Sentences with phrase «rather than common sense»

Fear of this blame will often lead many landlords to start making decisions out of convenience rather than common sense.

fortunately science works on evidence, rather than common sense, and shows that the ozone layer does indeed protect us from harmful UV rays.

«Labour MPs are to be applauded for voting down this spurious bill which was based on a blind loathing of organised labour rather than common sense.

As a pastor, I'd love to hear your thoughts much more through scripture rather than common sense or experience?

Not exact matches

The FSTA is also disappointed that the New York Attorney General has chosen the path of hurried litigation after years of watching daily fantasy sports thrive and entertain in New York rather than pursuing the path of common sense regulation or legislation as Massachusetts, Illinois and Florida have done.

You will note the Reserve Bank's rhetoric is precisely along these lines, with policy driven by common - sense and a strenuous effort to understand the cycle, rather than some doctrinal adherence to a simple rule.

Rather than listen to their siren songs, investors — large and small — should instead read Jack Bogle's The Little Book of Common Sense Investing.»

Third, a sales pitch under these conditions is more likely than not to make the experience for the «buyer» rather negative, and any person with common sense will tell you that a negative experience takes multiple positive experiences just to make up for the one negative.

Rice «methodically tied Blanchard in knots over how to interpret the proslavery implications of specific texts» while «Blanchard returned repeatedly to «the broad principle of common equity and common sense» that he found in Scripture, to «the general principles of the Bible» and «the whole scope of the Bible»» rather than specifics.

This sense of creativity is often overlooked by those who inquire about the topic because most inquiries are concerned with generic traits and abilities common to all processes rather than with the conditions of processes which are peculiarly creative.

Einstein's view was the «common - sense» one, that an electron, for instance, has a definite position and spin, and that QM's inability to predict these values precisely is a weakness of QM rather than a description of reality (the Bohr view, held by most physicists).

Hard just war theory reverses these emphases, replacing them with the following: a presumption against injustice and disorder rather than against war; an assumption that war is tragic but inevitable in a fallen world and that war is a necessary task of government; a tendency to trust the U.S. government and its claims of need for military action; an emphasis on just war theory as a tool to aid policymakers and military personnel in their decisions; an inclination to distrust the efficacy of international treaties and to downplay the value of international actors and perspectives; a less stringent or differently oriented application of some just war criteria; and no sense of common ground with Christian pacifists.

It is suspicious of any ideas that seem to come only from authority, common sense, or faith rather than from reason, direct experience, or scientific inquiry.

When practicing the Law of Love, we are pretty much «flying by the seat of our pants,» relying on common sense and intuition rather than a moral manual or theological dogmas to keep us from making errors in judgment.

But I assume that my convictions about the importance of explaining hardcore common sense beliefs rather than explaining them away may be the most distinctive part of my assumptions.

Too often a particular economic system rather than common - sense governs our lives, be it in East or West.

I'd rather see a President who makes decisions based on common sense and education rather than off of what some thousand - year - old fairy tale says he or she should do.

But all her visitors spoke of her cheerfulness, her attention to others» needs rather than her own, her common sense and kindness.

The disaster of the 2003 — 2006 occupation of Iraq lost the Republicans the presumption that they were the party of realism (meaning common sense rather than ideology) and competence in foreign affairs.

The committee's plan for determining which teams play in the best games has not yet been completely disclosed, but if it leads to a common - sense determination of teams based on merit, rather than an application of cryptic and unforgiving rules made solely to prevent unscrupulous bowl executives from turning every big bowl game into Notre Dame against someone vaguely local, it's a massive improvement in the process.

The only silver lining is that common sense prevailed and that Zaza and Tore ended up as loan deals rather than parting with # 30 million plus for theor services.

«What is not helpful is to have certain people in the community — including, by the way, Mayor de Blasio, who I think is making it worse in New York City right now with his rhetoric and turning his back in many ways on law enforcement — to inflame the situation rather than bringing some common sense,» Astorino said during a CapTon interview last night.

Democrats have been «pushed» rather than «pulled» by Republicans, as they have increasingly and successfully defined the perimeters of «common sense» foreign policy.

«Rather than support a common - sense solution to reopen our parks, beaches, and campgrounds, Senate Republicans are protecting hazardous - waste - polluters, which is no different than siding with BP in the Gulf.»

The pitch sold an idea of the party as a credible and reliable force, stressing competence, common - sense values and a willingness to defend the national interest rather than extreme partisan ideologies.

In a blog on his website, O'Flynn said he has always argued for Ukip to be «at the common sense centre of politics» rather than on the right - wing.

Rather than point fingers and promote divisiveness, I have built my career and this campaign on finding common sense solutions to the problems facing Ramapo.

Good to see Cameron going with competence and common sense, rather than political correctness.

And rather than say, «This is a bit wild, let's try to do something a bit more common sense - ish,» they come up with theories that are completely wild.»

If he ever found himself a customer at a liquor store that was being held up, in most cases his training and common sense would tell him to lie low rather than start a shoot - out.

A common wine contaminant may act by blocking the sense of smell rather than activating it.

One common theme is this next generation has a strong sense that they are here to do something great but they don't know how to handle it rather than allow it to happen.

By ignoring this basic biological fact and listening to our «common sense» rather than solid studies, we have invented industrial toxic vegetable oils instead.

In other words, a «common sense» rooted in evidence rather than in the status quo.

Price argued for a «common sense» that took for granted diets associated with health rather than those associated with disease.

Common sense would seem to say that exercising on an empty stomach would burn more fat, but the research actually shows that the calories burned actually come from muscle rather than fat.

However, the episodic script and some rather pedestrian direction by David Veloz end up leaving you a lot more comfortable with what you're looking at than common sense would suggest you should be.

That characters who drive are usually out for themselves rather than the common good makes sense, because while technically you're out in public when you drive, to some extent you remain cut off from the world outside your car - shaped bubble.

On the other hand, Invincible's sense of impish, self - reflexive playfulness has much in common with recent animated smash The Lego Batman Movie, while the saga's relatively obscure nature should mean Rogen and Goldberg have plenty of time to really craft their movie, rather than being in thrall to marketing execs desperate to hit toy sales deadlines.

Governors and voters should take an active posture rather than expect others to do something about it, or some legal and regulatory frameworks, since kindness towards other humans prevails above laws or rules, the common sense of promoting and preserving life (the own and others»).

Establishing a learning culture characterized by a sense of common challenge and discovery rather than a culture where experts impart information.

Rather than focus on rolling back progress, we need legislators focused on common sense legislation that puts a premium on the progress our education system and ensures that our students continue to have high - quality options,» said Kemp.

Think «Economic Value Add», not ROI: Rather than worry about developing a comprehensive ROI study, examine the financial impact that your eLearning program has in common sense dollars and cents.

The infotainment is simple as we mentioned, and many of the common - sense controls are separated out for you to use by touch, rather than look away from the road and peck and hunt through menus to find.

Common sense and experience suggest that higher speaking or consulting fees are likely to be generated by big buzz in general rather than by a one - week guest appearance on a best - seller list.

It might seem like common sense to distribute the digital edition of your book as widely as possible, to as many retailers as possible, rather than being exclusive to Amazon.

Maybe it's common sense and inevitable for physical booksellers to make sure they offer their customers as much choice as they can, and maybe there really are people who are walking into these shops looking for e-books and e-book readers rather than printed volumes.

In these pages we offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense: and have no other preliminaries to settle with the reader, than that he will divest himself of prejudice and prepossession, and suffer his reason and his feelings to determine for themselves that he will put on, or rather that he will not put off, the true character of a man, and generously enlarge his views beyond the present day.

The way to make these inherently profitable institutions «adequately capitalized» was to directly infuse equity into the banks; put otherwise, it made much more sense to buy newly issued bank common stocks from depository institutions, rather than already outstanding common stock from bank stockholders.

You're better off protecting your identity with good old - fashioned common sense, rather than paying for an identity - theft detection service.