Sentences with phrase «seem idealistic»

Such an assessment of the prophets may at first glance seem idealistic, but actually it is exceedingly realistic in the nuclear age.

While the report may seem idealistic, more Americans (especially city folk) are warming up to carpools.

Her pep talks are filled with counterintuitive advice such as, «slow down time» and «gain your power by letting go,» but these directives don't seem idealistic when coming from Harder, founder of the Bliss Project; they seem downright fun.

That seems idealistic, at best, in a world with deeply entrenched interests linking ranching, the agrochemical industry, and giant restaurant chains.

With my baby - experience in law, this seems idealistic.

Not exact matches

Donald Trump seems to take (in his own bombastic way) the Machiavellian position, while Rubio takes an idealistic point of view.

How innocent, idealistic, and naif the young dissident writers seemed in contrast with the suave authors I knew in London.

At the same time, there are religions, and some of them among the «higher» religions, which so emphasize the mystical, or it may be the ritual: aspect of religion (to use the imprecise but serviceable terms) that social ethics seem hardly to count, On the other hand, there are systems of ethics, and some of them very fine and idealistic systems, which either repudiate religion, or, like Confucianism, treat it with a distant and somewhat ironical respect.

It seems to me that the present - day attack on metaphysics is nothing more than an attack on idealistic constructions of this type, after the fashion (say) of Hegel or Bradley.

Other passages seem too idealistic, too fantastic to find their way into even our dreams, much less our daily lives: «For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.»

Stephen, if you think the discrimination only starts when people try to engage in «leadership» (which can be very broadly construed, by the the way), I have to wonder if you: a) have any experience with churches b) have any experience with discrimination Because you seem quite idealistic about the first, and naïve about the second.

You seem to live in an idealistic world where every team always has their best players available and of course with the Arsenal team being so much better than the rest (in your opinion) we would waltz away with the EPL title without breaking out of a canter.

I really admire your steadfastness to your ideolgy on what a football fan, and more importantly, an Arsenal fan should be, it is definitely to be commended but sometimes, to me, it seems to be to idealistic, too black and white at times and maybe kel has a small point that you use and miss - use information to further your own point at times.

Placing human dignity at the heart of foreign and security policy may seem foolish and hopelessly idealistic.

While transboundary parks — stretching across national borders between neighboring countries — seem thrillingly idealistic on paper, implementing them has proven to be fraught, as planners pick apart political and legal knots while local people grow impatient.

The idealistic Silvia is steely but in a predictable way, and her lovely face seems less expressive than usual.

Then an apparently chance meeting with free - spirited young couple Jamie and Darby (Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried) seems to revivify Josh and Cornelia's lives, reminding them of the idealistic, carefree souls they once were.

What seems odd to me, though it's helpful with Love & Friendship, is that people are reacting better to the self - interested plotter than they reacted to the idealistic group leader Violet in Damsels.

Even though there's something refreshing about the director's idea of what sounds like a quirky and whimsical take on the Ranger story (as opposed to the now standard «dark and gritty» approach), the idea of the main hero being presented not as a noble and idealistic figure, but instead a possibly delusional cowboy, has not seemed all that appealing to most longtime fans of the Lone Ranger.

When that kind of idealistic bullsh-t seemed romantic.

This conversation, which typically emanates from deeply held principles and big ideas, seems to attract the scholarly, the idealistic, and the impassioned — but also the certain and the dismissive.

I recall first coming upon it around the same time as Flaubert's Sentimental Education, and the vaguely twinned themes — of idealistic young men trying to navigate the vast and arcane social and professional labyrinths of the metropolis — seemed to strike a chord (as did George Gissing's New Grub Street and George Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flying, for somewhat related reasons).

It may seem over simplified or idealistic, but it keeps my feet on the ground when I feel out of my league.

Ebony Newman's work seems so idealistic and pure.

Although this may seem like an idealistic solution what do you think (Daniel or Anyone)?

He seems to rely on relating everything to an established defined concensus position with an idealistic view that peer review ensures the concensus is ultimately the correct position.

This seems to be a very idealistic view of how private funding is directed.

Shifting to a global mostly plant - based diet may seem absurdly idealistic, but change can happen.

And there seem to be plenty of idealistic new and out - of - work lawyers who see that as an opportunity to build a «low - bono» practice.

There seem to be a lot of idealistic new and out - of - work lawyers who see that as an opportunity to build a «low - bono» practice.

Both headphones are lightning - quick in their response and suffer no distortion even at dangerously loud volumes — this degree of precision is the big advantage of planar magnetic cans — but the Sine has the extra low - end punch that the PM3 seems too idealistic to want to provide.

With such odds, the idea of marriage may seem like a recipe for disaster, a naïve and idealistic dream which will inevitably end at best in disappointment and, at worst, in the destruction of your life.

A new model with an emphasis on knowledge and quality seems logical, albeit idealistic.

When she borrowed the money for a master's in professional writing, Luna acknowledges, she was an «idealistic» 22 - year - old, and the numbers didn't seem real.