Sentences with phrase «point in talking to»

He moves from «There is no point in talking to you.

After all, Dallas is one of the largest cities in the United States of America, and there's little point in talking to a love interest who lives over an hour away from your house as — lets be honest — it's far easier to build a budding relationship with someone that you'll be able to spend time with on a day to day basis instead of someone who lives over on the other side of Dallas!

My point in talking to the reporter was that there has been, for 10 years, a very workable (Memorandum of Understanding) in place that this police administration has chosen to ignore.

No point in talking to an AKB.

Sometimes it is merely the recognition that there is no point in talking to someone who can't think.

Beijing's plan will change little on the ground and offers a slim chance to become the starting point in talks to avert a trade war with Washington.

Not exact matches

«Start - ups are going to talk to a reporter about their fundraise, it will hit the media — they won't have filed their form in advance — and then, apparently, they will be ineligible for 506 for one year,» Joe Wallin, a start - up lawyer in Seattle, pointed out this morning as he live - blogged the hearings.

«I was talking to E.U. and U.S. politicians to make that point clear... I stopped this activity when I had the impression that Ukraine was moving in the wrong direction.»

Even apart from the fact that they don't know what they're talking about because they don't know what's out there, the bigger issues are that: (a) almost all of these reports come back with a variety of related findings that may be precisely on point; and (b) the very age of the prior research may be invaluable if the new questions and inquiries have to do with trend lines, changes in attitudes or different behaviors.

Conservative: When it comes to jobs, the Conservatives» most consistent talking point in the House is their record on creation.

In fact, talking in this manner might even point customers to a competitor who may offer a product or service that you don'In fact, talking in this manner might even point customers to a competitor who may offer a product or service that you don'in this manner might even point customers to a competitor who may offer a product or service that you don't.

Offer display materials or even Skype - in to their sales staff and talk about major selling points.

The narrative reveals more about today's hyper - partisan discourse than about the reality of the new tax law, which is likely to affect jobs and the economy in important ways that don't fit either party's talking points.

The French ideas about turning the euro zone into a virtual federal state, with its own finance minister, budget, and executive and legislative authorities will probably be among the key talking points in a reform program that is supposed to lead to a tightly integrated economic and political union.

Left to its own devices, the State Department came up with its own talking points to be used by U.S. missions in Africa working to stem the damage, said a U.S. official, who wasn't authorized to disclose internal deliberations and demanded anonymity.

From celebrity endorsements to polished talking points, the Nelsons had the pieces in place to market a high - end, national brand.

In a sign of market interest, the longest portion of the offering, a 40 - year security may yield 1.45 percentage points above Treasuries, down from initial talk of 1.6 percentage points to 1.65 percentage points, said the person, who asked not to be identified as the deal is private.

Still, the question remains whether the Obama administration scrubbed the talking points and used the video red herring in order to cover up the fact that they failed to prevent a planned terrorist attack that killed four Americans on the anniversary of September 11.

Part of the enormous value of the napkin talk isn't that you are necessarily going to paint a crystal - clear picture of your employee's future; the point is you are expressing to your employee that you want them there, you see them in your company future and, most significantly, you care.

He also contributes to publications like Time, Talking Points Memo, and the Huffington Post, and blogged for the Daily Kos when he was on deployment in Afghanistan in 2007.

In this video, entrepreneur and online marketing expert John Rampton talks about the one surefire thing that could point to a person being a born entrepreneur.

In a recent TED talk, for example, American health guru Ron Gutman, founder of the Wellsphere blog network and the HealthTap site, pointed to studies of old pictures — ranging from yearbook headshots to mugs on baseball cards — that found people who smiled in youthful photos turned out to live better and longer lives than folks who didn'In a recent TED talk, for example, American health guru Ron Gutman, founder of the Wellsphere blog network and the HealthTap site, pointed to studies of old pictures — ranging from yearbook headshots to mugs on baseball cards — that found people who smiled in youthful photos turned out to live better and longer lives than folks who didn'in youthful photos turned out to live better and longer lives than folks who didn't.

It's important to point out that Raghu is talking about Trump's comments — not the actions he describes in those comments, which would constitute not just workplace sexual harassment, but assault.

You might not be thinking about what books, articles or speeches to create, but there has probably been a point in time where you have talked yourself out of pursuing something, because you convinced yourself that you lack a certain level of creativity that it takes to get the job done.

The Times «attorney also argued that Trump's proximity to the nation's highest office, and the fact that Trump's past treatment of women has become a major talking point in the election, mean that the article in question addresses «an issue of national importance.»

As Stowe Boyd points out in «Metaphors Matter: Talking About How We Talk About Organizations,» an organization that functions like a dynamic organism is better able to change and adapt.

Titled «Talking Points Embassy of U.S. in Colombia as Political Post for Ambassadorship,» the memo advised Trump not to choose a career diplomat to lead the embassy in Bogota.

«I often suggest a quick 15 - minute call to talk about X, Y, Z specific points in order to not waste someone's time that doesn't know me yet,» notes Pollock.

Rather than just talking to them, you'll actually listen to them and try to understand their goals, their needs, their pain points and any problems with similar providers they've had in the past.

But, as she pointed out in a recent DisruptHR talk, that's not the main reason why more companies should put in place policies that make them more welcoming to parents.

Both are wealthy, big - talking New York businessmen and many have pointed out similarities in both mannerisms and speaking style, with Scaramucci on CNN Wednesday morning parroting one of Trump's Trumpiest lines: «We're going to win so much you are actually going to get tired of winning,» the Mooch told Chris Cuomo.

Not to belabor the point about the irrational exuberance that was the taper talk, but it's not often that one finds moments of true comedy in the staid world of high finance.

Besides, everyone I've talked to stresses that a psychological assessment is just one data point weighed in a hiring decision.

Neither of those options are foregone conclusions, but they certainly are industry talking points in the war to slow down Netflix, YouTube and the rest with regulations.

Believers in the technology - is - alienating - us theory are quick to point out the real separation is happening in more intimate settings, such as at home, where families aren't talking much at the dinner table because they're all on their phones.

Entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley love to talk about «pain points,» the annoying parts of everyday experiences that represent opportunities for startups that can remove them.

You read a few interesting messages and are just formulating a response when you suddenly realize that the talk in the meeting has shifted to something you very much need to know about — but you've missed an important point.

For better or worse, this year's study hands a big talking point to the campaign of Top State Gov. Nathan Deal of Georgia, a Republican touting his economic record in his bid for a second term.

They have at this point already talked with all six firms, making it plain in all their communications that they don't want to see any term sheets until mid-October.

Well, research shows that on average, people tend to talk about themselves during 60 percent of a conversation — and when there's something being sold by one person in the conversation, a less experienced salesperson could be tempted to fill a void of silence with a laundry list of more selling points and value propositions.

«When people finally get to the point of coming to talk to me, it usually takes another six months for it to sink in that they have to file,» said Cara O'Neill, a legal editor with Nolo who also is a bankruptcy and litigation attorney in Roseville, California.

Finally, you should make a point to talk with existing business owners — ideally in the industry you'd like to enter — who can speak from experience and offer invaluable advice on how to approach a purchase for the best results.

Investors representing nearly 20 % of Jazz's shares have held talks with the company's top executives and board since the beginning of the year to voice their views, though the talks have accelerated in the past several weeks, the people said, adding that conversations with management remain friendly at this point.

During the global climate talks in Paris in December 2015, Polman drummed home the point to business leaders and politicians that companies» survival depended on averting environmental catastrophe.

Use your minutes in a meeting well by preparing talking points and questions that you'd like to explore ahead of time.

The biggest talking point in Scotland will be the battle between Kezia Dugdale's Labour and Ruth Davidson's Conservatives to become the SNP's official opposition.

Even though the overall talk had gone well, she didn't let the positive result get in the way of pointing out something I needed to fix.

(Case in point: Whenever my RAND Corporation colleagues and I talk about our model for helping community groups plan prevention programs, Getting To Outcomes — GTO for short — most everyone thinks about the old GM muscle car, not our planning model.)

The only difference is that the Feds have begun to refine their talking points in such a way as not to cause a stir, as happened almost a year ago at a New America Foundation conference on cybersecurity, in which Alex Stamos, Facebook's security chief (then Yahoo's chief information security officer), went toe to toe with the admiral.

«Hannity is not particularly talented, he's not a smart guy — he used to just be a Republican talking points talk show host who happened to be in the right place at the right time.