Sentences with phrase «upstanding people»

All of our educators are upstanding people with experience teaching teenagers and clean backgrounds and driving records.

Plain and simple, try dating people whom you would never have imagined yourself with before (as long as they are decent, upstanding people).

It can be exhausting to have to continually remind ourselves that, long - term, we want to be upstanding people, so we shouldn't make tempting but unethical short - term decisions.

My life is happy and fulfilled, and with the exception of a number of young nonbelievers who are the way they are because religion has somehow hurt them, most nonreligious people are good, upstanding people who want to further the human race.

I believe you all to be great and upstanding people.

Forget what I said — Mormons are fine, upstanding people, not weird in any way, shape or form, and I lurrrve them (and theiRmoney,... er, their Mister Rmoney,... er, Romney), yes I do!

we must do a better job proving what fine upstanding people we are.

Upstanding persons surely find it odd, The way these pilgrims crawl to Bethlehem.

«He was always an upstanding person.»

He goes through life with a whistle and a cynical word or two and is smugly sure that he is an upstanding person.

Sure, no problem, you look like a fine upstanding person so no need to check your history of on - time payments or whether you filed for bankruptcy last week.»

First of all, let me say that I am sure that Laura is a very nice, upstanding person.

Not exact matches

We are upstanding good people.

* so they could join a church and thereby convince the community that they were «upstanding citizens», when in fact they were part of the mob, an assassin, having multiple affairs, a dishonest business person, etc..?

Crazy people claim lots of things but something tells me that if a random person on the street told you that he could fly, you would be a skeptic but make him a more upstanding member of society and all of a sudden it's not so insane?

We feel like we should only befriend people who are upstanding, good, right, godly.

Obviously, not... as many, many atheists are good upstanding moral and ethical people... and... «do good for the sake of doing good.»

But I knew countless people who were spanked and grew up to be upstanding, well - rounded people.

«This person, Mr. Schlossberg I'm sure thinks of himself as an upstanding citizen - what he portrayed is actually disgusting and we have to push back on that,» Williams said.

Their main objection to her cutting off Woolas with a brisk, «No, I've never heard of him, your honour, and nor has any one else of us fine upstanding Labour people,» was that she showed a certain lack of solidarity with a fallen comrade.

«For the avoidance of doubt, the good people of Kogi West, having decided they have had enough of Senator Dino Melaye's selfish brand of misrepresentation, and having undertaken to tread this slippery slope to self - respect have the support of not just all of us in Kogi State, but of all Nigerians of goodwill, including upstanding Akwa Ibomites.

While many people consider themselves generally moral and honest, even the most upstanding citizens will likely become willing to lie, cheat and steal under certain circumstances, according to evidence from a new study in the Journal of Consumer Psychology.

The law of averages suggest the majority of people available to meet through the internet will be genuine and upstanding men and women, on the flip side, be prepared to encounter snakes in the grass along the way whose purpose is to steal your heart, money and your dignity.

For the life of me, I somehow can't find the identity of this series» cinematographer, but whomever this person may be, my hat is off to him or her, as his or her efforts, while not breathtaking, is consistently quite tasteful in its plays with coloring and lighting, which has a tendency to sometimes go from tasteful to just plain stunning, thus making the series a strong visual piece, as surely as it is something of a strong musical piece, as Christopher Dedrick must also gain some recognition for his spirited and sometimes upstanding score work.

They examine the conditions that allowed their person to stand up, and reflect on the barriers to upstanding.

«If you give normal, regular, upstanding citizens a legitimate route to your material they are most likely to attain it legitimately, most people do not want to steal,» she said.

Contracts are never «automatically transferred», the reason for this should be perfectly obvious: while I am happy to be in a contract with you because you are fair, honest and upstanding I may not be happy to be in a contract with the person who acquires your business because... they might not be.

But I knew countless people who were spanked and grew up to be upstanding, well - rounded people.