"In short, the result of the bailouts is an absolutely massive state debt, which is either going to have to be paid off, or we surrender the idea of the pound as a stable currency, surrender London's reputation as a financial sector, thus wrecking a key part of the economy.
You must surrender the idea that these people will change without you speaking up.
He said central bankers around the world had surrendered to the idea of "price administration" — efforts to manipulate interest rates — as opposed to "price discovery" — letting the market set the price of money, which is what interest rates are, of course.
On every moral level, government leaders and even people of goodwill have surrendered to the idea that mass murder is inevitable, unstoppable, a human pathology without cure.
As I looked at my phone and realized that my bravado was no match for the tyranny of the clock, Parisian morning traffic and relentless red lights, I surrendered to the idea that I could not make this happen, no matter how much I wanted it to materialize in my bubbleish world of utopian fundamentals.
In Islamic understanding man is suggested not be surrendered to the idea of unconditional predestination.
"By choosing to become one with Solaris, Kelvin is surrendering to the idea of the unknown," Mr. Soderbergh argued.
Surrender to the idea that the situation is temporary.
Even Hitler seemed to surrender to the idea of a long struggle, since the prospect of sending tanks into such a large city without heavy infantry support seemed risky after the costly capture of Warsaw in 1939.
We can dismiss, attempt to control, even fearlessly try to manage others lives, but sometimes we may do ourselves a favor by surrendering to the idea that we control very little.
