Sentences with phrase «pity rather»

What is it about them that makes first - time author Amy Gustine tell us to feel pity rather than trust our immediate emotions?

Even as McAvoy hints at a good side, a sad wreck with a traumatic past and a chance of redemption, he remains despicable — he's a character to loathe or pity rather than love — yet he's always fascinating, thrilling to watch.

The huge head with its big, yellow eyes, cleft chin, and curled lower lip evokes pity rather than fear.

But all are still our brothers, for whom we ought to pray and toward whom we ought to feel pity rather than ill will.

After growing up a little and reading several biographies about her, I came to pity her rather than look up to her.

If we compare ourselves with those who are much worse off, we are likely to feel pity rather than gratitude.

Not exact matches

With age, he might have succumbed to the temptation to elucidate, to dispel the enigmas and clarify the inchoate intuitions, to produce a system rather than give free expression to his natural creative ferment, and that would have been a great pity.

The reenactment of the Eucharist would reclaim the sorry past, but in mercy rather than vengeance; transform the future without deforming the present; and extend charity outward to the needy, the stranger and the enemy, while it presses judgment and mercy inward to that dark comer where self - pity and malice fester.

Pity that they would rather die than to use scientific means for a cure or treatment.

But till the end give me the man who takes the best of everything (even at my expense) and then talks of other things, rather than the man who serves me and talks of himself, and whose very kindnesses are a continual reproach, a continual demand for pity, gratitude, and admiration.

Let us see rather whether pity, pain, and fear, and the sentiment of human helplessness may not open a profounder view and put into our hands a more complicated key to the meaning of the situation.

Jesus Christ, is and it will be forever more the unique object lesson of living, the human being not ever, although we may be Christians we don't leave of to sin, for the very her writing she says Aerquémonos confiadamente at the throne of your handsomeness in order to reach forgiving in order to the perpetual help, in as much as not tenemos one God which not it can feel pity for of we, rather one which fué tempting all over, but without sin, according to the letter at the age of Hebrews, and the apostle John she says, whether various hubiere sin, solicitor tenemos in order to with the parent to Jesus Christ the that's right, not ever not any human being it will be the best object lesson not other than The Christ Jesus, nor Buddah bo Mahoma nor none, we don't follow to humanity rather at a God which fué tempting all over but without sin, not ever we owe put her scope in the humanity not other than in the.

He is the individualist as writer, who must learn to turn his loneliness into creative energy rather than fall into self - pity.

Love for neighbor and enemy depends not on an emotional and sentimental feeling of pity or admiration, which finds in the most profligate individual the spark of the divine, of noble, inextinguishable humanity; rather it depends on the command of God.

And yet you are sure, as I am sure, that were the world confined to these hard - headed, hard - hearted, and hard - fisted methods exclusively, were there no one prompt to help a brother first, and find out afterwards whether he were worthy; no one willing to drown his private wrongs in pity for the wronger's person; no one ready to be duped many a time rather than live always on suspicion; no one glad to treat individuals passionately and impulsively rather than by general rules of prudence; the world would be an infinitely worse place than it is now to live in.

What is to be dreaded by us more than any other doom is not fear, but rather the great disgust, not fear, but rather the great pity — disgust and pity for our human fellows....

I just don't know what's wrong with Arsenal fans.Sure I get it as humans we all have our preferences but things start to look funny when we begin to bash and criticize a player like he's useless.I just don't get why Arsenal fans do nt want Vardy.Oh is it because he's not world class, he's English, He's not a big name, he's a fairy tale, you feel all he does is run, he's not got a better history in footballing until now or you feel Giroud is better or what?I really pity Arsenal fans honestly.I would've taken Jamie Vardy in a heartbeat.Sure he's not the best option out there.But I'll say this and say it again it's not a world class striker that wins you a league but rather just increases your chances of winning the league.If you've watched Arsenal clearly from the time since Henry left you realized that it's more of not being able to find a clinical striker.Eduardo was not a already a finished product when he started his career here yet he was clinical and was on world class form until injury.What Arsenal need now is a world class finisher if they can't get a world class striker.

It is a pity the boss had allowed Benik Afobe to be sold rather than to continue to leave him on loan to League one MK Dons or upgrade the quality of game by loanning him to Championship side outfit — Wolves.

Moreover, the situation should induce an uncomfortable amount of pity and shame from the world, rather than laughter.

I would rather be informed than not, but even if I chose to be unattended it is never your place to judge or pity my decision.

We should rather frown upon babies who bottle feed and say «shame, what a pity you couldn't breastfeed your precious baby»!

Yet today, rather than feeling pity for the anti-ideologues, I feel anger.

His political mentor, Roy Jenkins, once opined that it was pity Blair hadn't read history rather than law at university.

«It is a pity that the government of Nigeria rather than acting decisively by deploying the necessary security apparatus to decimate these murderous herdsmen, has resorted to playing blame games with the plight of the Tiv man.

She found O'Brien «completely lacking in self - pity» during his reporting, and added: «I was very moved when his rather dry affect cracked and he smiled at controlling the prosthetic hand.»

In terms of over 50 dating we have the blog page Over 50 Dating Tips which links, not unexpectedly, to Singles Over 50 For Dating, incidentally notable because it covers the search term «singles over fifty» as well as the more common «singles over 50 ′ — perhaps people just find it quicker to type a number rather than a word, more's the pity.

It is a pity that the psychological complexity of the previous film gives place to a bloated and not so engaging cat - and - mouse game that lacks the chemistry between the two characters and has a rather frustrating ending, being only worth it because of Lecter.

It's a pity, because for all the wonderful moments of the film, it never feels truly menacing — I never believed that it would be a fable that ended in a moral, hard - won, rather than a fairytale with a happily ever after.

Rather than invite you to a pity party, the film takes you on an introspective journey of a very faulted middle - aged man that has some tough choices to make.

But that's less of a problem when we come to realize this isn't a character - driven piece, that Lockhart is really just a plot device rather than an actual human being for whom we're supposed to feel something — perhaps pity.

Pity not Oldman, who aspires to Anthony Hopkins's heavy crown of cashing paychecks, but rather Christie, who really doesn't deserve to be the butt of so many weird stings and not - even - vaguely startling jump scares.

We pity Carrie as an outside observer, rather than becoming immersed in her headspace.

He's not chilling and he's not over-the-top, but in fact rather bland, which is a pity considering how much he could have done with the role.

The land is threatened by the powerful Red Queen (Carter, Terminator: Salvation), whose vanity about her rather large head makes her take no pity about those who lose theirs when they cause her displeasure.

There's the bespectacled and bookish Sam (Kevin Kline), who receives a hall pass from his wife to sleep with any trashy trollop who'll have him, Archie (Morgan Freeman), a stroke survivor living with his overbearing adult son and family, and Paddy (Robert DeNiro), a widower who'd rather sulk in his bathrobe, stare at pictures of his late wife, and receive bowls of pity soup from a well - meaning neighbor in his New York apartment.

That ends up being Spot, a human (ish) boy whom Arlo pities enough that cuts him loose, rather than beating his brains in.

The two cheaper ones (Kindle and Kindle Touch) will surely get lost in the smoke from the Fire, but that's a pity; they're rather spectacular.»

Everyone pitied the Queen rather for not understanding that the King had to travel about in order to keep the realm healthy.

Which is a pity, because I'd rather make decisions like my publishers do — solely on artistic merit and promo appeal.

A pity that GE IPO'ed it rather than spinning it off to shareholders...

I guess the reason that this time I am envious, rather than pitying my sister for all the work she has before her, is that I'm down to just one dog at the moment and have begun the search for a second.

The copy about not meeting «a girl like this out at the bars» plays on the idea of companionship (rather than pity, like some adoption ads).

Essentially, being an emo queen certainly isn't winning Velvet any points with me, instead it makes her feel argumentative and harsh, rather than inspiring any pity.

Pity most reactions aren't going to be the ones they want, the amount of narm in this first video should make most people think of it as a comedy rather than scary.

But with «St. Sebastian,» a blank - slate approach was unexpectedly easy, primarily because, for all the image's familiarity, I realized how different the painting looked, or rather felt, in the flesh... It's the painting's endearingly strange comedy — especially the bottom half of the body, which seems to flap away (and bring to mind the flagellation of St. Bartholomew)-- that rescues it from post-adolescent self - pity and actually, in an odd way, ennobles it, as if invested with an amused stoicism.»

It is a pity that all we see are little vignettes in the murky roundels shot through the front - loader's lens, rather than the performance itself.

As a viewer, there is an ambiguity about whether to admire the skill of this horse - whisperer (the great grandson of a sheriff of the old Wild West); or rather to feel pity for the horse, who, clearly nervous, is being mastered against her will, despite the lay down's supposed restorative and relaxing effect.

The pain of being is inescapable, but, to Burckhardt's credit, we feel sympathy rather than pity or sorrow.

Pity that Ph.D's don't get it, or rather, deliberately and dishonestly pretend that models are the only oracles.

Hi Geoff, It's a pity your graph doesn't go further into the past rather than the future, because I think you'll find the cycle in Earth's velocity varies in a way which roughly matches the solar cycle length over longer periods rather than a 10 year period.