A market
truism for our time is that whenever a company touches anything related to blockchain — or claims to — its stock shoots up, sometimes even before it enters the industry.
One part of the post reminded me of
a truism for corporate litigators: There are virtually no businesses that are engaged in the business of litigation.
If the Woolf scheme were to be delivered as intended by the courts, it would provide an even better system for parties keen for swift and affordable outcomes than at present, and it has always been
a truism for Lord Woolf that it is for the benefit of litigants that our civil justice system must unswervingly be directed.
Supplier partnerships The key to dealing with the above easily and effectively is to develop good supplier partnerships; it's
a truism for most aspects of business and running school trips is no different.
I know only too well how this is
a truism for human beings.
It may be safe to say the churches made by men's own hands is not the religious churches
truisms for the real churches are of life's embodiments.
«The Spectacular Now» swaps storytelling
truisms for the natural beat of life and thanks to outstanding performances from Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley, that results in an exceptionally raw and poignant experience.
Not exact matches
It's a
truism that as funds expand, it's harder
for them to beat the market.
There are, of course, limits to this
truism, otherwise there'd be even more celebrity gossip «stories» out there than there already are, but
for the most part news outlets like to give people what they want.
And it is a
truism, but an accurate one, to say that Germany's problems were that it was (
for that reason) too late unified, had great difficulty determining whether it was an eastern or western - facing country, and that whenever it set out to assure its own security, it disturbed the security of its neighbours.
The fact that such programs don't work is further evidence
for the
truism that management, pretty generally, is a difficult task.
For these traditional, sensible reasons this has always been good advice, but it's even better advice now that science has investigated the psychological and brain processes underlying this oft - repeated relationship
truism.
While that might sound like a
truism, it has relevance
for Societe Generale's strategy in the US.
I resisted reading it
for a long time because I figured it would be full of self - affirmational claptrap, and there is some of that, but it's mainly about a simple financial
truism: no matter how much money you make, the only way to get rich is to spend much less than you earn.
In fact, the reason you hear so many
truisms (note: what's another word
for that?)
Jacoby's occasion
for recycling this tired
truism is David Gelernter's new book, America - Lite: How Imperial Academia Dismantled Our Culture (and Ushered in the Obamacrats), which he thinks is short on arguments and full of shrill right - wing clichés about tenured radicals and rootless intellectuals.
Husbands and single guys with other weekend plans might even offer that
truism as an excuse
for skipping church.
That the major function of governments is to create a favorable context
for economic activity is now almost a
truism.
These «
truisms» should form a kind of perimeter
for the moral imagination, even if there will be exceptional cases based on social and historical circumstances.
Again, thank you Mr. Nye
for your support of real
truisms.
Quoting Whitehead, he indicates what he thinks might be the reason
for this lack of understanding: «The
truism that we can only conceive in terms of universals has been stretched to mean that we can only feel in terms of universals.»
For those that accept we are holistic beings, this article simply reflects the
truism that we have a spiritual component that is neither imagined or physical.
I apologize
for a conclusion that limps out on a
truism, but the good thing about
truisms is that they are true.
A simple
truism,
for a human to be happy when surrounded by misery is impossible.
to know that PsiCop's assertion ain't exactly a
truism... Maybe it was that way
for him, or some notable that he's quoting, but hardly a given
for the rest of the universe.
Need
for a MONSTER defensive Midfielder: This is now a religious
truism in Goonersphere.
I only pray that some of you who would otherwise have considered betraying your future sons have been able to see through my rage to the basic humane
truism that no person should ever be subjected to such an ordeal
for such transparently hollow reasons as are advanced in defense of this practice.
As
for the LibDems, it's a
truism of coalition politics that the junior partner frequently suffers in the polls.
Although It is a
truism that it is the strong and solid visionary thinking of individuals that result in the building of strong institutions, It is also a
truism that visionary Leaders are only remembered
for building strong institutions and NEVER outlive nor outlast whichever / whatever «Strong Institutions» that they helped build.
Collaboration, like a
truism captured in a cliché, works very well — so well that it is over-used and can become a missed opportunity
for a more powerful approach.
«Leaps in medical technology are always based on discoveries in basic sciences,» Gomelsky said «It is good to remember this simple
truism at the time when politicians call
for drastic decreases in science funding.»
At my age, looking at my peers who are lean (and those who aren't), I'd say that the
truism is that any diet that lowers insulin and supplies adequate protein «works»
for health and fitness.
''... Younger Next Week has a secret weapon: author Elisa Zied... It's impressive that she can make
truisms that we all know, yet seldom act upon, sound both accessible and fun... The ideas laid out in Younger Next Week take just seven days to implement, but they're the kind of changes you will likely want to stick with
for the long haul.»
And since it is kind of a
truism that «there is nothing new under the sun,» with that many people writing stuff and fewer and fewer people just looking
for something new to read, that many bloggers are investing a ton of time and energy into writing blog posts, and then fly around to the various blog hops or linky parties and drop links hoping that more people will find us and read our blog posts.
Kids will be kids Care to go
for a
truism to start your day?
It is a
truism that confidence can be very attractive.6 A key piece of dating advice
for women is to learn to embrace this, using that confidence to make a first move.
It is a
truism that confidence can be very attractive.4 One of the key online dating tips
for women is to learn to embrace this, using that confidence to make a first move.
Much has rightly been made over the years about how the franchise became a platform
for some of the best British actors working, a
truism that brought it force and gravity as one after another great — Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent, Maggie Smith, David Thewlis, Jason Isaacs — stepped up, often wonderfully.
For that alone, Spielberg deserves credit; for doing so in a manner that upends many cynical truisms about what makes a «Spielberg film» in concept and form, he also deserves prai
For that alone, Spielberg deserves credit;
for doing so in a manner that upends many cynical truisms about what makes a «Spielberg film» in concept and form, he also deserves prai
for doing so in a manner that upends many cynical
truisms about what makes a «Spielberg film» in concept and form, he also deserves praise.
It's a
truism of mainstream movies that it's OK
for the hero to get beat up and injured, but not permanently maimed.
Avildsen and screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen (perhaps the most immodest human being on a planet that knows M. Night Shyamalan) return
for this sequel and the next — proving a lot of things, chief among them the
truism that quality fades with each successive Xerox and that maybe Avildsen is a hack who happens to have stumbled upon a couple of entertainingly macho soapers.
While «The more things change, the more they stay the same» is a
truism that certainly factors into «Dawson's Creek»'s appeal, knowing what I now know, I wouldn't do it all again — and the same goes
for «Dawson's Creek».
He sees political correctness as an insidious product of the kind of paternalistic racism that discards truth in favour of generally held
truisms, a crutch
for well - meaning racists who lack the wit to grasp that the basic misunderstanding of difference driving a desire to discriminate against minorities is identical to that which drives a desire to protect minorities.
There's an irritating tendency
for these scenes to end with one character repeating an earlier
truism and reversing or otherwise altering it, as if the extent of emotional turmoil can be summed up by some wordplay.
Atlanta excelled at a strange mix of real - life brutal
truisms, humor and friendship, and clashed all of its tones together as needed, loosely telling everyone's story
for 10 episodes.
Gertrud renounces external eventfulness in order to cultivate internal or imaginative eventfulness» — and using the (constant - and - never - moving as a way to allow viewers to focus on acting and the body rather than on technical formalist tricks, in fact, the shots are the longest technically allowable before the invention of digital shooting) camera merely as a functional recording - device rather than as an originator of instant meaning and knowledge as in Hollywood, this film remains the best summation of the
truism that a longwinded presentation of several actors merely speaking
for ten - minutes - a-scene while the camera does not move and no artificial and manipulative «cinematic language» is involved, in other words, the dreaded «merely filmed non-cinematic literature and theatre,» not only has a much greater capacity to teach than any Hollywood mode of filmmaking but is more dramatic than any car chase.
But there's so much more wrong with Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius than just the music, the winking title, and the
truism that
for as boring as golf is to watch on television, it's that much more boring to watch in reverent celluloid slow motion — no, the picture is also fatally tagged by a terrible screenplay and terrible direction (that includes a half dozen ball's - eye view shots: not as interesting as you might misunderstand), as well as the dreadfully persistent belief that the measure of a man's life are the crescendos and valleys rather than the caesuras and grace notes.
When a frustrated Michael, his calm, collected façade all but shattered by an afternoon spent with his mercurial father, asks (to no one in particular) why he can't hold it together and reverts back to a long - dormant, destructive pattern of father - son interaction, he's both uttering a
truism - bordering - on - cliché, but also speaking
for every member of the audience with a parent, a child, or a sibling (i.e., everyone).
The third way this is funny is harsher, in that it begins to touch on the
truism that there are certain traits you're born with, and while that's a no - brainer when it comes to the rest of the animal kingdom, it's a tough thing
for most proud Judeo - Christians to accept.
by Walter Chaw As the year winds down and distributors great and small try to cram their films into rotation
for possible awards consideration, the
truism that there are just as many mediocre foreign and independent films as mainstream ones proves sage
for a quartet of minor releases.