Sentences with phrase «pie in the sky promises»
We need to be serious about the real potential of each alternative source instead of producing pie in the sky promises that any one source will be the thing to get us to nirvana.
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Political opponents will cheer, political allies will criticize your impotent promises of «pie in the sky bye and bye.»
Making big promises, big new projects, all pie in the sky,» he said.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former city Comptroller Bill Thompson, who appear to be fighting for the right to meet de Blasio in a runoff — if there is a runoff — took the public advocate to task for flip - flopping on issues such as term limits, for what Quinn called «pie - in - the - sky» promises about education and for accepting campaign donations from building owners who appeared on a slumlord watch list.
No ridiculous promises or pie in the sky.
And avoid companies that use hard - sell tactics to make pie - in - the - sky promises!
And we offer marketing support to help you get the word out about your book — without the unrealistic, pie - in - the - sky promises that some publishing houses make.
But most importantly, you want a company that's going to treat you with respect and care — not a company that makes pie - in - the - sky promises to hook you, then doesn't follow through.
And we respect authors too much to make empty, pie - in - the - sky promises.
I could have told him that, because there's that pie in the sky thing that they promise you with traditional publishing, and then they just fail to deliver it.
The promise of «pie in the sky when they die» hasn't made many converts.