a recipe for disaster

The smaller the better, because habit change is difficult, and trying to take on too much is a recipe for disaster.

They simply ignore the children while they chat away for ages oblivious to the goings on around them. It's quite a recipe for disaster.

So what could be considered a minor defect in an automobile could translate into a recipe for disaster for a motorcycle rider.

Trying to balance two versions of your dreams, your friends, and yourself is a recipe for disaster.

She said that five small boys on skis was a recipe for disaster, not a holiday.

That had been a recipe for disaster and not for development.

Any kind of interventionism would be a recipe for disaster because it would take away the efficiencies of the commercial world.

Big government and a culture of dependency and entitlement is a recipe for disaster.

But doubling the number of daughters is a recipe for disaster, with parents of four girls the least happy with their domestic set-up.

Going to the supermarket when I'm really hungry, and without a shopping list, is a recipe for disaster.

And beyond that, we need a sea change in attitudes, a recognition that letting bankers do what they want is a recipe for disaster.

Long hours at the office, spotty meals, and not enough rest will be a recipe for disaster.

Making a life-long commitment too soon can be a recipe for disaster.

One of the most common frustrations comes when people try to control other people, or force them to change. It's a recipe for disaster.

Believe it or not, "a lot of sellers don't answer their e-mail, " he says. "That's a recipe for disaster. "

All this might seem a recipe for disaster.

This sounds like a recipe for disaster and any sane person would easily pass this up.

And if, over time, you can't earn the income you want to earn, you'll lose interest in the business--a recipe for disaster.

The Obama administration's pre-packaged bankruptcy plan for General Motors is a recipe for disaster.

Where oil is the only resource beyond the subsistence economy, that is a recipe for disaster.

The opposition has condemned his comments as a recipe for disaster.

Taking your attention away from the woodworking tool is a recipe for disaster.

A little shaking up, he suggests, isn't necessarily a recipe for disaster.

Added to water shortages, natural disasters and an ever-rising global population, this is a recipe for disaster, reports John Vidal .

But ignoring its concerns about Western intervention in Libya is a recipe for disaster.

It's a recipe for disaster. You can try to control others, but there will always be a struggle, and you'll always fail to some degree.

Using floating point for dollars-and-cents calculations is a recipe for disaster.

Having someone who hasn't been properly trained interview prospective employees is a recipe for disaster.

"Having his and her money is a recipe for disaster, " advises Greenberg.

And cutting corners on some important steps is a recipe for disaster.

Your advice, I am sorry to say, is a recipe for disaster.

His plans are a recipe for disaster.

I have never pushed myself beyond my physical limit above the clouds, as I am well aware that it is a recipe for disaster.

We medicate him without psycho therapy. That is a recipe for disaster.

It is a recipe for disaster.

Combine this with C's penchant for short, cryptic variable names, and you have a recipe for disaster.

This is a recipe for disaster.

Combine that withadditives, and you have a recipe for disaster.

I think that's a recipe for disaster.