Sentences with phrase «with grand schemes»

Financiers and investors with grand schemes have approached him — «I've heard it all» — but he says he'd prefer to keep the business independent.

Not exact matches

While some people love cash because it's emotionally harder to part with than it is to hand over a card, in the grand scheme of things, credit and debit are usually better options.

Tesla's partnership with SolarCity is part of Musk's grand scheme of things, nicknamed «Master Plan, Part Deux.»

Explained Fogo de Chao CEO Larry Johnson in an interview at the ICR Conference Monday, «We serve a higher - income customer in Brazil — it's not that they are fully insulated from the economic downturn, but in the grand scheme of things they are still going to go out to business and family events — yes, we'll have some dip in results but we can deal with that.»

Celestial Cosmology deals with an immeasurable amount of celestial universes within the grand scheme of the Cosmos.

This huge, blue planet is in existance just so we can be born, live, make a living, have a baby, then die... no connection, no spirit, no soul, no more appreciating the beauty around us, no more being astounded at the improbabilities, no more being amazed at the wonders of life... because none of that has any meaning any more, it's just a bunch of junk that happened accidently... who cares, we're just all going to fade away into nothingness... become one with the dirt, because we are actually no better than the dirt... I don't know about you, but I'm depressed now... but then that's what's great about our country, you can choose to believe or... not... in this... country... that has... no particular meaning... in the grand scheme of thngs... oh, yeah, that's right there is no «grand scheme of things»... so never mind.

Something new happened with the rise of the homo species, but this was within a grand and aeons - old scheme of the rise of life, in which the Creator has always been immanent as well as transcendent.

In the grand scheme of things, we could end up with more spiritual kids than any of our married friends with biological kids.

On the contrary, I should claim, what I have been saying is metaphysical in the second sense of the word which I proposed in an earlier chapter; it is the making of wide generalizations on the basis of experience, with a reference back to verify or «check» the generalizations, a reference which includes not only the specific experience from which it started but also other experiences, both human and more general, by which its validity may be tested — and the result is not some grand scheme which claims to encompass everything in its sweep, but a vision of reality which to the one who sees in this way appears a satisfactory, but by no means complete, picture of how things actually and concretely go in the world.

[xx] For McLuhan, there is no explicit concern with grand metaphysical schemes related to an authentic ontology.

Believers are emotional weaklings, unequipped to deal with the reality of the mortal world we exist in, so they bury their heads in a fallacy world where there exists order and «justice», but such things are the trivial vices of petty man who would lose their minds if they were ever made to accept the idea that in the grand scheme, nothing matters.

Planners sit at desks and conference with one another endlessly in Washington and Brussels, working up grand schemes to be announced with much fanfare at international meetings of the rich before imposing the same old thing they've been imposing for decades on poor countries, whether the schemes help the poor or not.

I don't agree with Ellul that accepting mediated security is a repudiation of our security in Christ, God often provides for his people indirectly; but I do think that fear / panic at the loss of these means is a repudiation of our trust / faith in God to provide either temporal or Eternal security for us, whichever he sees fit in his grand scheme of things.

In fairness we've started poorly but in the grand scheme of things only City will be happy with their start out of the big guns.

Most of these moments weren't goals, and sometimes they were inconsequential in the grand scheme of the game: The controlling of the ball with his back, the passing of it with his butt, the elasticos, double nutmegs, flicks, and sombreros.

Though in the grand scheme of things now it's pretty underwhelming, at the time we were looking up at fourth with Tottenham looking out of reach with 12 - 15 pts ahead (I forget the number) our run as a result of this change was outstanding.

I hope I'm wrong but this could be the most damaging win when it comes to transfers... winning 1 game, after about 20 minutes of really good play, is of little consequence in the grand scheme of things... only those with the most selfish of intentions would suggest otherwise... the only reason we're even in this predicament, where were celebrating our first victory of 2018 against a bottom half squad who is managed by possibly the only individual more antiquated than our manager, is because of Wenger's ridiculous mishandling of his contract last year combined with his mishandling of the contracts of our top players this year; a fact that he himself admitted to... so before you get too excited about the possibilities of our current roster don't forget what has happened over the last several years and pray to the gods of football that real quality reinforcements like Auba are on the way, which could have happened years ago for less money and we might have been holding a trophy of some significance, or this brief respite will be followed by the usual mediocrity and stagnation

I'd be reservedly happy with a 2 - 1 loss in the grand scheme of things, but I can see us coming away with a 1 - 1 draw, leaving all to play for at the Emirates in two weeks time.

This can be perceived and thought as very radical and extreme but in the grand scheme of things this would benefit the club as the purchases are young players who can be molded to the needs of the team unlike Ozil who has stagnated and is a one - dimensional playmaker with very less or no eye for a shot on goal.

And the right way to deal with it is the same way we deal with all temper tantrums — ignore it because, in the grand scheme of things, it's reactionary and emotional.

I smashed my remote into a million pieces earlier after the costa goal and had never been so frustrated, but Iv realized that there is no point getting so annoyed with individual games when the grand scheme of things is all wrong anyway, luck will never be on our side.

With Arsenal 3 - 0 up from the first leg, it is a game which is hard to get excited about, and this is probably why, in the grand scheme of all things Arsenal, it has been forgotten about.

The Spanish keeper was taken off in the 93rd minute, and a delusional guy with «Polish» ed looks entered the grand scheme of things.

Both Chelsea and Liverpool are in the market for a striker after struggling for goals this season, although while Pato would be a relatively cheap deal in the grand scheme of the current transfer market, his drop in form since bursting onto the scene with Milan more than seven years ago would prove to be a risk.

The fact she did all that but can appreciate the hardships of nursing and empathizes with moms who choose to formula feed without chastising them shows that she can adapt to change because she does understand the evidence that breast feeding only has minor benefits in the grand scheme of raising a child.

In fact, I'm in the middle of a conflict with a friend right now and in the grand scheme of things we've only been dealing with this conflict for about a month, but man, it feels like FOREVER.

I agree with you that these hair phases are unimportant in the grand scheme of things — but make for hilarious yearbook photos.

We only have one year with these precious babies and it is such a short time in the grand scheme of things.

I just know that the time that I have with my kids is relatively short in the grand scheme of life and I jealously protect the time that is mine.

The grand jury alleged two overlapping schemes with common threads of «bribery, corruption and fraud.»

Bob McCarthy: «In the grand scheme of local politics, this year's trio of countywide races is not exactly fanning voter passions... Still, much is riding on these campaigns this year, as well as with several seats in the County Legislature.»

The Nassau district attorney's office charged Charles Burke, 47, with grand larceny and scheme to defraud.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has his own grand jury contemplating evidence the mayor and his team ran a corrupt pay - for - play scheme with rich donors to his now - defunct political nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York, exchanging government favors for cash.

A sympathetic Liberal Democrat Party, ten more seats or so, and you're home and dry in Number 10 - with a fine chance of countering the short - term Cameron centre - right coalition with a long - term centre left realignment: the realisation of Roy Jenkins» grand scheme.

Zakharova fled to Russia after the dispute and the investigation turned on her when she was charged with grand larceny for the extortion scheme.

A grand jury on Thursday returned a seven - count indictment alleging Rowland schemed to conceal involvement with congressional campaigns.

And I know that in the grand scheme of things, my experience with dengue was relatively tame compared to what others around the world have suffered.

None of the material goods that I desire hold any significance in the grand scheme of things and do not provide me with the comfort or security that I naively believe they will be able to offer.

We had gotten pregnant very quickly with our first and were having more trouble with our second, though nothing really hard in the grand scheme of what others struggle with.

It's only a mini-milestone in the grand scheme of things, but I'm so thankful that I get to call it mine and then be able to share it with you.

So screw the rules and figure out what works best for you and what you want and feel comfortable with, in the grand scheme of your love life.

In the grand scheme of things, that's a minor complaint, and I doubt many viewers will share it with me, especially those who are simply thrilled to see this storied character finally have his big - screen showcase.

Where are the characters that don't give a **** The ones with plans beyond grand schemes?

Fiona (Jessica Lange) is finally dead, after one last inevitable revival or fake - out or reversal, and apparently destined to spend her eternity catfishing with the Axeman (Danny Huston) in a realm presided over by Papa Legba (Lance Reddick), a demonic entity that's retrospectively revealed to be entirely superfluous to Coven's grand narrative scheme.

In the grand scheme of it all, this is a fairly minor quibble in an otherwise notable character study about coming to terms with difficult situations.

The open world Red Dead Redemption shares a lot with its more popular Rockstar sibling, Grand Theft Auto, including a familiar control scheme, map interface, as well as a changing weather system and 24 - hour day / night cycles.

Disney brought on horror filmmaker Scott Derrickson to take on the origin of the Sorcerer Supreme with gratifying visual splendor only to fall short in what many Marvel films have been missing and that's a villain worth noting as well as actual stakes in the grand scheme of the plot.

There are a few pacing issues, particularly with the vagueness of some of its objectives, but that hardly matters in the grander scheme of things; you'll be having too much fun playing Sticker Star to really mind getting stuck — no pun intended — now and again.

There isn't much in the way of an overarching concern (troublingly, one of the few recurring thematic elements appears to involve a metaphorical fear of immigration, though maybe we're reading too much into it), with even the road of the title not really proving to be all that important in the grand scheme of things.

Blood Feast is venerated by gorehounds and has a «so bad it's good» reputation among horror buffs, but what's really breathtaking about it is its shameless demonstration that, in the grand cinematic scheme, artistic merit, cultural influence, and commercial success have precious little to do with each other.