Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth.
The U.S. has the power to block all anti-Israel moves in the Security Council, not just some of them, and to do so without agreeing to unfair, damaging compromises.
Elephants seek food elsewhere if their route is blocked, and raiding crops and grain stores brings them into conflict with people, often resulting in deaths on both sides.
Mr. Speaker, we have reached a point in history where some have forgotten that it is the family, not the government, that is the fundamental building block of our society.
My family was always active, and our thing was family walks. Not walks around the block, but more like eight-mile hikes up mountains.
Perhaps the main stumbling block to a better, and more fruitful, theological relationship with Judaism and the Jewish people has been the tendency of many Christian theologians to see the Christ event as the end of history.
To be honest, making albums is really never easy. It's always a bit excruciating because there's always this fight to make it great, and then you hit these stumbling blocks along the way.
You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.
Young people especially sometimes feel that the standards of the Lord are like fences and chains, blocking them from those activities that seem most enjoyable in life.
Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up.
I've probably put up with more criticism than a lot of people out there. At the end of the day, you block out everything, especially with your personal life.
Are your thoughts and beliefs elevating you to greater heights or blocking you from embracing your blessings?
Be the positive light that the crowd follows; instead of allowing them to block your light to your true purpose on earth.
I park two blocks away from Nickelodeon studios and I hop on my skateboard and I skateboard the rest of the way to the studio.
Spreadable butter is wonderful for cake-making: it's much easier to cream than the block type and slightly lighter because it's blended with oil.
Organisms don't think of CO2 as a poison. Plants and organisms that make shells, coral, think of it as a building block.
The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.
If somebody is mean or rude, I just, I don't engage - just block and say, 'Well, that's not very polite.'
A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination.
The result of mindful awareness is the development of our virtues, which are the basic positive building blocks of our life.
Failing to writer everyday doesn't mean that you've given up, though a chapter a day - keeps writers block away!
