Benign Quotations

Sam Cameron has managed the near impossible: to have lived in Number Ten for three years and maintained a benign and broadly positive press.

Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound, but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And, although many concerns have been expressed about the potential for unexpected consequences, the unexpected effects that have been observed so far have been benign.

There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.

I don't know what the future holds. Anything is possible.

Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success.

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.

I've got two young kids. I don't know what the future holds.

Of course, I prefer organic farming to chemical-dependent farming, but sometimes absolutist organic prescriptions go too far. I don't even rule out the possibility of genetic modification generating some benign ideas, as long as we can keep them away from monopolists such as Monsanto.

The plausible outcomes range from the gradual and benign to the more precipitous and damaging.

I've said it before about the Nobel Prize: it's like being struck by a more or less benign avalanche. It was unexpected, unlooked for, and extraordinary.

We're in an almost perfect environment: low inflation, strong corporate profits and a benign Fed. It certainly seems that the Dow can continue to make new highs.

We're seeing a benign neglect in terms of the weakness of the Japanese yen. There's little reason for the Japanese to be worried because it seems the lower the yen gets the bigger the support it gives to exporters.

We have basically an optimal present economic situation, with solid growth and benign inflation.

There are a lot of asthma pills out there, but this may be the best one yet. It has a benign side-effect profile and high efficiency.

Unused creativity is not benign.

She seems very benign and wholesome, ... but underneath lurks an incredible toughness and powerful directness.

No one thinks the Fed is going to raise rates, so to what avail does a benign PPI number do to the market,

Policy makers are doing their best to try and convince market participants that there is a benign resolution to all our problems. That may not be the case.

I was at South Africa at the time in Johannesburg. We knew he was going in for a medical check for his Colon. They found polyps but they said it was benign but they wanted to do a biopsy.

If we get more inflationary data, that could bring people back to their senses. Just because the Fed talks about inflation in a benign way one meeting doesn't mean that feeling will be pervasive at the next meeting.

Growth in core earnings will be benign as revenue growth moderates.

For those claiming that inflation is right around the corner, they can point to this number and say, 'Aha, it's justified,' ... In my mind, this is really a one-time development and we're more likely to see more benign inflation data later in the year. But these numbers are terrible. They make an increase in interest rates all but inevitable.

Happy for America, happy for Europe, perhaps for the world when, on the delivery of Cornwallis's sword to the illustrious, the immortal Washington, or rather by his order, to the brave Lincoln, the sun of Liberty and Independence burst through a sable cloud, and his benign influence was, almost instantaneously, felt in our remotest corners!

Growth should decelerate through the final three quarters of the year and once that happens inflation pressures we've seen will begin to ease. That should lead to a more benign tightening cycle, which won't be threatening to the financial markets,

It both included things from the studio and the real world of the studio right into the realm of pictorial creations. And that step -- even though it sounds simple and looks very humorous and benign -- it was so radical at the time that it forever changed the history of 20th century art.

I think the main thing that's going right for the market is that we still have a very healthy economy, with rising earnings and benign inflation. On a technical side, I think the correction ended three weeks ago. The market has been slowly recovering its sea legs. We had five days up in a row on the Nasdaq composite, and that is the reason why the profit taking yesterday. But the big picture still remains very positive,

I think there is that very basic yearning for something or someone to be looking after us, for there to be a framework holding the universe together that is benign and intelligent. We're not going to get rid of that; it's just too scary to be that molecule flying around briefly in a vacuum.

'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' occurred in real time and was a benign and bewitching example of pure television.

Penney offered a benign set of comments about Eckerd. While its department stores are doing a little better, Eckerd is deteriorating. The speculation is that Penney's first choice is to sell its drugstore business.

Overall, it's a benign report. It looks pretty good for the economy, and it looks pretty good for the outlook for markets.

Reasonably benign economic environment, nothing too threatening with either (political) party. . .either party coming in will still mean continuation of reasonable economic growth.

It does seem to be a relatively benign economic environment after a trough. The world economies should continue to grow steadily with a peak in 2008.

I tell families frankly that I don't see (chelation) as benign and it's really very scary to me,

I think he would like to convey that China is not a threat, that China's growing clout is benign for the world.

We don't see inflation shooting up because of what has happened in the labor market. I have a fairly benign outlook for inflation, in line with the Bank of England forecast.

We've had five straight years of record earnings for the industry, we haven't seen a bank failure in six quarters. That is a historic strong financial performance for the industry that's taken place under a very benign set of economic conditions and that's not necessarily going to persist in the future.

the proliferation of danger will undermine the benign security environment and healthy international economy that it needs for its development.

We quite frankly have no policy now; there is no policy. I would not call it benign neglect; I would call it malign neglect.

We think that inflation will be benign and may come down from these levels.

We had a euphoric day yesterday because the market thinks Mr. Greenspan is going to be benign today,

To the extent that the Fed has emphasized how important benign inflation expectations are in maintaining price stability, ... the June results are disturbing.

The paramount destiny and mission of woman is to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. That is the law of the Creator.

The PPI numbers support recent evidence that we are in a benign inflationary environment,

We are eager for this technology to be widely available to physicians and their lung cancer patients, as it can help identify those who are likely to dramatically respond and survive for extended periods of time with a relatively benign treatment.

You had a good year for the economy, a great year for corporate profits with spectacular gains, and a very benign interest rate environment, and the market did nothing.

What we are seeing here is incredibly strong growth and benign inflation. A 1.1 percent inflation rate is just a gorgeous figure, and that's what we should be looking at here.

What the campaign is focusing on is BPH or Benign Prostate Hyperplasia, enlarged prostate. The theme of the campaign is that when men have the symptoms of BPH or enlarged prostate such as frequent urination, they are interrupting their life constantly, whether they are at a football game, on the golf course or out fishing. They are constantly interrupting their lives because they have to use the bathroom. Once they get the problem fixed, they can get back to their lives with no interruption.

We think inflation is going to remain benign going forward.

This number shows that inflation is in a benign mode for the U.S. economy.

We have developed a way to do multiple reactions in a single vessel while being able to recover the catalysts in pure form for reuse. By doing the reactions in a single vessel, we can cut out two or three separation steps to provide both an economic advantage and an environmentally benign process.

Benign inflation has weakened the Canadian dollar a little bit.

As the economy continues to slow and inflation remains benign we expect the Fed will be in easing mode by the second half.

CPI data was benign but the data was prior to Hurricane Katrina, ... Still, no one is quite sure about what the Fed is going to do going ahead. So the market is not showing much conviction.

Even if cloning begins with a benign purpose, it could lead to scientific categories of superior and inferior people,

During the past few years, earnings have done far better than what economic growth alone would have suggested. Interestingly, we have found that the wider-than-expected profit margin, courtesy of surprisingly benign cost pressures, has helped turn good earnings performance into outstanding earnings performance in recent years.

First of all, every new company today is being built in the face of massive economic headwinds, making the challenge far greater than it was in the relatively benign '90s.

Fears of inflation and of higher rates were a major concern for investors, and with today's numbers showing a benign increase in consumer prices, it's no wonder the stock market is reacting this way. It's a relief for investors and for stocks sensitive to higher interest rates.

There's not a big inflation problem. Under those circumstances, you get a benign yield-curve inversion.

There's not much to worry about as far as imported inflation is concerned. For as long as the dollar hangs in there, we should see a benign reading for import prices excluding fuels.

I see no reason why we should not see a similarly benign inflation outcome this year,

The wind's been pretty benign and that's kind of the animal here. You've got to pretty much put the pedal to the metal.

These are the sort of numbers that should give extra leverage to the ECB (European Central Bank) to keep pressing rates higher, but we still believe the benign inflation picture will force them to adopt a softly, softly approach to tightening this year.

These are the best of times for Best Buy. The product cycle is finally here, the competitive environment ... is benign and looks to stay that way for the foreseeable future.

The stock market is looking at a pretty benign economy, low interest rates and a 10-year note yield that is below 4 percent, all positives. But then there's the big negative -- oil.

The steadiness of these relatively benign gains suggests that there is no imminent threat of runaway inflation.

The surface is strewn with very angular, large rocks - much more so than was expected. They've picked the most benign looking spot, but it has not turned out to be very benign.

I've always considered it one of our most benign rides.

(PPI)... should show more benign signs this month reflecting softer energy costs. However, it will not mean the Fed takes its eye off the ball in its campaign against inflation risks.

Perhaps the more benign and poetic sense of God is established when we are babies in the moments of primal joy we might call 'the epiphanies of infancy' - the sensation of being blissfully held and feeling complete and at one with everything - yet having no words or no need to say it but instead to just assimilate the feeling.

Sasser is a successful and widely propagating worm with a somewhat benign impact to the end user. But people should absolutely remove it.

O soft embalmer of the still midnight, / Shutting, with careful fingers and benign / Our gloom-pleased eyes.

Oil price increases are thus unlikely to be benign going forward.

Despite the strong domestic demand, high oil prices and rising food prices, inflation remains relatively benign at both producer and consumer levels.

This is still a pretty benign report overall and broadly in line with Bank of England expectations contained in the February Inflation Report.

Always try to be joyful and proactively benign to the people. By doing so everyday, people have no control at all over my mood.

They found things in these tapes I had explained in a more benign manner.

There were great expectations for a benign climate on Venus, and of course we now know it's not like that. The pressures are crushing, and the temperatures are hot enough to melt lead. So it's quite inhospitable. We don't know how long it's been like that, or if it will stay like that.

There is not much of a bureaucratic leap, if history is any guide, between a seemingly benign call for 'continuous situational awareness' and the onset of a covert and illegal campaign of domestic surveillance.

The report may give a reading on the economy and, bottom line, what may happen with interest rates. We are also coming from several days of declines, so a benign report may help boost stocks today.

They're softer, no question. I didn't hit a whole lot of greens to even tell you how they were responding. Conditions are pretty benign now.

The most common form of giantism is a condition called acromegaly, and acromegaly is caused by a benign tumor on your pituitary gland that causes an overproduction of human growth hormone. And throughout history, many of the most famous giants have all had acromegaly.

It's a controversial arena -- the PSA is a marker of prostate bulk and size, but it's highly expressed in benign prostate disease as well as cancer -- so in that context it's not a specific marker.

It's only a matter of time before geopolitical developments give the market another sharp tug. The chances of a benign settlement in coming months over the Iranian nuclear issue have receded in recent weeks.

It looks like confidence has slowly returned to the equity market. We have seen very strong growth indicators and more benign inflation indicators -- that is an ideal scenario.

Democratic institutions are based on a reality of human nature: that those with power, however benign or even noble their intentions, will do what they can to keep it.

The news on the Australian economy has been far from upbeat. A benign consumer price index report will make the likelihood of another RBA rate hike disappear completely and this will potentially weigh on the Australian dollar.

The benign performance at the wholesale level may not necessarily wash through at the retail level. But there is no doubt that there is good news for U.S. consumers in the context of declining food and energy prices.

The benign inflation data and the belief that the Fed may be closer to the end than had previously been thought has helped the market this week.

Not having an exchange rate policy -- and we do not have one -- does not mean there is benign or malign neglect. For the time being there is neglect.

It's really a benign number, so no real new news.

An upward surprise in the (producer price index and consumer price index) would be bad for stocks ... but if you get benign readings (this) week, that gives the Fed the ability to be able to pause if necessary.

Slowing housing, weak consumer spending and benign underlying inflation give the bank plenty of reasons to leave interest rates right where they are. Fuel prices are up, but thanks to an extremely competitive retail environment and cheap imports, prices for a whole range of items remain weak.

The Fed's statement turned out to be more benign than people were expecting. Before the meeting, people were thinking the Fed would be more hawkish but their comments seemed to suggest that they were not overly concerned about inflation,

Inflation, it's been a clean sweep for July. We learned earlier this month wages were unchanged, yesterday producer prices fell again, and this morning you're right on the money, relatively benign consumer price inflation report. No problem.

Inflation is looking more benign outside of the energy sector.

Initially, we envision this new test could be used as a supplement to PSA. A physician might suggest a patient with an elevated PSA have this test before a biopsy to better determine whether it's a cancerous or benign condition. In the future, I think this could replace PSA.

Impairments have been very much in line with our expectations. This will continue in retail terms to be a very benign credit cycle,

In the London production, Powell was represented much more, if you like, as a hero. I admire him as a man who understands what collateral damage is, who understands what a military operation is, and who knows what it's like to see people's lives destroyed by bombs. On the other hand, a number of people who saw the play in London, who were as they say, 'close,' did say, 'You've taken too benign a view of Powell.' And in this production in New York, I've toughened up the writing about Powell. I've come to believe that 'conflicted' would be a very polite word for his UN presentation.

Clearly the robust investment returns and benign inflation of the '90s have improved the finances of many older Americans. While ideas about aging are improving, Americans still need to do a better job preparing for old age,

Clearly, Fed officials are more worried about the threatening things that they see (energy spike, eroding slack, etc.) than the benign core consumer price index readings.