Sentences with phrase «standing on anything»

Upon setting out to nab some booty, they wind up raiding a ships filled with plague victims, boy scouts, and ghosts, which leads to the old cartoon trick of the Pirate Captain only falling into the water when he realizes he's not actually standing on anything.

On the other hand, the notion of God as sentimental niceness — what I have called «smothering love» — springs from the wish of many people to be so completely tolerant that they are unwilling or unable to take a stand on anything.

While there is certainly some truth to this, (if you take a stand on anything, you will likely face criticism), we have to be careful of taking it too far by assuming that any pushback or disagreement we receive is an indication of our righteousness.

He tries to stand on anything that can be used as a step, like the Lego bucket, my nice stainless steel bowls, pitchers, whatever looks good, you can see the wheels a-turnin» in his head as he tries to figure it all out.

Yeah «no one get's anything past L.B.» except she was completely wrong about where any one of the candidates stood on anything.

That he wants us to believe that he is capable of taking a principled stand on anything would be funny if it weren't so sad.

One more question, could you stand on anything aluminum?

They don't have to take a stand on anything.

Not exact matches

When I was brought up, if I ever said anything ill about someone, my parents would put me in front of a mirror and make me stand there for 10 minutes and say how badly it reflected on me.

In other words: don't do anything foolish, just stand aside and let everyone else implode as their own reliance on ever - expanding credit and the U.S. dollar hegemony brings them to their knees.

That is, «by razing anything that still stands and by mercilessly targeting fighters, civilians, humanitarian workers, hospitals, and ambulances alike — as it does on a daily basis in Aleppo now.»

If your company's brand (or you own personal brand) indicates that it stands for a few specific attributes - such as quality, customer service, a sense of humor, or anything else - it's crucial to deliver on those promises.

He would hang out the window of a building, stand on the roof of a truck, anything to get above the scene.

This can be anything from serving locally sourced ingredients to taking a stand on a social issue.

Who, after all, after Harvey Weinstein, wants to be seen as anything other than standing on the side of victims and against predatory men?

There they stood all wrapped up in their parkas, ski jackets, and bulky sweaters wearing anything from construction boots to overshoes; there was even a sprinkling of executives in their Italian leather shoes, business suits and cashmere coats, all waiting to get in on a sure thing.

A co-signer takes on responsibility, but stands to gain little if anything.

If you have been standing in the crowd watching Rush Limbaugh and his racist, misogynist, red necked, ignorant, extremist, and you haven't been offended enough to say anything to this point, you are too darned disconnected from what is going on in this country to say anything now.

If anything, I think this will backfire on Republicans if Romney is the nominee because he doesn't have a leg to stand on and many will just stay home.

But if you don't champion the place of the arts within the Body of Christ, if you don't encourage young Christians to pursue the calling God has put on their hearts, if you don't train up your creative troops to stand and fight, then why on earth would you — would we — expect to see the Church being anything other than routed in the world of entertainment?

Gary stands on the edge of the precipice of Brigitte's mind and stares intently into the chasm... straining in vain to see anything resembling form or definition.

what if I told you I saw and felt the presence of something., an all consuming light and it was loud beyond anything on this Earth and it commanded me to live free and to stand up for good and to fight evil everywhere I find it?

all I can think of today is what I saw in yesterday's news, about the former paratrooper turned preacher at an Independent Fundamental Baptist church just outside Ft. Bragg, N.C., that told his congregation they should break their sons» wrists if they catch them doing the «limp wrist», or give him a good punch... and all the kids that have committed suicide because other kids have picked up on messages like this and bullied them till they couldn't stand it anymore... we are the only bible some folks will ever read, and if they get this kind of message, well, who'd want to be with a group of people where you are grudgingly tolerated, if not outright hated, and all this in Jesus» name... it also says that the churches will do just about anything to keep people obedient and unquestioning, so they will continue to give, and so the big donors will continue to give, so that the doors at Monster Megachurch can be kept open, and the lights on... David, this is one of your «less is more» toons here... a minimum of elements that says so much....

«Speak only positive words» and «stand on His promises refusing anything but His best» — are excellent incantations.

Admittedly, the nervous nuancing is excessive and the statement is anything but a clarion trumpet call for battle on behalf of the culture of life, but «Standing for the Unborn» should be welcomed as an exercise in Jesuit catch - up and a promising advance in the Jesuit - Catholic ecumenical dialogue.

On this more than anything else, the whole community must stand together for we are in danger of perishing together.

It is usually the brave and heroic that stand their ground on anything.

But I still think that the moment we simply stand aside and continue letting religion control anything and everything it can get its hands on is the moment we have aided them in that goal... which I'm not willing to do.

A mostly derivative pastiche of questionable musical integrity, the piece was roasted (backstage, of course» as professionals we will play as well as we can anything that is put on our music stands) by most of my colleagues, and we complained bitterly that the last minute programming of the piece (replacing Brahms» Third Symphony) was no more than a marketing ploy foisted upon us by Sony Classical in order to boost CD sales of the work.

These minister's aren't standing firm on anything — they are bought and paid for by Tony Perkins organization.

I've seen some comments about how ignorant Kelly is for bringing up this subject and I think too many of you are the ignorant ones who can't stand to see anything on Fox news that you don't agree with.

She based her choices on academic standing, reputation, size, location, cost and certain campus intangibles that had little if anything to do with religion.

Yes, Jesus a Liberal... and Ken you are a frightened human being... let it go... I'm not pushing anything on anyone... Christ loves everyone... man was made in God's image so deal with it... and me2 you and I both know it was the conservatives who wanted slavery... Abe Lincoln would be sickened by what has happened to his party... he was a man who stood on principle and believed in good for the common man... way different than the party you are tied to... Price... I agree with you in that there are many good Christians... unfortunately, there are many who are very ignorant and use Christ / God as a convenient excuse to denounce what they don't accept...

She supported it on the ground that «so many ministers don't look like anything in particular — not hard enough for businessmen, not unworldly - looking enough for professors, not sharp enough for lawyers, not glamorous enough for actors...» that they need something to make them stand out.

Without taking a strong stand on the controversial question of whether inter-species relationships ought to be governed by justice — in other words, the question of whether we owe anything to animals as such — the author establishes all sorts of interesting parallels between evolutionary biology and traditional theology in this area, as well as challenges from one to the other.

We can not for the love of our brethren or for the love of Cod let anybody or anything stand in the way of our taking on our own shoulders our responsibility.

With all the real issues that this Nation is facing, leave it to some complete idiot to start up this topic to place another target on anyone or anything that stands for decency in our Nation.

I just used what I had on hand (probably braeburns or galas — don't remember), but I think anything that will stand up to cooking.

«The pack is ideal for both consumers and retailers; able to stand on its own for easy preparation and filling, it provides food vendors with an efficient solution for packaging anything from hot fries and sandwiches to muesli.

Almost anything off the grill will taste better if you let it stand on the cutting board for a few minutes before serving.

Truthfully, he could certainly stand to lose more than a few pounds, but is so picky that it's hard to get him to budge on anything that doesn't taste just like the original.

I wasn't planning on labeling them gluten - free or anything like that - they would need to stand up on there own as delicious first, and the fact that they happened to be gluten - free would be a footnote.

Able to stand on its own for easy preparation and filling, Integraflex ™ provides food vendors with an efficient solution for packaging anything from hot fries and sandwiches to muesli.

Granted, we would eat pretty much anything topped with mashed potatoes, but, reinforced with bacon and red wine, the lamb ragù base for this shepherd's pie recipe stands on its own.

Fresh, seasonal produce can stand on its own, so while the ingredient list is small, the flavor is anything but.

Team Kirshner hasn't let anything stand in their way this season, and it's gonna take a lot to knock them off their place on top of the mountain.

There's lots of things we can do Don't buy anything If you do turn up voice your opinion boo wenger every time he stands up, and cheer the team Take banners with wenger and the board out on

I've said it before I can't stand the «fans» on this site they honestly have 0 credibility and they just b*tch about anything

This wont wash, for Wenger and board to have a leg to stand on we need to see Tott lose their players and fall into difficulty, anything other than that would leave me feeling lied to and let down.

But on the other hand, after all his contributions for out team in the past few seasons, i'm happy for him because he stands a better chance to win something with Manure than our club, that hurts more (even Ian Wright confessed that), we cant even assure a top class player of anything anymore,,, i» scared for ozil and wilshere leaving too....