Sentences with phrase «up argument with»

But, instead, I pushed myself so hard that I even got in a blow - up argument with my daughter, and that NEVER happens.

One of the skills that I have always admired and enjoyed of a great advocate is the ability to spice up their argument with an apt quotation (no doubt a planned outpouring of spontaneous thought) that not only advances their argument, but, at the same time, engenders a sense of confidence and trust because the -LSB-...]

Jim D wrote: MF, I don't think Pope said his theory completely fails when there is no ice, so you can take up that argument with him.

I do nt believe facts and figures are «incoherent», I believe that when we are talking about the catastrophic destabalization of our global climate, it is neccesary to back up my argument with fact, and to educate you.

MF, I don't think Pope said his theory completely fails when there is no ice, so you can take up that argument with him.

Otherwise, we junk up the argument with stuff that has nothing to do with climate science and it's use in proving CAGW warming in the future.

A true sign that you have nothing to back up your argument with besides your own opinion, so you take it down a level to get your view across.

And then he propped up his argument with the behaviour of the British prime minister.

Next time back up your argument with something... Anything.

,» In the piece, Dana comes out essentially right where I did, suggesting that we modify flavored milk rather than eliminating it entirely, and she backs up her arguments with many more facts and figures than I had at hand when I wrote my own post.

Also, take a note from other writers and back up your arguments with some research.

She backs up her arguments with clear examples, and she provides lots of resources for writers.

Swedroe, who writes the Wise Investing blog at CBS MoneyWatch, is one of my favourite financial authors because he always backs up his arguments with hard data and practical advice.

Take up your arguments with Professors Shiller and Campbell.

I will NOT proceed with his plan, but I want to reject his proposal backing up my arguments with IRS information.

Chief sometimes sets the benchmark for arrogance and at times can be thin skinned, but as far as I am concerned he carries weight, backs up his arguments with data and links and generally is someone deserving of respect.

Not exact matches

Tom believes strongly in the power of emojis, and he backs that up with great arguments.

Napster co-founder Sean Parker's proposal to sell first - run movies to home viewers at $ 50 a pop has stirred up various corners of Hollywood, with big movie studios and theater chains up in arms over the Screening Room idea while multiple major filmmakers have landed on opposing sides of the argument.

A parade of reports and experts explained away high house prices and debt levels with many of the same arguments we hear today in Canada — yes, prices are way up compared to rents, but the analysis is built on flawed data; debt levels are high, but so are house prices, which minimizes the risk; America's demographics support the boom; and then the classic: There'll be a soft landing.

Before this starts to sound like the annual lecture from management — perhaps you're one of those corporate employees forced to sleepwalk through an intranet quiz once in a while to prove to your higher - ups that you're familiar with the company's code of conduct — consider DeMars's argument for the value of the ethical office from a personal standpoint: «In order to live happily and at peace with ourselves, we have to live in ways that are congruent with our morals,» she argues.

Come up with your thesis, three supporting arguments, and a concluding statement.»

The majority of billing arguments and service expectations can be solved with a simple conversation on day one «if I was to purchase a new computer, would setting it up be included in the contract»?

«The argument is the types of things we're doing now with information technology just don't show up in GDP because a lot of what we do on the Internet is free,» or very nearly so, says Philip Cross, a former chief of economic analysis at Statistics Canada who wrote a paper on the slow - growth economy for the Fraser Institute think tank last year.

Uber Technologies Chief Executive Travis Kalanick on Tuesday said it was time for him to «grow up» and get help after a video was published showing him getting into an argument with a driver for the ride service who complained about pay rates.

While Alphabet CEO Larry Page can lean on his reputation as a tech visionary to make the case for big bets, Porat's arguments stand up only when underpinned with solid economic logic.

Kelly brought up a recent conversation she had with Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, and said that he didn't have a compelling argument against gay marriage.

The same issue has come up recently with demands from mega-givers not to have to disclose their giving on the argument that they're likely to be criticized or «vilified» or «intimidated.»

DUBNER: So, to summarize your overall argument about our rise and fall of American growth: would it be an overstatement to say that there was a lot of low - hanging fruit — physical and labor, and all other kinds of fruit that we picked beautifully and ate hungrily, and we did really well with — and that those things, once used up, that kind of gain will never appear again as far as you can see?

The argument a tech company lawyer might offer, namely that consent has been given through a pop - up form filled with paragraph after paragraph of 6 - point - size legalese is, frankly, bullshit.

Prentice seemed to get caught up in the argument and in the process may have lost sight of the fact that his goal was to keep the PCs and undecided members of the audience with him, rather than to clobber Notley.

You'd probably have to come up with a statistical model that estimates what the fluctuations should be given some basic assumptions on how people will buy to make a conclusive argument that there is something fishy here.

Its careful arguments were chopped up, slathered with snark, and hurled at opponents or approvingly tweeted to friends.

If you're going to make the stupid argument that the term «belief» means the same thing whether it's applied to a god or the sun coming up, then argue with someone else.

Who would ever imagine that a book written to control the masses through fear and guilt would ever predict that some would question its validity??? My 5th grader could have come up with random statements to support this circular argument.

... well the same logic applys to god... i enjoy dropping these logic bombs on people and see how they react and hope that maybe that logic bomb will eventually set up a chain reaction in their consciousness... or maybe I am an egotistical f c k who just likes to have an unassaiable argument which with to beat others over the head with... maybe I am wrong to do so because the Human Condition is so cold and bleak in its finality that people need the cushion of god to go on with their everyday lives.

Your argument is simply reversible — if Genesis offers the perfect explanation of how we were created, why doesn't it line up with evolution?

Stop playing the victim card and come up with a real argument for your position.

On the other hand, if your religion tells you things that can't be backed up with good secular arguments (like putting to death or shunning certain «undesirables») then those religious aspects should be kept out of the larger secular world.

I think when you start an argument with «my religion / God / belief system is the only one» you open yourself up to some comments that may try to point you towards the fact that all religions have their faults.

The most disingenuous aspect of creationism is that is alleges evidentiary problems with evolution (generally, nothing more than arguments of incredulity based in arguments of ignorance), but then invariably requires invocation of magic to patch up their «legitimate alternative.»

Pastafarian, I have googled just now your «russells teapot» I do undetatand what he is trying to say, and typical of any athiest he has tried to come up with an argument that allows him to escape the idea that he is accountable to anyone other than himself.

If you wish to continue debating for abortion, you will need to come up with another argument.

Of course they may end up disagreeing with Bernard of Clairvaux, Augustine, and Barth about the moral significance of our being created male and female, but shouldn't they be a little less sanguine about it and a little more deferential, to the point of saying, «We believe the tradition made a grave mistake in its disallowance of gay partnerships, but at the same time we acknowledge our deep indebtedness to that tradition for giving us the theological and ethical vision to even make our argument for inclusion»?

No, not mocked BECAUSE of their lack of knowledge, but because of their lack of knowledge, they came up with horrible arguments and illogical stuff.

You called me out as being disingenuous when I said «that as time goes on however, I'm finding things that are helping to disprove things previously held as fact among Christians», so I have provided you an example that not only wasn't it a disingenuous statement, but that I've done my homework, on both sides of the argument, and came up with something that no one has been able to give me a response with even either the slightest chance of being possible, or falling back to the old status qua of «mysterious ways» and «having faith».

Shadrach those verses do nt line up with your argument.

If AtheistHunter can not make a cogent argument with resorting to spewing Bible verses, he might as well give up now.

Per capita is the most moronic argument you can come up with.

«You christians can always come up with a way to abandon your own argument (once it's been destroyed) and instead ad hominem or point to insults or the color of the person's hair, or the way they dress, or who they s c r e w..

Anyone with half a brain can come up with all sorts of reasons why this argument is flawed.