Sentences with phrase «on obstinate»

But, on the whole, Luther took the argument into the enemy country and deliberately repeated the words to which exception had been taken, reinforcing them: «Therefore, as I wrote then so I write now: Let no one have mercy on the obstinate, hardened, blinded peasants who refuse to listen to reason; but let everyone, as he is able, strike, hew, stab, and kill, as though among mad dogs, so that by so doing he may show mercy to those who are ruined, put to flight and led astray by these peasants, so that peace and safety may be maintained.»

SO your certainty is just based on your obstinate posturing, this is your stake in the ground so to speak, and not on anything objective at all.

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To deal with the few obstinate holdouts, Brookings Institution fellow Robert Pozen has suggested making the second year's «say on pay» vote after a shareholder's revolt into a binding resolution.

Jackson has heard bullets fly through her front door; lost sleep due to the noisy drug - dealing going on nearby; shared her small apartment for months at a time with children taken from crack - addicted mothers; calmed hysterical young women beaten by their drunk boyfriends; wept at the funerals of young boys; and battled obstinate government bureaucracies to get a swingset for the rusty and littered «playground» at the center of the Smith Homes.

The philosopher Philo's On the Embassy to Gaius describes Pilate as «a man of a very inflexible disposition, and very merciless as well as very obstinate.»

On the other hand, there's no virtue in being obstinate if and when mistakes are made!

Wenger must be the most obstinate man on earth but worse I think a massive amount of supporters will believe Wenger has no respect or understanding of them and has let them down.

We are all going to sit on our hands till obstinate b ****** s retires.

Its not that he is obstinate — he just wants to move his career forward based on data.

«But I am not going to be like Donald Trump and bring the city on the brink of a government shutdown if someone is obstinate.

With the light airs of spring all around, many of us are going to lighten their diets too and want to shed some of the obstinate weight they have packed on over the winter season.

You also want to make sure they don't suffer from the following: constantly make excuses, excessively egotistical, use unhealthy shortcuts (like drugs), overly competitive, obstinate, always late, bad attitude, talk more than they work out... the list goes on and on.

This is the tough, defiant Ford that became the grim, urban tough guy of Gilda and the calloused cowboy loner of numerous westerns in protean form, not even 25 years old but already with a chip on his shoulder and the obstinate attitude of a guy who has taken care of himself for so long he figures he knows it all.

Steve Oedekerk (Kung Pow, Barnyard), project consultant on Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, borrows a page from the Ernest movies by putting his obstinate and annoying character in a completely unique setting for more of the same rude hijinks and physical humor in this sequel.

Let's hope convincing ed reform foundations and advocates to scale way back on their infatuation with heavy regulation does not require the same effort as moving more obstinate and dim - witted government officials.

Swim by Lynn Sherr Journalist Lynn Sherr, best known for her work as a correspondent on ABC's «20/20,» describes her interest in swimming as «an obsession, benign but obstinate.»

So, I understand full well why many self - publishing writers, facing obstinate and unseemly industry resistance, adopt an embattled posture and focus on what's wrong with traditional («legacy») publishers and their diminishing («dead tree») products.

Most days she'll go right into her crate when called, but on occasion she's stubborn, so I bought these treats to help when she's being obstinate.

The breed is known to be obstinate on occasion.

On the way over we drove by Occupy Las Vegas, a grim collection of tents huddled on a cracked asphalt lot, like an obstinate little HoovervillOn the way over we drove by Occupy Las Vegas, a grim collection of tents huddled on a cracked asphalt lot, like an obstinate little Hoovervillon a cracked asphalt lot, like an obstinate little Hooverville.

It's a dangerous world out there and Level Editor is full of tricky traps, obstinate obstacles, and evil enemies, so you need to be quick on your feet, as well as have a knack for problem - solving!

From the demo on show it certainly looks like Dark Souls 2 will be as rewardingly obstinate as Dark Souls, if not more so.

Free Cooper Union is past the point of reconciling with disengaged, wasteful, obstinate trustees, who continue to absolve and validate their presence by spending hundreds - of - thousands of dollars on what is nothing more than a talking cure.

We're not yet leading the world on fighting climate change, but at least we're not being as willfully obstinate as we had been during past administrations.

This is powerful, though not really news, for those unaware of the aggressiveness and obstinate cultivation of ignorance via conspiracy theory of the denial campaign: «Global warming deniers guilty of attack on science»

I suppose if you go straight from school to university and stay on to do research, you'll never to get experience the obstinate real world where people don't usually get their way by throwing tantrums and calling people names.

At the core of this failure are the obstinate negotiating positions of the U.S. and other Global North governments who are bent on deregulating the global rules applying to them and advancing the financial needs of big business over the survival needs of people.

Getting up to speed on the extent of the team's sloppiness, pettiness and obstinate refusal to allow anyone to check their work is a spiraling process.

Although multiple studies demonstrate that the overwhelming majority of climate scientists conclude that this exceptional recent warming is caused by humans, obstinate deniers will continue to insist, against all evidence, that the consensus on climate change is crumbling.

Craig Mackintosh at Celsias writes about «the obstinate pushing of ethanol from corn, sugar, soy, and palm oils in the face of their overwhelming detrimental effect on people's lives, and on the environment.

If your spouse leaves you without your consent, you may feel deserted, but to obtain a divorce based on his desertion, you must be able to prove your spouse's behavior was «willful, continued and obstinate.»

The only — the ONLY — reason a mental health professional would not assess for these symptoms of a trans - generational transmission of attachment - trauma relative to an attachment - related pathology in the family is a completely obstinate refusal on the part of the mental health professional to be competent in their job.

The only reason a mental health professional would NOT assess for these symptoms is an obstinate and intransigent insistence on remaining incompetent in the assessment of attachment - related pathology.