Sentences with word «sequitur»

Again and again one reads of a master who answers a disciple's philosophical question with a complete and insulting non sequitur of nonsensical quality.

Thus, he blurts out a series of non sequiturs in free association:

Standard non sequitur from Bob.

They don't teach logic or how not to use non sequiturs at Yale or Harvard?

Some of Amar's libertarian schtick is amusing, although his best line is a throwaway non sequitur about ostriches» suicidal tendencies.

Typical non sequitur response, Sal.

Critics Consensus: The non sequitur humor of Aqua Teen Hunger Force will surely appeal to its built - in fanbase, but for the uninitiated, the premise wears thin.

Other nominees at the Tate show include a woman named Spartacus Chetwynd, whose rustic, post-apocalyptic performance piece culminates in a human oracle whispering non sequiturs into people's ears (mine was: «Eat more than meat»).

Even the most popular explainer in recent years of the financial crisis — «The Big Short» — had to employ non sequiturs with celebrities explaining ideas like mortgage - backed securities and credit default swaps to communicate how it happened.

It's actually not direct actually because of sequitur like only 7 percent which I think is significant and it's growing every day 7 percent of Bitcoin transactions are SEGUI transactions now.

But a power that could produce and deal with an immaterial thing like a concept must itself be immaterial according to the axiom «to act follows to be» (agere sequitur esse).

According to a classical Aristotelian — Thomistic axiom: agere sequitur esse, action follows being.

Post by «Juan in El Paso» contains instances of the the ad hominem and circu - mstantial ad hominem fallacies as well as a non sequitur argument.

Those crazy non sequitur conversations around the dinner table mirror some of my family get togethers.

If she clearly doesn't perform the most acrobatic stunts, there's no non sequitur when she lands — her endless legs spread wide, her palms flat on the ground, her eyes sparkling with amusement.

In future posts we'll dig into the details, but for now let's highlight just two examples of the misleading scare tactics and non sequitur statements in «Risky Business.»

There aren't punch lines for big laughs, but rather a seamless series of non sequiturs for smiles.

But one of the biggest resulted from a bizarre off - script non sequitur Geithner made early in his speech.

They will show up (as they do now, for the most part) as exceptions: ad hoc ethical non sequiturs kept going by the enthusiasm of the few and the guilt of a somewhat larger cross-section of churchgoers.

This whole «something from nothing» problem believers have is non sequitur anyway as the vacuum Is not empty.

Imagine silly Family Guy narrative non sequiturs extended for a 90 minute movie engrafted onto the usual romantic comedy where the guy smokes too much pot and can't commit.

She speaks in non sequiturs most of the time, so whenever a logical statement comes out of her mouth, the family fears she's being clairvoyant.

Snyder, instead, only offers nightmare dream sequences of Jack Kirby's unrecognizable New Gods, bizarre non sequiturs so disengaged and irrelevant to the events at hand that I was at a loss to explain any of it to my baffled family even though I probably understood what was going on better than anyone else in the half - empty theater.

Handcuffed by an annoyingly contrived plot that keeps its zanier non sequitur TV giggles in lockdown.

It's actually comprised of delayed sequiturs.

The thing is, all the doe - eyed manga explosions, non sequitur videogame power - ups, and otherworldly ex-boyfriend battles are just garnish to what's everyday relationship drama.

Juno's trip to an abortion clinic (preceded by «The Office»'s Rainn Wilson demonstrating in a brief cameo how limited he is as a personality) is punctuated by lone protestor Su Chin (Valerie Tian) proclaiming, in high - yella» style, «Your baby wants to be borned,» before Juno relates a monolingual anecdote and proceeds on into the next non sequitur where someone else talks just like Diablo Cody writes.

This romantic drama boasts elements of horror and sci - fi, and it has something of the ethereal grandeur of Terrence Malick and the non sequitur strangeness of David Lynch.

They were all sort of non sequitur tags.

Amy Poehler, Meyers's erstwhile companion on the Weekend Update set of Saturday Night Live, wrapped up the monologue with a hilariously awkward exchange in which she refused his setup and delivered her own non sequitur punchline, complete with swig of wine.

What begins as a baffling yet amusing string of non sequitur vignettes, shot rough and strenuous in a camera - verite fashion, eventually and astonishingly is made coherent in Zach Weintraub's audacious arthouse alternative, Slackjaw.

Much of that other hour is filled with real hilarity, in which many of those non sequiturs elicit quite a few belly laughs.

Denizens of the internet will likely be familiar with some of The Room «s famous «gags» (non sequiturs captured in gif form like the line «Oh hi Mark» or snippets of street football played by tuxedo - clad goons) even if they've never seen the film (which revolves around an impossible - to - describe plot and features amateurish production values; it's a failure on virtually every level).

One delirious non sequitur finds Wood's mouth - breathing sidekick offering up his mad hacking skills, only to reveal a computer literacy somewhere in the Donald Trump range.

In putting up with Gary's personality and his non sequitur analogies that don't even make sense in context for as long as they do, we know that Andy, Steven, Peter, and Oliver are the best kind of friends.

Yet despite the commitment of our two leads and despite the fact that this film relies more on emotion and tone than story, there are some, frankly, odd character moments taken that largely play as non sequiturs without any sort of pay - off.

Take a seemingly non sequitur montage in which two cops raid the homes of drug dealers.

His only apparent interest is in cramming in as many annoying, non sequitur gags as his twisted mind can cook up.

But good stoner comedies like Pineapple Express have a rambling, shaggy - dog nature that can make quirky little detours and non sequiturs more essential than story itself.