Sentences with phrase «over greed»

While the result on this case is not huge in monetary value, it is a triumph of what is right over the greed and unfairness of the insurance industry in dealing with deserving victims of careless truck drivers.

In support of the ongoing strike by Verizon workers, Midwest Rising activists will join a local picket to show support for protecting good jobs over greed.

There were so many committed friends and allies from organizations all across the board all working together in a grand coalition to step in where this administration won't, and make common sense changes to our laws to favor the interests of the people over the greed of the fossil fuel industry.

I would like to think that we practice prudence over greed.

But I still believe that generosity and helping others wins over greed.

In surveying both the damage and the technological marvels wrought by humans, Ackerman, best known for her book A Natural History of the Senses, concludes that human ingenuity and conscientiousness can win out over greed and exploitation in the Human Age.

Choose generosity over greed.

We're not extemists because we prefer clean air and water over greed, as it relates to the latest «gold rush», fracking.

Not exact matches

While Belfort's methods may change over the course of his career, his underlying motivations — greed and self - interest — remain a constant.

Or you could think of it as a version of the greater fool theory — you want to be sure there's at least one bigger sucker than you willing to buy your goodies when you finally get over your growing greed and decide that it's time to go.

This shows how the cycle of fear and greed can play tricks on investors over time.

Despite the brutalization of New Economy stocks over the past year, ignorance and greed obey no master.

Over the past two years, the market has displayed equal parts greed (when it comes to Disney's booming movie business) and fear (over cord - cutters putting pressure on ESPN's business modOver the past two years, the market has displayed equal parts greed (when it comes to Disney's booming movie business) and fear (over cord - cutters putting pressure on ESPN's business modover cord - cutters putting pressure on ESPN's business model).

A byproduct is to increase real estate and stock market prices — but this is a reflection of capital investment and progress, not a diversion of investment to fuel financial asset stripping as has occurred in the United States with increasingly arrogant greed over the past 30 years.

I suspect that she is on David Hart's personal Index Librorum Prohibitorum because she embraced «greed» over self - immolative sacrifice.

Either way — I'll let you in on a secret — business ethics / morality = zero — the only ethics that actually exist in a business model exist because humans bring it with them — unless greed and stepping over people are values now?

The main problems with the religious right, Harris says, include disregard for poverty and international justice (particularly for women), obsession over the issues of abortion and gay marriage, and a mindset that generally embraces greed - centered capitalism.

Thank God for the Democrats that gave the poor hard working true Americans these programs, over the party of greeds objection.

It's stunning that people would do this over giving the money to people that need it — it shows a brazen lack of compassion and a sense of greed and avarice that is truly frightening.

The evangelicals (white) have consistently supported greed and violence and bigotry all over the world.

It seems that the Christian Church at large conducts itself as a business and has given itself over to greed and it's entanglements.

Men cause wars over disagreements and greed.

Pride, anger, greed, judgmentalism, and gluttony, for example, are condemned all over the place in Scripture (way more than homosexuality), and yet most Christians are content to live in such destructive lifestyles while they point the finger at homosexuals and call down God's curses upon them.

In his novels and poetry Warren presents ambivalence — a real tension and conundrum — over against Berry's easy condemnation of greed.

Eichenwald is careful to compare opposition to homosexual practice only to biblical offenses that he thinks evangelicals will have a difficult time opposing consistently: drunkenness, greed, pride, and the injunction in 1 Tim 2:9 — 15 for women to keep silent and not have authority over men.

They don't do what they say, they act horrible to people, there is no respect, they have become political... I will take my «feel good» beliefs any day over the hate, greed, and violence of the church.

28 And so, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or approve of Him or consider Him worth the knowing, God gave them over to a base and condemned mind to do things not proper or decent but loathsome, 29 Until they were filled (permeated and saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, iniquity, grasping and covetous greed, and malice.

It is not helpful, for instance, for the manager to hear the preacher offer wholesale denunciation of workforce reductions and plant closings as a symptom of corporate greed and the triumph of profits over people.

But as I said, to no surprise, this being gay is now a reality, from over many generations of wrong doings of sins, and should be expected, it's all good» along with other pleasurable things as greed, selfishness, etc. that we do today, and calling it good, but it is wrong as said, or prophesied it would be in Malachi 3 vs. 14,, 15.

The cumulative results of human degradation, ignorance, greed and venality over the ages have created a conspiracy of suffering which can only be undone by a new injection of wisdom and a new conspiracy of love - love of God and love of neighbour.

Iman Husain knew that Mu'awiya held his power over the people through fear and greed, but he could do nothing more than to point out Mu`awiya's evil deeds and to remind the people that he was Caliph only through deceit.

Peace movements all over Europe and North America have done great work to expose the arms race, militarism and militarization which in the final analysis is a profit - earning enterprise that feed directly on human blood and human greed.

Glen Beck is The DRAGON of MARDUK — The BEAST of the APOCALYPSE — THE HIGH PRIEST of MAMMON — THESE are The GODS of The Tea Party which is Just another MASK of POWER and DOMINATION of The Powerless of GREED and The DEPRAVITY of the Worship of SELF over GOD.

We are all given over to materialism, consumerism, greed, and selfish meism.

Rom 1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, Rom 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, Rom 1:30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, Rom 1:31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; Rom 1:32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

When Obama won for President, droves of people were out there all ethnics, creeds, and colors, but when the dog, and pony show was over, everyone reverted back to what they always do ignore what is truly going on around them, in difference, hate, injustice, greed etc..

28 And just as they did not see fit [u] to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, 30 slanderers, [v] haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; 32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

Rom 1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, Rom 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, Rom 1:30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, Rom 1:31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; Rom 1:32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty

Over against this, for a mere ten - page stretch, Ronald Reagan makes a cameo appearance as a disrupter of this vision and as an advocate of a nostalgic Individualism that in effect promotes greed.

If I had to name the one vice that I think has done the most damage to the reputation of the Church and the family over the past 100 years, it would be greed.

It is this very notion of permissiveness that has led to over half the men in the church being actively involved in pornography, the church having the same divorce rate as the world, and a people consumed with greed and a love of the world.

We must see it through the eyes of Indians and blacks and Orientals and Mexicans, and it is transformed into a story of greed and exploitation, racism and nationalism, all papered over with a transparently hypocritical rhetoric.

I also help people with nutritional issues concerning fertility, and often fertility issues from a purely physical point of view, have to do with the bastardization of nutrition through industrialization and over processing of the food supply driven by greed.

Rom 1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, Rom 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, Rom 1:30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, Rom 1:31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; Rom 1:32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death.

so we can trample each other in greed, because it's not enough that we are feasting over a genocide.

this is what you get for the previous share holders selling to Kronke and no other, the departure of david dein, the retaining of wenger, tolerating sub standard management and on field performances, retaining deadwood over the use by date, i have supported arsenal since 1979 our club is just a cash cow for a greedy disinterested owner to prop up his other interests, lets hope we do not get relegated under this owner / management fiasco, they will take their money and run, we will be left to clean up and re-build, football before greed, concerned supported.

Sadly, their greed has often taken precedence over golf

However, much like an episode of the Simpsons where Monty Burns abates the safety inspector's concerns with ambiguity and charm, or where a banking crash is blamed on an individual's greed and selfishness rather than on inadequate regulation and recklessness from those at the top, Wenger will paper over the cracks from now until the end of the transfer window.

Osborne added: «What happened in Barclays and potentially other banks was completely unacceptable, was systematic of a financial system that elevated greed over all other concerns and brought our economy to its knees.»

He's proud of support from any elected official who has stood up for consumer protection and working families over Wall Street greed.»