Sentences with phrase «rather than nothing»

They preferred to be doing something rather than nothing, even if that something is negative.

A lot of people avoid getting life insurance just because they can't afford adequate coverage, but it's always better to have something rather than nothing if you pass away unexpectedly.

Isn't it better to at least be doing SOMETHING rather than NOTHING?

I agree that targeting 2C rather than nothing is a start — but is it a start in the right direction or will we be confronted with a whole new set of excuses ranging from «we don't have to do anything because of the «current» trend» or «we'll put up an aerosol emission program as soon as 1.9 C have been reached» or «our scientists say we'll never reach the 2C anyway and we don't care what your scientists say» or other ideas like that?

Book: «A Universe From Nothing; why there is something rather than nothing» by Lawrence M. Krauss, 2012.

Most people seem to prefer to be doing something rather than nothing, even if that something is negative.

His solo exhibitions include Something Rather Than Nothing at Sardine in Brooklyn, New York, PG - 13 at Schroeder Romero in New York, and See Me, Feel Me at 31 Grand in Brooklyn, New York.

No matter what, I've always been consistent and paid a token # 50 extra rather than nothing.

To them it is better to get something rather than nothing.

They are often motivated by getting SOMETHING, rather than nothing.

The collector is always going to want you pay something rather than nothing, so use this to your advantage.

So many folks just do not understand why a lender wouldn't take «something» rather than nothing — and although I try to explain there are many scenarios where the seemingly «nothing» may be more than meets the eye to the average consumer, you have articulated it very concisely and clearly.

Lenders are often afraid that you could apply for bankruptcy and have the debt erased, so they are often eager to make a deal in order to get something from you — rather than nothing.

It's better to pay even a small amount on a credit card debt rather than nothing at all.

The credit card company would rather collect something rather than nothing at all if you close the account or transfer the balance.

My problem is not necessarily that OverDrive is doing this (which I do find ethically questionable, but whatever — if they make a deal with a devil publisher and offer devilish terms to libraries as a result, rather than nothing, so be it).

Even then, it's better to have something rather than nothing.

However, a campaign that bombards them with letters, emails, phone calls will give you some peace of mind that at least you did something rather than nothing.

Now I know that I'll catch some flack for this from my friends in the vegan community, but I really believe that it's much better to do something rather than nothing.

And particle physicists believe that understanding this peculiar behavior is key to answering the longstanding cosmic quandary — why is there something rather than nothing?

Nor have they answered the fundamental question, «Why is there something rather than nothing?»

by Jim Holt Exploring both physics and philosophy, the author ponders why there's something rather than nothing.

In the past century or so, we have concluded that matter is built from atoms, that atoms are constructed from a small set of elementary particles, and that those particles are fluctuations in a melee of quantum fields pervading empty space (see «Why is there something rather than nothing «-RRB-.

Why is there something rather than nothing?

«The overriding philosophy of the school lunch program as it is exercised day - to - day seems to be to have the kids eat something rather than nothing.

Getting Miki rather than nothing for Alexis is quite the deal.

Might be worth cashing in on Cazorla now 15 mill rather than nothing next summer.

And it can answer the question «Why is there something rather than nothing?»

Perhaps he should embrace his Punjabi roots, and have some compassion for his people, rather than nothing more than a blatant thirst for power.

To believe that a quantum vacuum appeared out of the void of nothingness because of the laws of quantum mechanics demanded it does not solve the question why there is something rather than nothing.

If freedom characterizes Being - itself, in that it need not be as it is but is subject to infinite variety of form, the prime question is not Heidegger's «why something rather than nothing at all» but «why was this structure given to Being rather than some other possible structure?»

Check out A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss

Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist.

Why is there something rather than nothing... look no further than the egg.

But this removes the weight of ontology — why there is something rather than nothing — from the being of occasions to the category of the ultimate, creativity producing new ones out of manys.

is the same as «why is there something rather than nothing?»

How did there happen to be something rather than nothing?

Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist.»

You're actually wrong on the whole «I have a better chance of believing in something rather than nothing», you actually have the same amount of chance at being right as I do, plus riddle me this, if your god values good deeds and good actions, then do I not have an equal opportunity of getting into heaven.

Hawking said: «Spontaneous creation is the reason why there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist.»

A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing by lawrence m. krauss free press, 204 pages, $ 24.99

But the DVD doesn't really explain why this is so, moving quickly on to affirm that such atheistic use of the multi-verse still leaves unanswered the question «Why something rather than nothing?»

«Was it the Sumerian god Enki... etc. = > it points to man knowing there is something rather than nothing behind the boundaries of the knowable.

Even simple logic dictates there must be something rather than nothing at the boundaries of space and time.

Even most atheists understand there must be something rather than nothing before and or after our physical existence.

Indeed, Whiteheadians generally have regarded the question, why is there something rather than nothing?

Not just that there is something rather than nothing — although this is impressive in its own right — but that there is a whole range of particular somethings rather than just a great lot of nothing in particular.

It has always seemed to me, however, and I have been walking around this planet for half a century now, it takes more thought, action, trust, study and a far greater degree of intelligence to believe in something rather than nothing.

There is something rather than nothing at the root of all we observe and no reason or evidence that our observations are in error.

«Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing,»... «Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist.