Sentences with phrase «to stroke one's ego»

Tamara, you're not the only sinner on this site that is miffed that I write Jesus» truth and don't stroke your ego of the man made lie to love the sinner, hate the sin.

If a home needs staging to appear more neutral, avoid offending sellers by stroking their ego a bit.

I'm an avid reader and love to write, but I that means nothing if the people who are reading my short stories are just stroking my ego just so I'll stroke theirs.

It won't stroke your ego because you're awesome.

When I can get a robotic replacement wife that strokes my ego in the right way, when everyone who wants a Mercedes Benz can have one, then we can talk about this.

I mean, you can stroke your ego with pride to assume that any god who does exist would somehow automatically be very invested in your life, but that's just presumptuous with no reason.

But keep stroking that ego of yours

Nice avoids tension and always strokes your ego, even if Ray Charles could see you're wrong.

However, in the absence of genuine sexual intimacy (best defined as «in - to - me - see»), we settle for sexual intensity: erotica, pornography, an office romance, an extramarital affair or whatever strokes the ego and provides the sexual high we crave.

But even if they are trite, the temptation to add words should be resisted as these are not always «reverent» and often stroke our ego.

There have been leaders who, after a while, you begin to wonder what the purpose is besides stroking his ego.

In exchange for talking job creation and revitalization, and for stroking the egos and jazzing the war chests and vacation trips of assorted little Caesars, Widgetom receives tax breaks, public utility deals, EZ loans, and exemptions from environmental and land use regulations.

While this might stroke their egos, it doesn't help us at all to find the special Thai man or woman that we're looking for.

There's a masterful scene of Bradlee and Graham at lunch, where she subtly moves him into her corner while stroking his ego; it's as if she's working for him instead of the reverse.

If you're vanity publishing and want the prettiest book possible, and you don't mind spending a lot of extra time and money stroking your ego, go for it.

This will probably leave them multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars worse off in retirement someday because they spent so much time stroking their ego trying to achieve big gains on small amounts of capital that in the big scheme of things will leave them worse off in the long term.

 Gagosian Gallery stroking the ego of some celebrity who fancies himself an artist is a better example of vanity in my opinion.

Psychological studies have shown people are naturally attracted to businesses who stroke their ego by making them feel important.

Do we really place the value of human life above stroking our egos and making ourselves feel important?

Go ponder that truth, why your generation is made to believe Jesus is made up and how «they» instilled this into you by stroking your egos... pumping you up daily believing your generation is the «thinkers» and other generations don't have a clue.

To me that's just stroking the ego.

Washington's current expertise in stroking the egos of plutocrats will have to be replaced with more consumer - oriented marketing chops.

However, submitting your work to literary publications is the best ways to get straightforward, impartial, yes - or - no feedback from people who do not know you and will not stroke your ego.

Doing so may stroke your ego, but it doesn't help you to connect with them.

To get the job done, or to stroke your ego?

More important, there doesn't seem to be any reason for the rebranding (and consequent «shuffle the deck chairs» reorganization) other than to assuage or stroke the egos of the executives involved.

I'm not saying you have to stroke their ego, but it helps.

But my goal is not to stroke your ego.

Maybe if people spent more time focusing on problems, instead of stroking their ego, by claiming they are talking to the creator of the Universe, our social problems would improve and not progressively get worse.

People do what it is we want them to do so it strokes our ego.

I don't have to address someone who obviously just wants people to agree with whatever you say to stroke your ego.

All baloney to stroke the egos of the sinners that refuse to give up their sinful natures and doesn't save souls.

By reading the letter He wrote to ALL (the Bible) and stop listening to tradition of men teachings that stroke your ego of what you want to hear instead of what He wants you to hear.

The problem with your generation is habitually going to those rag sites while there are other sites that don't need to stroke your egos.

That is the only honest answer, and we will not go to hell if there is a God, because it would not be some egomaniac that needs a bunch of humans to stroke its ego.

I do no seek peer approval, nor am I «stroking my ego».

You know, the kind that strokes your ego, boosts your self esteem, tweaks your life, kind of like Dr. Phil with a few Bible verses thrown in for good measure.

Their preachers taught God's truth, unlike today when preachers and rabbis tell folks what they want to hear (man made lies to stroke their egos) instead of Jesus» truth.

All calculated to maintain a position of control and stroke the ego.

Managers have a responsibility to stroke the egos of his players, you should expect nice words to be said of every team player by his manager.

Maybe he should be honest with the team and tell them when they are rubbish — instead of stroking their egos and calling them «fantastic».