Sentences with phrase «something about human»

As I mentioned yesterday, positive psychology movies are not only the lighthearted films that inspire and elevate us but also the movies that teach us something about the human condition, help us face our suffering, and shine a light on pain and tragedy.

I can't find the context of the text fragment used as an example of the «minimizes» subset of Level 6 in Table 2 but the most likely reading of the fragment by itself is that it assumes that humans are causing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations to increase and that this is causing or contributing to global warming, so the fragment does say (or at least imply) something about human attribution.

He also surveyed the resources question in an analysis largely bereft of economics, but his most remarkable and statement was perhaps his suggestion that studies of overcrowding among rats could tell us something about the human behaviour we might expect:

David — knowing something about human nature and our failings, I would say that your statement sounds nice but I probably disagree with how it relates to real world behavior.

I used to be hoping that people would somehow get together under the general umbrella of «we've got to start doing something about the human causes of global warming.»

In a circa 1989 interview with Jim Johnson, an art historian at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colescott said he made the transition and dedicated himself to working with the figure and his imagination, «trying to say something about the human condition.»

This desire to make photographs that tell a story and say something about the human condition is central to Broffman's approach to photography.

Yet, at the heart of The Little Prince is an author who understood something about human beings that goes unnoticed by most.

I agree on that... save that the continuation of that series does tell us something about Human Nature and pursuit of commercial advantage in Publishing doesn't it?

Knowing something about human evolution tells us that we, as a species, have not developed that far.

Despite the lack of discipline, Apatow is trying to stretch himself, to say something about human nature: his insight here is less about comedy than about adult life as a succession of equivocations and betrayals.

Let's first understand something about the human body.

And that tells us something about human nature.

The ability to gaze inward may be an integral part of the human condition, but so is our inability to be alone, he says: «Because we're so attuned to be alert to danger, there is something about the human mind that finds it hard to turn in on itself.»

It means leaving the privacy ot your solitary labors, moving beyond those expected work relationships in which the product is always the go - between, and saying or doing something about the human affairs — the public realm — of that organization or community of which you are a part.

And how about we start doing something about the human impact on the planet?

And although my need is in part temperamental and idiosyncratic, I believe it also reflects something about human beings quite generally.

This confirms something about the human animal: when the animal is in heat it's brain is turned off.

A possible ecumenical appeal of the dogma is that it teaches us something about human freedom.

Finally, the fact that religion - at least in the West - learned something about human rights from democratic experience does not mean that «human rights is not a religious idea,» as Schlesinger dogmatically asserts.

There is something about human beings that is above and beyond the animal instincts that program them to live in their environment.

Or was that something about the human body?

That soldiers of all the armies kept fighting in the horrible trenches, often with a vigor that post-moderns find incomprehensible and more than a little distressing, says something about the human animal that needs discussion.

For prisoners offered to be taken away from the violent guards, criminals, murderers, rapists and put into a solitary confinement to be nearly always viewed as punishment says something about humans.

It's wonderfully made and says something about us humans that's incredibly insightful and...

My goal is to create pieces that reflect the peculiar nature of dogs and their behavior (and sometimes you might see something about humans too).

Not exact matches

If your business model revolves more around river tours and large bodies of water, the mighty kraken, complete with lots of morbid jokes about your service to the creature, ferrying tourists to feed its unending hunger for human flesh, may do a better job of making your employees feel like they are part of something greater.

There is something powerful about having a live conversation with another human being.

If there's something insane about a CEO who thinks his company's mission is more important than any accomplishment in all of human history — indeed, in all of fish history — there's also something irresistible.

There is something distinctly human about off - the - cuff remarks, and something distinctly robotic about perfectly planned and choreographed behavior.

When you believe that people are human beings first and worker bees second, you say something about their worth.

When you talk about an actual research project, often it starts as something more technologically oriented, but as you build deeper partnerships, you find that some of the problems they're really struggling with are human problems.

Indeed, these mega-rich buyers don't necessarily view these pieces as evocative works of art that stir emotions and say something essential about the human condition.

«There's something very human about the tablet that isn't human about the laptop,» Bansal says.

Hoping to learn something about how the human body defends itself against cancer, he had zeroed in on a complex regiment of lymphocytes called T cells, common to the immune systems in both mouse and man.

To understand why he doesn't listen to them, it's helpful to know something else about Thiel: He is deeply invested, philosophically and financially, in the idea of extreme human life extension.

A person who sees a problem is a Human Being; a person who finds a solution is visionary; and the person who goes out and does something about it is an entrepreneur.

While we can't use sterile mice to make any definitive conclusions about humans, the twins study, published in the journal Science last year, provided clear evidence that the microbiome is involved in weight gain — something earlier research had only suggested.

«There is something about building relationships and working with people on Capitol Hill that requires human nuance, and many companies won't just leave this to a machine,» she says.

There's something about the rawness of a human brain at 4 in the morning that steeps any concern in a cocktail of fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

We all seek feedback — it's a basic requirement of all humans, from a toddler asking his parents for something, to a team leader asking the CEO about the company's latest business plans.

Sometimes I think the fatal flaw of humans reduces to our unwillingness to give a crap about the future (inequality, recession, melting icecaps) when we can have something today.

There's something about it that seems forced: «It's like a scene in «Aliens» where they try to imagine how humans act.

«I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there's tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact,» he told CNBC.

CHARLIE MUNGER: Well, when you start to think about it, business quality usually counts on something more than whether you crossed the T in some old lease or something and the human quality of the management who are going to stay are very important.

«One thing that excites me about building a company is the human experience of making something out of nothing together,» our co-founder and CEO Walter recently wrote in a company email.

There is something unique about humans, thought.

I believe this wise and nuanced document says something true about human nature; I'm afraid Mr. Smalling might label it «common bigotry.»

I believe that stories communicate both the gospel and the truth about the human existence, but more importantly, they awaken in us something long repressed by our modern culture: life itself is a story.

It's about love, something we all as humans know and feel.