folk on you... read much?

At that point, they typically invoke special pleading (the «un-caused cause»), arguing that the premise they initially relied on doesn't apply to their proposed solution and they effectively lose.

If, on the other hand, the fantasies are used as cause to harm others, or to stop people from seeking truth, then I pity those lost fools and I cry for humanity.

Maybe the worst thing is that it can run on its own and the need to rely on the Lord for resource in him gets lost cause mega has enough of its own... production values and preacher performance can become such a feature that no one notices that the living presence of God is missing.

In 2004 Chalke's now infamous book The Lost Message of Jesus, co-authored with Alan Mann, caused huge controversy in evangelical circles when he compared God's punishment of Jesus on the cross for our sin to «cosmic child abuse».

The part that led me to tears is on pages 172 - 173, but I can not reproduce it here, as once again, ripping these paragraphs from their context causes them to lose their force.

[49] All this leads to the inescapable conclusion that the rarefied atmosphere of philosophical speculation can often cause the feet - on - the ground dimension to be lost sight of.

However in spit of our arrogance God never gives up on us and never ever says, «your a lost cause» or «your a waste of space» Peter asked how many times (in a day) should we forgive, seven times?

Thus too the demoniacal may express itself as contempt for men — a contempt, be it observed, which does not cause a man to behave contemptibly, since on the contrary he counts it his forte that he is better than all who condemn him — In view of such cases the poets ought to lose no time in sounding the alarm.

I have no intention of disparaging this; but to be able to lose one's reason, and therefore the whole of finiteness of which reason is the broker, and then by virtue of the absurd to gain precisely the same finiteness — that appalls my soul, but I do not for this cause say that it is something lowly, since on the contrary it is the only prodigy.

Obviously, there are more than one person who has lost someone on 9 - 11, so show some respect and don't cause any more pain and harm than what has already occurred.