Sentences with phrase «trite sayings»

This is a trite saying, but as a friend of mine once said, «The tritest sayings in life are true,» here is the saying, «Patience is a virtue.»

The basic formula has also enabled us to breed top winners and / or producers in three other breeds so it is not just a trite saying; we know where the power is and how to use it.

Not exact matches

It's a reframed version of the old «What is your weakness» question, but it steers candidates away from trite responses and opens the door for more dynamic conversations, says Boettcher — ones that help him distinguish the real problem - solvers and self - starters from the rest.

This might sound trite, but it's easier said than done.

Signal vs. Noise has an entertaining breakdown of that trite way of saying sorry — «We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.»

It's trite, but also true, to say that the world of business is increasingly complex.

«Raising venture capital is like you're on a journey in a car, and you've got to stop at the gas station to fill the tank,» Parker says, calling upon a trite — his words — venture capital analogy.

Having gone through this now myself, I have learned it is way better to say nothing than to say something trite.

Try understanding what theories science is pursuing before say that trite «something from nothing argument»... no one is saying that since «nothing» really never is.

From the pulpit of a church, speaking to a live audience about religious diversity, Obama sarcastically belittled America's Judeo - Christian heritage and degraded its adherents with trite remarks typical of any atheistic antagonist, saying things like: «Whatever we were, we are no longer a Christian nation,» «The Sermon on the Mount is a passage that is so radical that our own defense department wouldn't survive its application» and «To base our policy making upon such commitments as moral absolutes would be a dangerous thing.»

I hear what you're saying in terms of «God bless you» as trite, «Christian - ese» rhetoric; but when I say it, I mean it.

I am not saying anything so trite as that life is fuller when people have myths to live by.

It is a saying long since become trite but still true of the thought of modern liberal students of the Bible, that the Bible is not in its entirety the word of God, but that the Bible does contain the word of God.

Trite phrases with nothing to support what you say, unlike my posts which always give reasons.

On the plus side, it wasn't as cruel as comments made by «AA's self - appointed moral watchdog, who is never trite or boring because he has 1000's of creative ways of saying the same thing.

It's almost unbearably trite but it's also precisely true to say this is temporary.

Reacting to the Bank's appeal decision, Adetokunbo Mumuni said, «It's trite law that no procedural requirements should ever be made a tool to deny justice or perpetuate injustice.

Anyone who says it doesn't is either a spin - doctor for a losing candidate or someone who can't see beyond the true but trite observation that by - elections are not general elections.

«While it is true that the said Alhaji Yahaya Bello participated in our party primaries, it's trite that party primaries are conducted to produce a candidate and once a candidate is produced, the congress, being an ad - hoc tool for that purpose, should automatically extinguish.

It sounds cheap, it sounds trite,» Cuomo said.

It may seem trite to say so, but an examiner examines a patent application.

Avoid filling your CV with these trite words, says Lindsey Pollak, author of Getting from College to Career (HarperCollins, 2007), as they can make your CV «appear empty to a potential employer and may do more harm than good».

As trite as it sounds, Carter says, for any partnership to work, it has to be a «win - win» scenario.

«A team environment — it almost sounds trite, because you hear it more and more in business,» says Pennock of Kelly Services, «but it's even more important in the science world as scientific disciplines are starting to cross.»

I know it's trite but I'm going to say it anyway.

It may sound really corny and trite but it is such an honor to me to say that I am a Board Certified Holistic Nurse and I am so happy to be re-certifying.

Its easy to say «get a lot of sleep» but its not as easy as uttering a trite phrase.

That's a world I'd like to live in, but the skeptic in me says, «nah»; rather, costs are being cut and companies are looking for ways to charge more for the same trite $ 10 - $ 20 box.

It feels so trite so say «I love your look».

They are filler phrases; trite, mindless sayings.

It may be trite to say it, but it really is true: Your success is our success!

And thats why I say the best place to find someone online is - yes, trite but true - Facebook.

At the risk of sounding trite, the problem one quickly runs into, is where a sugar daddy says the exact same thing you do.

Sad to say, they seem more trite than true in the hands of director Mimi Leder, making her big - screen debut after years of «ER» and other TV shows.

They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but in this case, judging a movie by its poster and thinking it derivative and trite would be right on the money.

«A trite sci - fi adventure that's probably too intense for younger viewers and not sophisticated enough for adults,» say Screen International.

That said, the film is engrossing and entertaining if sometimes trite and manipulative and totally bogus.

You may think it sounds trite, or like some type of sales pitch to say we at Pelican and you, our valued readers, are partners; but it is the truth.

It may seem trite to say a book reads like a novel, but, well, this one does.

«It's easy to say something like, «I'll never allow somebody to buy the win of the game, I won't let them buy victory,» but that's kind of a trite answer,» he said.

It would be unprofessional and trite, then, for me to say that Proteus is like Minecraft on LSD.

But I've struggled to know what to say that hasn't already been said, that isn't trite and oversimplifying a very complex situation.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, so the saying goes, and while it may seem trite, for in - house counsel who have to deal with the aftermath of a cyberattack or data breach, that recommendation overwhelms all others.

It is trite to say that progress made in the past does not guarantee future outcomes.

«It is trite to say that technology is changing the world,» notes the report on court processes.

Much of what follows in the note seems trite and trivial from the perspective someone who's been as involved with social media as I have been; but, as I say, the target appears to be lawyers who are only now considering putting a toe into the water, and for them this may have some value, if only as a formal recognition by the Society that media such as Twitter and Linkedin exist and may be useful for lawyers.

To say that justice delayed is justice denied is a trite observation.

It is trite to say that in - house counsel do not have access to the same financial resources available to law firms.

It sounds trite to say the people, but it is.

It is trite to say that a lawyer shouldn't act in a matter when he or she isn't competent to do so.