Sentences with phrase «playing the game of»

Whatever the reason, you're already playing the game of life on the highest difficulty setting.

Entrepreneurs trying to both make money and benefit a social mission are often playing a game of chicken and egg, having to decide which comes first: their social cause or their bottom line.

«Starting a Business is Like Playing a Game of RISK!»

While the U.S. is playing a game of Russian roulette at the NAFTA table, companies should explore new and alternative markets.

For example, Lin says 30 to 40 employees have started a tradition of playing a game of Uno at almost every company gathering and outing.

You're playing a game of David and Goliath.»

Time to play a game of Follow the Bouncing Ball, or, in this case, follow the citation and link, to find the derivation of this figure.

At least that's what observers deduced when the Biebs recently posted a video of himself playing a game of three - on - three with NBA star Steve Nash and Mike Duda, the duo behind Consigliere, a New York City — based venture capital and marketing firm.

She talked about simple needs — wanting to feel healthy again, maybe play a game of tennis now and then.

«Same is really true on Banana, where we have backed off» on promotions, Peck said, adding (emphasis ours): «And I will be the first to say that when you start tightening up in promotion, you are playing a game of chicken with your customers... And so we've been playing that now for really the last quarter.

In a 2010 Times interview, Mark Pincus, founder and CEO of Zynga, says that his perfect day would involve taking his dogs to the beach, surfing on the California coastline, and playing a game of soccer.

The head of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has denied the group's members are playing a game of chicken with oil U.S. producers.

And since Bitcoin is only a cryptocurrency, it is not strictly illegal to play games of luck.

«If past history was all that is needed to play the game of money, the richest people would be librarians.»

Understanding buyer engagement pitfalls as well as opportunities is like playing a game of chess.

I mention this because investors seem to be playing a game of «you are here»: comparing the current unadjusted CAPE of 28 with the 2000 record high of over 43, inferring that the S&P 500 could rise by over 50 % before matching that 2000 extreme.

Ajit Jain, who runs some of Berkshire's insurance operations, plays a game of bridge during Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska in this May 3, 2009 file photo.

You seem to believe that you are aware of what everyone is thinking, as this is the second time you have made a sweeping blanket statement... but to answer your question: I can assure you if that woman did see an angel telling her to kill her children, it certainly would have been a fallen angel, or demon if you prefer and not from God... If you had even a basic understanding of angels and fallen angels and the protection of God, this would be a moot point... but it appears that you want to play the game of how ridiculous can I be...

However, anyone who has ever played a game of Monopoly knows the outcome of unregulated capitalism.

I don't recall reading «Thou shalt not play games of rub and tug with thy barracks - mates» in my bible.

The problem is that very few people what to have this rational discussion — they want to have an emotional arguement and play a game of «my god is better / kinder / bigger / badder than your god.

«I really want to spend the rest of my life getting out this word, you know, «What is the right way to play the game of life?»

The religious always plays the game of «you can't prove that.»

She received comfort by constantly playing a game of «funeral» and providing every dead creature with an elaborate interment of flowers and ornate casket.

The basic concept is that «white, straight, male» in America is the lowest difficulty setting for playing the game of life.

Aren't we playing the game of the dominant power if we accept that political, economic and social representation should be difficult to implement at the world level?

Similarly someone playing a game of craps knows the odds for a certain number at any single throw of the dice since each die is constructed with a limited number of faces.

Oh, and my well - written and thoughtful posts are evidence that I am «playing the game» with believer, I'm just not playing the game of accepting his ridiculous terms.

Throw over teacher and we'll play another game of lifeboat!

You can say and play the game of debate any way you want, but, «Oh, Christian, you can't; you have to play by the rules I think your God set, but I don't believe in.

Thereby they guide the direction of normal research, which is «an attempt to force nature into the preformed and relatively inflexible boxes that the paradigm supplies».18 Like solving a puzzle or playing a game of chess, normal science seeks solutions within an accepted framework; the rules of the game are already established.

The Christian heroism (and perhaps it is rarely to be seen) is to venture wholly to be oneself, as an individual man, this definite individual man, alone before the face of God, alone in this tremendous exertion and this tremendous responsibility; but it is not Christian heroism to be humbugged by the pure idea of humanity or to play the game of marveling at world - history.

«A story about 4 little sheep playing a game of rhymes.

The Republican opposition to upfront amnesty often plays the game of division from the other side.

I don't want to play the game of «the Bible says this or that», or that we get validation from something other than ourselves.

To learn another language is to play the game of communication by another set of rules.

As much as the sport - lover's passion should be supported, there are those of us who would rather watch the Dillon Panthers (Texas forever) play a game of highly dramatized football than sit through an entire game of NFL football.

Ever play a game of telephone?

Sure... it is nothing more than adolescent boys playing a game of «let's see who has the bigger cock».

There are many ways of playing the game of science.

In one of the most touching scenes of the new season, Dan and Mark play a game of backyard basketball while Mark wears a plaid skirt.

Consumption is the capitalist way to play the game of competitive honor that in earlier ages was played with lances and broadswords.

Also it will be my 3rd time making your bean brownie, i play the game of guess the secret ingredient!

Pomelo (the citrus) is in season right now, and Paloma (the daughter) and I like to play a game of who can find the biggest one at the Asian market.

I taped an octagon (because who can tape a circle?!?) on the carpet with painters tape and we played a game of rolling the single larger marble into the «circle» to get marbles out of the circle.

Every day of the week was spent down at the beach, whether playing a game of Frisbee or simply wading into the water.

If you play a game of trying to protect culture, you will kill culture,» he says.

During the beginning stages of work on the book, Paloma liked to play a game of flipping through our working binder with recipe photos, much like through a menu in a restaurant, pointing out what she would like to eat that day.

Now I scribble the name of the protein, sauce, vegetable, or grain on some tape with the date I cooked it, stick it to a deli container, and never have to play a game of Memory to check if it's maybe spoiled.

Shocking that ox plays a game of his life and starts on the bench so liability Ramsey can start.