Sentences with phrase «than most men in»

Despite all the instances one can find in the play to show that Oedipus turns away from knowledge of himself, he is more heroic than most men in his struggle to attain it.

Not exact matches

In states lacking non-discrimination policies for LGBT people, gay men tend to be penalized most, Klawitter's research indicates, with gay men in same - sex couples earning about 30 percent less than their counterparts in opposite - sex coupleIn states lacking non-discrimination policies for LGBT people, gay men tend to be penalized most, Klawitter's research indicates, with gay men in same - sex couples earning about 30 percent less than their counterparts in opposite - sex couplein same - sex couples earning about 30 percent less than their counterparts in opposite - sex couplein opposite - sex couples.

/ (Oh no) / I swore I wouldn't tell / But most of you share bars like you got the bottom bunk in a two man cell / (A two man cell) / Something's in the water / (Something's in the water) / And if I got a brown nose for some gold then I'd rather be a bum than a motherfuckin» baller.»

Rather than men in uniform and female supermodels, some of the most right - swiped jobs aren't particularly stereotypical.

In fact, says Beam, «based on the GSS since 1977, young men are the most progressive they've ever been, and more progressive even than women.»

«I would rather have relevant messaging than have my privacy protected because the reality is that none of us have privacy anyway,» said Gotlieb, who is considered by some to be the most powerful man in media.

WNBA superstar Nneka Ogwumike makes more than most league players, though it's a far cry from what men in the NBA take home.

In keeping with the mindset of company's namesakes (Nelson and Gerson's fathers, «two men who appreciate great shoes, but who will never pay more than $ 200 on a pair»), the most expensive three pairs in its collection are just $ 22In keeping with the mindset of company's namesakes (Nelson and Gerson's fathers, «two men who appreciate great shoes, but who will never pay more than $ 200 on a pair»), the most expensive three pairs in its collection are just $ 22in its collection are just $ 220.

Those retired for more than 20 years are most likely to be entrepreneurs, with newly - retired men more likely to still be working in the sports field.

«Noel Lee is a man who knows sound better than [sic] most anyone in the world; and I know what gamers need to compete at the highest level,» Wendel says.

Unfortunately, Bertrand Russell's observation about life in general applies with unusual force in the financial world: «Most men would rather die than think.

Plus most of the these men in theses prisons were not guilty of anything other than having someone acuse them of something they did not do.

In fact, most American Catholics disagree with some of the Vatican doctrines (birth control, for example); there are Baptist Churches that don't treat women as less than men in God's eye, etcIn fact, most American Catholics disagree with some of the Vatican doctrines (birth control, for example); there are Baptist Churches that don't treat women as less than men in God's eye, etcin God's eye, etc..

The self - absorbed and self - indulged baby - boomers of the media seem deeply to resent that, but their self - reflection now has lots of cracks and this will become evident in Holyrood Palace when we watch a man and a woman who have seen more of life than most people who have ever lived.

Most studies find that it is a harmless stress - reliever which when understood by men and women in relationships enhances rather than breaks them down.

It includes a chapter on domestic life that reviews how and where single men lived; a chapter on associations such as the YMCA and YMHA, which sprang up in these years to offer support, wholesome company, and structure to bachelor life in the city; a chapter on bachelor - frequented institutions (a rather more dignified term than most readers would choose) such as the saloon, the pool and dance halls, and the barber shops.

After all, there is but one man in most polygamy cases, and the sterilization of a man is cheaper and less physically damaging for a man than it is for a woman.

Polygynous Marriage Probably the most common form of marriage in the bible, it is where a man has more than one wife.

Dressed in a polo shirt tucked into khakis, he is fit and trim, likely in better shape than most men half his age.

And if my eyes were more filled with tears than those of a repentant woman, and if each tear were more precious than a pardoned woman's many tears; if I could find a place more humble than the place at his feet, and if I could sit there more humbly than a woman whose heart's sole choice was this one thing needful; if I loved him more sincerely than the most loyal of his servants, eager to shed the last drop of his life - blood in his service; if I had found greater favor in his eyes than the purest among women — nevertheless, if I asked him to alter his purpose, to reveal himself differently, to be more lenient with himself, he would doubtless look at me and say: Man, what have I to do with thee?

Our concern here is Abraham, who, like most men, needs much more instruction in these matters than does his wife.

The hypocrisy here is staggering, for as everyone knows, white evangelicals overwhelmingly support President Trump, a man who has been accused by more than twenty women of sexual assault, who is on record bragging about those assaults, and who was recently found in a Christianity Today poll to be evangelicals» «most trusted celebrity.»

I confess, I too wanted to believe that «Dubya» was, somehow, a man apart from most men» that a «Patriot Act» in his hands was something less dicey than it would be in anyone else's.

The great American Puritan John Cotton declared in more than one sermon that it was God's good will that men and women should spend most of their time and energy working.

You may disagree with the premises of religion as much as you want, buddy, but the reasoning and conclusion leading to religious doctrine, especially catholic doctrine, are among the best works in logic in the history of mankind, made by men a lot more skilled in it than most who live today, I dare say.

His words fell like cleansing rain and adjournment soon followed, in time for the men to experience what most would remember better than any exchange around the conference table.

It was said of Sir Walter Scott that he enjoyed more in twenty - four hours than most men do in a week.

Polygymous Marriage Probably the most common form of marriage in the bible, it is where a man has more than one wife.

Men are the ones who do most of the killing in society and the most destructive ones too, how can you say that women are not better than mMen are the ones who do most of the killing in society and the most destructive ones too, how can you say that women are not better than menmen?

He who often thinks of God, will have a larger mind than the man who simply plods around this narrow globe... The most excellent study for expanding the soul, is the science of Christ, and Him crucified, and the knowledge of the Godhead in the glorious Trinity.

Admittedly, in the area of religious faith and morals we have been rather slower to discard the old in favour of the new, for this is the aspect of human life in which conservatism has always been most strongly entrenched, for the very good reason that man looks to this area of life more than any other for his stability and security.

Precisely that kind of man, «transported by his passion» — in this case his being caught up into a relationship with God in Christ, although it may very well be true in other ways as well, since to be «transported» by passion is to enter upon the most profound experience possible to human beings — precisely such a man does feel and know what is nothing other than «the secret of the universe».

This effectiveness has been achieved chiefly through the growth of intelligence, and is most clearly manifest in the decisive change that has taken place in the method of evolution, which in man proceeds through reflective deliberation rather than through the unconscious processes of natural selection that prevailed in the pre-human era.

So as you go about tying fluffy red bows on neatly wrapped packages and compulsively checking to make sure you recorded every holiday movie known to man, relish and rest in the fact that the most beautiful story ever told is so much more beautiful than we ever thought possible.

A college education is one of the most divisive things in our culture — it perpetuates the belief that it makes you better than your fellow man.

Ok, yes we believe in Islam that man was taller than specified here and that man is becoming less in tall from generation to another... but which I doubt most is that from Adam time to present time is only 6000 years???

To Portsmouth, the diocese in England where more than in any other the subversion of everything Pope John Paul stood for has proceeded unchecked ever since the appointment of its present bishop in 1989, the Holy Father has appointed the right - hand man of Bishop Mark Davies, probably the most passionately orthodox bishop in England today.

Advancement in most universities depends less on teaching ability than on what a man publishes.3 Writing for professional journals is of great value, of course, because only experts in the same field are able to judge a man's contribution and benefit from it.

Men will take it as a mark of bad character rather than enlightenment if, after the most drastic alteration in personality, a man refuses responsibility for all earlier commitments.

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has felt sometimes the WCC has not placed its thinking on the social content of salvation solidly within the perspective of the ultimate goal of salvation... the eternal life in God, «with the result that appropriation of eternal life is made to depend on social conditions rather than social conditions on the appropriation of eternal life»; and the Ecumenical Patriarchate has warned us that in «turning towards the anguish of the man today», the WCC must not forget the basic truth that man sees himself as hungering for an answer to a basic question over and beyond his acute interest in the most vital socio - political problems of the day.»

The evangelist has nabbed a spot on the Gallup Poll's Ten Most Admired Men list more often than anyone — 32 times in 40 years.

For I would add, «I have no faith at all, I am by nature a shrewd pate, and every such person always has great difficulty in making the movements of faith — not that I attach, however, in and for itself, any value to this difficulty which through the overcoming of it brought the clever head further than the point which the simplest and most ordinary man reaches more easily.»

I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages» of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept of the Law into one of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «evil» or «good».

More important is the fact that in most groups a man who frequently becomes intoxicated loses much less social standing than a woman who is known to drink to excess.

Another sign of The Donald's popularity: He drew five times more admiration than Billy Graham on Gallup's latest list of the Most Admired Men in America.

All the demands for unneeded preference in admissions and hiring, all the absurd litigation, all the efforts at speech control and thought control, and most important, all the programs to manage and «improve» the behavior of the men in her life, whether husband, boss, roommate, or date, have left her more disaffected and more mentally self - indulgent than before.

I see more love in the movie King Kong, by an ape, and animals period, than in most of you people on this site, and on this earth with all of your bias man made laws, and religions, honestly in my opinion, I do.

My personal belief, & I have came to this as of late, watching ladies like Billy Graham's daughter (who, by the way, also in my own personal opinion, preaches better than most «called» men)... is this....

Still, in light of God's willingness to have faith in his creature by intending these moral powers for man and limiting his own powers for the sake of giving man «space» in which to be more than a «robot» or a «puppet» in a «stage play,» and most especially in light of God's willingness to enter into the worst of man's human - historical condition via the incarnation for the sake of redeeming the «lifeworld» that man, by his powers, has corrupted through sin, the moral agent can ultimately affirm his or her moral nature in confidence that this «image of God» will not only not be lost but will continue to be affirmed and redeemed to the glory of God.

Its dark these days David, probably more so in your part of the world than most, but «Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man.»