Sentences with phrase «rather than a happy»

As for fine tuning within the universe, how do you know that it is actually fine - tuned rather than a happy accident that allows us to exist here?

They can not, among other things, «awaken the child to cultural values» or «affect [children's] hearts and minds» in a way that will lead to a society where racial justice and reconciliation are the norm rather than the happy exception.

I'll wish you a happy Friday rather than happy V day then

If a puppy isn't introduced to these things prior to 12 weeks of age, their natural response will likely be that of fear rather than happy curiosity.

I feel this baby signifies the end of us rather than the happy beginnings it should represent...

Not exact matches

One study discovered that people who spent their money on experiences like trips and classes, rather than material items, were happier and more satisfied with how they spent their money.

«But also we've found the hiring process is much better if you've got recruiters embedded within the company and they're much more proficient in telling potential employees about some of the benefits and the way the company works and really playing up the positive aspects rather than just saying, «OK, here's a list of five companies that are hiring at the moment; we're happy to make intros to you.»»

But Facebook wants to show what it thinks you're most interested in — and that might ultimately mean mostly happy posts, rather than ones that evoke sadness or anger.

To update, a first - class Korean Air passenger was none too happy when she was handed her nuts in a bag, rather than on a silver platter.

Aspirationals aren't focused so much on ownership as on experience, so they are happy to zip around in a Zipcar, stay in an Airbnb rather than a hotel, and rent a party dress.

«Any normal person would much rather be happy than rich.»

The satisfaction level of Australian business banking customers has reached its highest level but, rather than the big four, it's the smaller banks that are making them happy, according to a survey by Roy Morgan Research.

Rather than commit to a sensible but dreary goal, here's a change you can easily make to your life that science says will make you much happier — start a new hobby.

He says he was «happy» to negotiate with the French company rather than Boeing, the American aerospace giant that could have been Bombardier's partner in the C Series.

Happy employees are employees that feel like their responsibilities matter, and you can make every assignment count by simply trusting them with it rather than beating them over the head with constant checks and updates.

But what if rather than rules of thumb for various technical subjects, there were broad rules of thumb to help you live a saner, happier life?

Rather than working until I'm nearly burned out before letting myself take a vacation, I schedule vacations, extended weekends, and downtime throughout the year — and I'm happier for it.»

Facebook distinguishes itself from its fellow tech giants by hiring engineers in a general rather than specialized way, and then uses Bootcamp to determine where they will fit best and be happiest.

Rather than feeling guilty or sad because they turned down an opportunity, they stay happy and sane knowing another one is right around the corner.

Most of these behaviors are driven by investors trying to be above average rather than tailoring their securities holdings to their own personal goals and being happy with the results.

I'm happy to just have responsive e-mail conversation rather than phone, skype, or in person.

Find yourself craving more time to focus on what makes your soul happy rather than community building and small - talk?

Although it «s only a rather small dividend increase, I «m more than happy about it.

One way to look at the issue is this: rather than limiting work flex, working to understand how flexible work options can make your company more productive, efficient, and even happier might be a wiser use of your energy and talents as a leader in your organization.

You want to calculate how to live comfortably and enjoy the retirement you have been looking forward to, but it's good to remember that in my research for my book, You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think — The 5 Money Secrets of the Happiest Retirees, I found that the happiest retirees live in the middle rather than a VIP lifestThan You Think — The 5 Money Secrets of the Happiest Retirees, I found that the happiest retirees live in the middle rather than a VIP liHappiest Retirees, I found that the happiest retirees live in the middle rather than a VIP lihappiest retirees live in the middle rather than a VIP lifestthan a VIP lifestyle.

Rather than accepting it and being happy with who I am, I spent a long time not dealing with it and not talking about it to anyone.

Unless you want to give up your computer, internet, electricity and modern medicine, you should be very happy that scientists search for real knowledge rather than settling on «invisible friends who do magic.»

Anthony, while it's true that Dawkins would rather wish you a «Happy Christmas» than a «Happy Holiday Season,» he'd really prefer to wish you a» Happy Newton Day.»

At the same time, marriages and families have become essentially emotional and egalitarian relationships rather than institutional and hierarchical ones, Thus, when marriage and family fail to satisfy, when they do not make all members feel «happy» and «fulfilled,» then these arrangements begin to dissolve, or at least to be regarded as needing repair.

They would rather be under a party and president that promotes hate than to se gay people happy because they can get married... GET A LIFE....

The very fact that people think of Jesus rather than Ishtar when they say «Happy Easter!»

Rather than getting defensive, we should calm ourselves down to hear them, while remembering that they love us and just want us to be genuinely happy.

Rather than be disowned (which would have happened if he'd pursued horticulture, which he loved) he opted for dental school and a career that would keep the family happy while providing an income that would allow early retirement to finally do what he really wanted to do — open his own plant nursery.

The advantage of doing so is immediately apparent: rather than choosing an opening hymn, and later arguing about whether it was too happy - clappy or too sombre, the choir simply sings what is set for the Mass of the day.

As adults, we often have to re-learn the freedom to do what makes us happy, rather than just trying to compete with others or avoid failure and embarrassment.

This is because the standard the Bible is burning their conscience and they can not stand it and rather than change, they change the standard this is the understanding that the devil counterfeits everything of God and is not happy till all that God has setup is destroyed or distorted.

It suggests your god would be happy with someone «hedging» their bets rather than someone who followed their mind.

I think it is about a healthy interdependence rather than trying to create different world views for people so that they feel happy, and it is about relationships that are genuinely mutual.

Haven't you heard all the hubub about the «war on Christmas» and the boycotts of businesses that dare to be inclusive with «Happy Holidays» or «Seasons Greetings» rather than Merry Christmas?

We're not in a numbers game, but we would certainly be happy with a cast of thousands rather than dozens at a pro-life march in 2017!

Rather than taking some advice from people, like, «Do what will make you happy right now!»

More than that, it is the question that would have made me God's representative rather than a reluctant pastor making a call just to keep a demanding parishioner happy.

The highlights: A plurality of those surveyed favored merchants» use of the generic «Happy Holidays» greeting rather than the more explicit «Merry Christmas.»

So are you happy with that to happen because of the no faith that is being followed by many who are in favor of «Jungle Law» rather than any heavenly law...???

It's not a happy thought, that a leading textbook in intercultural communication is accompanied by an instructor's guide that suggests having students undertake an act of symbolic communication of a kind that early Christian saints went to their deaths as martyrs rather than commit.

The definitional slicing and dicing, the claim that the instruction means by «maturity» that one is happy being gay, rather than that, as it explicitly says, deep - seated same - sex desire is evidence of an «unfinished adolescence» — it is all evasion and mendacity.

If you are happy with one of the parties that presently exist, you can be a bore and say why — though I would hope people could be a bit more imaginative, because let's face it, the Democrats are a 1930s paradigm that fits in about as well as a zoot suit, and the Republicans are so splintered they seem to be an illusion of a viewpoint rather than the reality of it.

Because he knows that the tinies are happiest when I am home with them (and so am I) so he'd rather do this than any alternative.

I for one am not happy eating sprouts of any kind, nor am I happy paying for «organically grown» food (i.e., grown in manure rather than fertilizer) double what the same item costs in my neighborhood supermarket.

I would like to think I have hit a happy medium here, but I would rather the book be returned or discarded than that it satisfy any reader who hopes only to be entertained for an evening by that living prophetism which proclaimed and still proclaims God's judgment and redemption of Israel, and through her life, of the world.