Sentences with phrase «shiny thing»

Instead of spending it on some red, shiny thing that honks and drops like a rock in value the day you buy it, you invest this money in an appreciating capital asset that yields 12 % per year over thirty years.

If you've upgraded your GPU and are looking for the next shiny thing to plunge into your machine though, the Predator 8 GB kit will give it a mighty shot in the arm.

Last month I wrote about my love of the Apple iPhone X and then the new shiny thing, the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, showed up.

So it creates this perpetual engine, so to speak, or drive, always just, you know, constantly driven towards whatever our shiny thing is.

I don't pretend I'm a change expert (except on my resume, obviously), but I have had some success in (1) convincing lawyers to just try the new shiny thing, and (2) actually incorporate it into practice.

In technology today, and especially on the web, there is a constant push for the new shiny thing.

No one would blame you of being skeptical of the new shiny thing in investing.

Noticed how some in the IPCC are finally beginning to acknowledge the part of the big hot shiny thing in the sky?

His attention span, like his temper, is extremely short and Fang has been known to break off a manic rant mid sentence in order to go and explore the shiny thing he saw from the corner of his eye.

They are always ready to jump to the next new shiny thing if they think it will benefit their bottom line, regardless of whether your work is selling or not, and often it's not because even if they are trying to sell your work, no one can sell it like the person whose passion and time went into creating it.

It's a delight for anyone who loves finding every last shiny thing in a game.

Battle royale is definitely the new shiny thing that everyone is chasing at the moment, and it's pretty trivial to turn a survival game into a second - rate PUBG knock off - so I can see why a lot of people are chasing that.

Your brain comes to an automatic conclusion of how the controls work based from years of playing other games and general common sense: you push the stick right, intending to bank to the right and investigate that shiny thing over there.

Hey, look at that shiny thing, we think.

«And this is a shiny thing.

Vote for me because I have a shiny thing.

Listening to the panel members from the traditional publishing industry talk, I thought of dinosaurs shuffling through the underbrush in some cretaceous forest, looking up at the sky when a bright shiny thing comes barrelling through the atmosphere.

Most companies that started out between 2009 - 2014 have run into one of a number of walls related to scaling — they couldn't capture enough share to make publishers interested, couldn't get big enough to keep investors interested, tried out a business model that didn't work, couldn't raise cash after VCs moved on from ebooks to the next shiny thing, or their parent company didn't see a path to profitability and decided to wind down.

Frequently, educators grasp at a new program, a new curriculum or a new «shiny thing» to accomplish the lofty goals we have for our students.

Just saying «yeah we're making that» tells me nothing on what it's like, what it will do, when we might ever see it, and causes people to lose interest until the next shiny thing comes along.

I might buy one shiny thing, but I'm not going to fill my closet with that stuff.

The blue top is very pretty — I think everyone should have at least one sparkly, shiny thing in their wardrobe.

My head hurt terribly and there was a squiggly shiny thing vibrating in my eyes.

You and your family are excited when you first took that shiny thing home.

a shiny thing to distract you!»

If you don't already know I have a new shiny thing in my kitchen (courtesy of being a Fridgedaire Test Drive Mom) and you won't miss it since it is the only shiny thing in my kitchen.

If this sounds like a cheesy attempt to get free extras... Look over there at the shiny thing!

For some reason they don't realize it's training to live the life I want by enabling myself to choose deliberately what I want to do, not just to follow paths others lay out for me, which I call the rat race, or surrender to whatever shiny thing appears in my vision, which I call blowing in the breeze.

Google describes the new shiny thing as «a visual driven format for evolving news consumption on mobile.»

Now, meet the newest shiny thing for your bricks - and - mortar business.

One factor in its favor is the growing and monied class of tech - savvy consumers who are willing to pay for novel, customized experiences — and for whom a standard car off the assembly line may pale next to the thrill of the next newest, shiniest thing.

A year ago, I looked at the retailer's entire selection of laptops, and all I found were these huge, ugly, shiny things festooned with garish stickers announcing that they had «Intel Inside» and were «Vista Adequate» and «Y2K Ready.»

It's supposedly that «God» and «Jesus» are attracted to shiny things!

Or is it that you are saying that god likes shiny things too?

We love shiny things, like swords.

This involves playing magnificent football, getting closer to closer to shiny things only to bottle it and fall on their faces when it comes down to it.

The right player can bring victories, playoff games, and beautiful shiny things in trophy cases.

Look over there at the shiny things.

Look over there: shiny things.

Men deserve shiny things, too!

Lovers of iced out silver watches are like birds — they are attracted to shiny things.

«I have a strong need to be hands - on and do applied science, and this was the way to go with my chemistry background - shiny things.»

On a superficial level, I love shiny things: I'm looking forward to accumulating so many that I can wear them all at once and look like Mr. T. I Instagrammed this one with the caption «The Little Fail Snail That Could.»

Water isn't just pretty though, it is what we are mostly made of, so the humans who were attuned to shiny things were ensuring their survival by making certain that they sought out their most basic need.

Anyone who knows me will know that I love silver and shiny things and this backpack ticks both those boxes, plus will look cool with casual outfits even when I'm not travelling.

I have an insane addiction to shiny things.

You are absolutely right, you can rock glitter, sparkles, and all the shiny things without judgement.

Lots of gray and black and shiny things this time around and a nice mixture of dresses and pants.

I so relate on loving pretty shiny things!

pretty shiny things» kid in me loves the black / gold metallic brocade.