Sentences with phrase «pie in the sky by»

The familiar agricultural description of shalom makes this vision earthy, material, far removed from «pie in the sky by and by.»

Accept poverty and suffering here, and you will be given «a pie in the sky by - and - by.»

Instead, we can assume such value - enhancement will be automatically dismissed as pie in the sky by management, since they usually have no real skin in the game & zero desire to shrink their empire...

Darth Entropy eats the Space Cadets» lunch The Breakdown Institute is quite famous for wanting us to wait for pie in the sky by and by, and indeed, their link to the Space Cadets of the Marshall institute is the Manchurian Senior Fellow Marty Hoffert whose reason for existing is space based power generation.

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To be sure, Giancarlo hedged his remarks somewhat by stating that he was «no pie - in - the - sky dreamer.»

The Plan includes positive steps to require new energy development to be located in close proximity to existing road networks although the stated proximity of 200 metres may not be close enough to maintain undisturbed habitat (at pp 44 - 47), but nonetheless implementing this step with planning regulations that require access plans to be approved and enforced by Alberta Environment, Alberta Forestry, or the Alberta Energy Regulator — once again — seems like pie in the sky.

For an example closer in time, look at UFO enthusiasts: the slightest suggestion of a pie pan in the sky immediately becomes proven fact witnessed by dozens of people.

The eternal peace of humanity with God, received by faith on account of Christ's victory over sin, death, and the power of Satan, is dismissed as pie in the sky to be exchanged for the various approximations of peace and happiness that in good times this world also knows about and experiences.

People can be invited to a better way of living NOW... not some pie - in - the - sky, life will be better in the by - and - by sort of idea.

Parallel universe theory is a pie - in - the - sky jokes dreamed up by atheists trying to explain the data.

ALL religious books, tomes, and manuscripts were written by mortal men, not some «pie in the sky» deity!

So many are totally incapable of letting their head make decisions, rather than their heart with it's «pie in the sky hopes», which we all share but which certain of us — the ones with «nous» — know will never happen, merely by wishing.

So before you try to sell the ridiculous notion that our manager's hands are tied by financial constraints or that we were burned by the ineptitude of the Financial Fair Play pie - in - the - sky mandate, or that we are just a humble, family - oriented club that is resigned to counting our pennies and cutting corners to make ends meet, I implore you to take your blinkers off just for a brief moment and honestly examine the harsh realities currently facing our club.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

# 289 is also not pie in the sky for the average working man, — or even those on benefits, judging by what I see around me.

That combination of funding should pave the way for an overpass that once was derided by local officials as a pie - in - the - sky project because of its cost.

The third option described by one park board commissioner as «pie in the sky» would feature an Olympic - size 50 - meter pool with a therapy pool that has lap lanes and an estimated $ 16 million price tag.

When it gets into the nitty - gritty of radical animal rights and duties it also inevitably comes across as pie in the sky to those who are not fully convinced by the strong animal rights thesis.

Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen has rejected claims that the proposed HS2 rail project could boost the UK economy by # 15bn a year, calling the figures «pie in the sky».

There is simply not enough time in a busy researcher's schedule to bother with pie - in - the - sky plans; so much emphasis is placed on getting results — by tenure committees, grant - review boards, and so on — that the pressure to take the safe option wherever possible is strong.

This vision is pie in the sky for now, but it could be possible in the near future thanks to efforts bringing manufacturing and consumer services to orbit, enabled by 3D printing, robotics and virtual reality.

Nobody is benefited by pie - in - the - sky I'm - gonna - win - the - lottery thinking.

Deep down inside we writers know that those pie - in - the - sky dreams we all harbor of getting our books reviewed by the New York Times, or featured in Oprah Magazine or on NPR's Fresh Air are, for the most part, just that: pie - in - the - sky - dreams.

It might not be the 12 - 15 % pie in the sky return enjoyed by small cap stuff, but if I'm not mistaken, Browne was using this for the money he absolutely could not afford to lose.

In summary, the rule of 70 or 72 works well for annual yields in the typical range of a few percentage points but not that well for trivial yields (rule of 69.3 is better) or the pie - in - the - sky yields that beginning investors plan on getting so as to retire by age 3In summary, the rule of 70 or 72 works well for annual yields in the typical range of a few percentage points but not that well for trivial yields (rule of 69.3 is better) or the pie - in - the - sky yields that beginning investors plan on getting so as to retire by age 3in the typical range of a few percentage points but not that well for trivial yields (rule of 69.3 is better) or the pie - in - the - sky yields that beginning investors plan on getting so as to retire by age 3in - the - sky yields that beginning investors plan on getting so as to retire by age 35.

If you choose to believe that the Wall Street Journal, Audi, Fluor, the US Patent Office, and venture capitalists chipping in $ 100 million were all suckered by pie - in - the - sky I guess that's your opinion and there's no more I can do to change it.

I had reached the view that the realists» story was in fact a fantasy, and it seemed to me that by signing I would be downplaying the science (and the Authority's own earlier work) in exchange for a big slice of pie in the sky.

Why in the world would we want to raise the cost of energy by redistributing money from the most predominant energy sources we have to pie in the sky energy sources that cost a lot more to produce and create a lot more environmental issues due to the production of the products used?

This is exactly the type of thing I mean by pie - in - the - sky.

Let's debate the actual issues with actual costs — not pie - in - the - sky intentional lies put forward by the so - called «green energy» folks and their political «partners.»

Lawyers... start your engines... the wrecks on the free ways of pie - in - the - sky drivers» vehicles and financial lives created by Pollyanna mindsets are awaitin» your legal expertise.

the public wants to be lied to, to be made to feel good about pie - in - the - sky potential money to be gained by hiring this or that representative.