Sentences with phrase «other excuses for»

Document designers are going to town with ink overlays, full - page photos, and other excuses for margin - to - margin colour nowadays.

Don't be disappointed if your timetable doesn't coincide with the actual Full Moon party — there is after all the Half Moon Party, Dark Moon Party and various other excuses for a romp taking place throughout the month.

Being a heretic has given others an excuse for hateful behavior (including my parents!)

Fairly obviously, if the IPCC were allowed to use non-peer-reviewed sources, then it would have to pay attention to the likes of ClimateAudit and SurfaceStations, or find some other excuse for not including them.

Not exact matches

John Sipher, a former CIA clandestine services officer, said it was difficult to see a reason why, «other than that they are flailing and looking for any and every excuse to muddy the waters and divert attention.»

For example, when someone says they're too busy for you, the dog ate their homework or some other lame excuse, count them as a person you're better off withoFor example, when someone says they're too busy for you, the dog ate their homework or some other lame excuse, count them as a person you're better off withofor you, the dog ate their homework or some other lame excuse, count them as a person you're better off without.

Many people say they don't have the body to run a marathon or excuse themselves for some other reason.

Losing these and other seats would create a political standoff giving Mr. Obama further excuse for not changing course.

For instance, Best Buy no longer talked about store closures, bad weather and other «tired excuses.»

«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker who had found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»

Atheists: I know many there are many people that practice religion just by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems by repeating pre-made sentences over and over, but there are others different, I don't think Religion and Science need to be opposites, I believe in God, I'm Catholic and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking for the cause and applying a solution, Atheists think they are smart because they focus on Science and technology instead of putting their faith in a God, I don't think God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them by ourselves that's were God is, also I think that God created everything but not as a Magical thing but stablishing certain rules like Physics and Quimics etc. he's not an idiot and he knew how to make it so everything was on balance, he's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?

Iron: Will you insist that the majority of all music is religious and use that as an excuse for ignoring all the other, non-religious music that ever existed?

I'd take a penny for everytime I have heard someone talk about just what NP brought out — but when the conversation turns towards the hatred for Americans in other nations — they begin to make excuses for their bigotry.

He understands that the surest excuse for us not to do the right thing is our innate ability to spot flaws in others.

Well as heard in the news that those arriving to the west are being well trained on sophisticated equipment's and combat training and then sent back to Somalia to fight as opposition to prolong suffering for the area and others sent to lead pirate operations in the area and that is all done to give an excuse for the western Navy to be present in the area as well as to cause the raise of the insurance premium against the ships passing the area raising therefore the costs of commodities as well as an opportunity for private security companies to flourish guarding the passing ships?

And yet the intent of the ceremony, in making the union of the couple part of a wider commitment involving family and the community, is often abandoned, as evidenced by the typical bridal couple's excuse for a lack of consideration for the wishes and comfort of relatives and other guests: «Well, it's our wedding, so we get to do whatever we want.»

My moral conviction is the more trade you have, the fewer dumb @ $ $ excuses political leaders can get away with for declaring other people enemies.

By the time things simmered down, Brooklyn's inner - city schools were in considerably worse shape, white liberals had become accustomed to making excuses for black violence, and the old alliances between the civil - rights movement, on the one hand, and the American labor movement and organized American Jewry, on the other, had been put under severe strain.

I make no excuses for my sins, other than I am stupid or selfish.

The patriarchal, macho, controlling, manipulative, shaming, money - grubbing, name - it - and - claim - it, fear - mongering, other - despising, fiefdom - making, using and abusing, excuse for narcissistic and plain old selfish and power - addled appalling behavior that is commonly called «church» and «church leadership» has nothing whatsoever to do with anything the person or character or compilation or concept called «Jesus» ever reportedly or theoretically said, did, or conveyed.

Surely we shall not use the suffering of the others whose side we take as an excuse for evading the only way that is open for faith.

Husbands and single guys with other weekend plans might even offer that truism as an excuse for skipping church.

Excuse me... the correct quote is «War is not healthy for children and other living things.»

I tought that Haloween was supposed to be a fun day for kids to dress up and get candy, Not for adults to use the day as an excuse to disrespect others, and instigate hate

There is no theological excuse for the pain inflicted upon human and other creatures by human beings.

I've also seen others use their religion as an excuse for their disgusting actions as well.

When we treat others badly, we give excuses for why our treatment of them is justified.

But over the years, as I have personally engaged in hypocritical and sinful behavior, and as I have watched other Christians do the same, I have found that there are several excuses we give for our poor treatment of other people, and for sin in our own lives.

If you do not care for others, you are not saved, and their is no excuse or prayer that will ever change that.

The bible is nothing more than primitive man's stories during the time they didn't understand nature, wanted to make themselves feel more special than others and many times needed to create excuses for their failures.

Could it be that religion is only our excuse for our unloving actions towards others?

The same intimacy where male and female commit to each other absent of the excuse of uncontrolled desire for several partners based on selfish or what evolutionists consider uncontrolled desire.

Over the years, it has struck me that men — including Christian men — so often make excuses for other men, adding insult to women's suffering.

The Eastern Orthodox delegation asked to be excused from voting on the other reports; but they heartily supported this one, which affirmed that the message of the church to the world must always remain the gospel of Jesus Christ — the gift of a new word from God to this old world of sin and death, being the prophetic call to sinful men to turn to God as the only way by which humanity can escape from those class and race hatreds which devastate society, and fulfill humanity's longing for intellectual sincerity, social justice and spiritual inspiration.

hm, a hypocrite is someone who says they've done nothing wrong [and judged others]... not someone who is striving to live a right life, realizing they need Christ... like the apostle Paul, I understand my sin and struggles — make no excuse for them, accept God's grace and try to move forward

anyway, on to your mistakes — atheism is the foundation of Marxist - Lenninist communism, it wasnt an excuse... communists countries do nt suppress religious institutions because they foster rebellion, rather as Lennin put it: Religion is one of the forms of spiritual oppression which everywhere weighs down heavily upon the masses of the people, over burdened by their perpetual work for others, by want and isolation.

Christians find EXCUSES for killing the men, so what about ALL the OTHERS he killed?

It'll prolly end up being an excused day for those muslim students the same as for those of other races and religions get their day.

Another excuse for the USA to attack iran, why are Americans so stupid to believe every news on CNN or any other news media in this country?

Her only excuse for being a «liberal» in this matter was that the pain and suffering she had endured as an aging widow who had reared a large family alone had purged her heart of the pride that prevents people from loving and understanding others.

The Lord God answers through his Son Jesus Christ in Romans 2:16 - You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

«Therefore, you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, do the very same thing.»

Elimination of the Jewish State in response to Islamic violence will only prove to them that violence works and such «great victory» for Islam will encourage them to continue their Holy War against the infidels finding other «excuses» as required.

We've been using God as the best excuse to torture, subjugate and kill each other for centuries.

Tim: In the one sense it is barmy, please excuse me for sounding black and white, that you've got a Marxist on one side and a nationalist isolationist on the other.

Christians are notorious for bad behavior, and we often give excuses for why we treat others so badly.

We would not tolerate for one second a human father who behaves in such a sick, sadistic manner, so I don't understand how Pastor and other Christians are able to overcome the cognitive dissonance of excusing this same behavior in their God?

Hence once again with excuses it is even worse than with a virulent disease, for no one dies of a disease simply because others have died of it.

Besides it's 2013, there's no excuse for not being prepared, other than sloth or indifference

The «issue» in unproductive arguments is often only an excuse for attack upon the other partner.