Sentence examples for over impulse from inspiring English sources

In short, "Spy" is the triumph of intelligence over impulse, marketing over mischief, good feelings over great comedy.

We wanted a system that emphasizes consideration over impulse.

China's profound respect for intelligence has created a country that reveres the scholar, emphasizes knowledge over might, defense over offense, skill over brute force, concentration over impulse.

Skip over impulse items (you know what they are, like the four cartons of cookies and cream ice cream that was on sale and that you know are in-congruent with your dreams of having six-pack abs).

Like any story, it was a slow boil: one lie built upon another, another action causing a reaction, fear taking over the impulse to do what is right.

I made the garden not quite well tended, to check any over-romantic impulses.

The ruling party was overwhelmingly male, the bankers were practically all male and the rash, absurdly over-ambitious impulses that led a small nation of fishermen to believe they would all be swimming in champagne for the rest of their lives were clearly, categorically, exclusively male.

We celebrate each success, giddy when they walk and talk, dusting them off carefully when they tumble, restoring their confidence, laughing at our own over-protective impulses.

Our reservations are not over the impulse to respond militarily but over the long-range effectiveness of policies that rely heavily on the use of force.

This election is hardly over, despite the impulse of the pundits to write the McCain campaign's obituary.

It is the wittiest song in a show about starting over, resisting the impulse to give up and bravely facing the unknown.