TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NONSENSE»
The term «nonsense» is very widely used and occupies the
15.459 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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10 QUOTES WITH «NONSENSE»
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nonsense.
My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the theatre and all such nonsense, you know.
What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? He who does not play at dice, but spends his leisure otherwise, what nonsense does he not utter? What absurdities does he not listen to? Leisure without the fear of God is, for those who do not know how to use time, the teacher of wickedness.
It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which individual man acted as the nucleus for the change. It is precisely this that makes history unpredictable into the future.
Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
'Dreamers' was because I really wanted to go back after I heard so much nonsense about '68. I wanted to go back to what for me was '68, when young people thought that they could change the world.
Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense.
I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it wont go away. From time to time, people articulate a view that we should ban opinion polls, but that's nonsense.
I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure of a bloody hunk of steak or a pungent French cheese because of some outdated nonsense about what's appropriate or attractive.
Of all the nonsense written about love, none is more absurd than the notion that ideal love is selfless. To love is to see myself in you and to wish to celebrate myself with you. What I love is the embodiment of my values in another person. Love is an act of self-assertion, self-expression and a celebration of being alive.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NONSENSE»
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nonsense in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nonsense and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nonsense: Red Herrings, Straw Men and Sacred Cows: How We ...
Nonsense is the best compilation and study of verbal logical fallacies available anywhere.
2
The No-
nonsense Guide to Globalization
This book provides a critique of the orthodoxy of economic growth in a world of finite natural resources and a blueprint for a new economic architecture.
Nonsense is an intellectual delight for all seekers of truth and universal knowledge.
4
Sense and
Nonsense About Crime, Drugs, and Communities: A ...
This engaging text captures the full complexity of the administration of justice while providing students with a clear sense of its key principles and general patterns.
5
Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk
Noted skeptic Massimo Pigliucci sets out to separate the fact from the fantasy in this entertaining exploration of the nature of science, the borderlands of fringe science, and—borrowing a famous phrase from philosopher Jeremy ...
6
Fashionable
Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science
A hilarious satiric essay by a well-known scientist shows how contemporary intellectuals fond of using scientific concepts in writing concepts misuse and abuse these concepts. Reprint.
Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont, 1999
7
Uncommon Sense, Common
Nonsense: Why some organisations ...
This is a book for managers who know that their organisations are stuck in a mindset that thrives on fashionable business theories that are no more than folk wisdom, and whose so-called strategies that are little more than banal wish lists ...
Jules Goddard, Tony Eccles, 2012
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Erotic Grotesque
Nonsense: The Mass Culture of Japanese ...
Japanese modern times -- Japanese modern within modernity -- Placing the consumer-subject within mass culture -- Erotic grotesque nonsense as montage -- Japanese modern culture as politics -- The documentary impulse -- Japanese modern sites ...
Miriam Rom Silverberg, 2009
This collection of poetry includes poems of startling virtuosity and disconcerting humor. These poems are far from "nonsense," however, as they repeatedly offer a serious message or emotional charge.
Preface. The author of this book offers it to the public without apology. The
reviewers of his previous work of this character have presumed, on inductive
grounds, that he must be a young man from the most westerly part of the Western
States, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NONSENSE»
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nonsense is used in the context of the following news items.
The Sense And Nonsense Of Empowerment
Many people are wrong about empowerment. It's neither about softening dictatorship nor about introducing anarchy. It seems there is not a ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
The Beat Daddys deliver no-nonsense blues on 'Hoodoo That We Do'
The Beat Daddys deliver no-nonsense blues on 'Hoodoo That We Do'. The Beat Daddys 2015 courtesyTBD.jpg. Larry Grisham, left, and ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
Nonsense and Sensiibilities among the Transgendered
Nonsense and Sensiibilities among the Transgendered. By Rosslyn Smith. Common sense seems to have eluded those who placed the ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
Bullfighting clown has no-nonsense job
Bullfighting clown has no-nonsense job. Saved. Save Article; My Saved Items · Print Email. « Rodeo. » × Close Ad ... «Columbus Telegram, Jul 15»
More Expensive Climate Nonsense
The federal Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it has awarded a $500,000 grant to Florida State University in ... «American Spectator, Jul 15»
Letter, 7/24: UPS lawsuit nonsense
This nonsense in this country must stop and it must stop now. Mark Oswald, Lincoln. Copyright 2015 JournalStar.com. All rights reserved. «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
Summer Nonsense: NHL Post-Expansion Realignment Plans
The Summer Nonsense rolls on. Tweet Share on Twitter Share Share on Facebook Pin Pinterest + Comments. The NHL is facing a real ... «On The Forecheck, Jul 15»
Bolton Civic Trust says it is important the society continues to flourish …
BOLTON and District Civic Trust said it was important that the body continues to grow to counter “nonsense” schemes put forward by the local ... «The Bolton News, Jul 15»
Maggie review – post-apocalyptic teenage nonsense
As for producer-star Arnie, trudging grimly through this nonsense, there's no sign of the former Governator and Terminator turning into the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Sorry, That Labour Leadership Poll Is Nonsense - Jeremy Corbyn Is …
Sorry, That Labour Leadership Poll Is Nonsense - Jeremy Corbyn Is Going to Finish Fourth. Posted: 23/07/2015 12:27 BST Updated: 23/07/2015 12:59 BST ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
