Downward Quotations

Fortunately, human forgetting follows a pattern. We forget exponentially. A graph of our likelihood of getting the correct answer on a quiz sweeps quickly downward over time and then levels off.

There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.

When people retire, their income drops much more sharply than their consumption. As a result, they stop saving and start drawing down the assets they've acquired during their high-saving years. That could start to put upward pressure on interest rates and downward pressure on stock prices.

I think my music's more disturbing than Tupac's - or at least I thought some of the themes of 'The Downward Spiral' were more disturbing on a deeper level - you know, issues about suicide and hating yourself and God and people and everything else.

One of my favorite workouts to do with my girlfriends is yoga. We are equally impatient with our yoga. We are those people who are sweating in the back, and we'll be in downward dog giggling and looking at each other. And I know what we're all thinking: What are we going to order for dinner afterward?

We judged that a sudden, disorderly failure of Bear would have brought with it unpredictable but severe consequences for the functioning of the broader financial system and the broader economy, with lower equity prices, further downward pressure on home values, and less access to credit for companies and households.

Going public today is fraught with peril on many levels. One is earnings guidance. If you miss guidance, the stock price becomes very volatile. Short sellers can put a tremendous downward pressure on the stock.

We started coming down at the end of August. So we've been coming down for about 10 weeks. Oil trends tend to go on for much longer than that, so we have got a continuation of the downward movement, whether on warm weather or on weak demand.

Until you get tighter monetary policy in Indonesia, the currency will remain under downward pressure. Weakness in the currency and the rally in oil over the past couple of weeks have just compounded the inflationary expectations.

We believe that major consolidation cannot occur until some of the weaker trusts are exposed, and that this will only happen during a period of downward trending commodity prices.

We believe that GM's market share will continue to face persistent long term downward pressure, and that market pricing pressure will intensify over time, eroding GM fundamentals further.

What's new about the global economy is First World productivity combined with Third World wages. That can create some real downward pressure on high-wage countries.

Vegas will continue to grow and it will sustain downward trends.

UK Plc feels it has gone as far as it can in accommodating tax rises that have weakened our international competitive position. The trend we now want to see is a downward one not an upward one,

With today's report, the odds of a negative quarter of GDP growth have increased substantially, and the chances of a full-fledged recession just went up -- perhaps approaching 50-50. Job losses cut directly into the spending of the newly unemployed, and indirectly tend to have a very real impact on the confidence of those who are still working. If demand falls, firms will lay off more employees, and the downward spiral could put us over the edge into a bona fide recession before the Fed's actions can take effect.

We're still in a negative trend. Long-term interest rates are too high, earnings estimates are still too high. We've had seven out of eight down weeks, so we saw a little bounce in the beginning of this week. But the downward pressure hasn't eased.

The refunding results show that the market's assessment of underlying (economic) fundamentals is that they are still bearish. Therefore, the market's overall downward trend is intact.

The OPEC demand revision is more of a reminder than anything else. Between the high level of crude stocks and the downward revisions to demand, the price should have trouble climbing like it has done this week.

The only way to escape from the present downward spiral lies through ending the violence and resuming negotiations aimed at comprehensive peaceful settlement based on relevant United Nations resolutions,

We have had to lower the price of some of our products, but the downward pressure on prices has weakened a little bit in the third quarter, compared to what we had expected beforehand.

This project is in a downward spiral, even members of the nuclear industry are looking for other ways to store the waste,and throwing more money at this problem-ridden albatross will not fill gaps in the science because the science is not there.

We've seen a consistent downward trend in responsiveness to submitted activity.

When he hit it, I had a good break on it. It seemed like one of those balls that kept going downward as I got closer, and then I was caught. I thought I'd have a chance to dive and catch it, but then as I did that, it pushed away from me.

The price of gasoline at the wholesale level declined sharply last week and there continues to be downward pressure on gas in Texas. Motorists may be in for a few weeks of slightly lower prices. But toward the end of the month, it's likely that pump prices will resume an upward arc.

When there's downward pressure on growth, one choice is to adjust economic policy, increase deficits, relax monetary policy. That might have a short-term benefit, but may not be beneficial for the future.

Some competitive keyword ad buys currently being made will be eliminated because the competitors (or search engines) decide those purchases are too risky. Stock valuations of relevant industry players should adjust downward accordingly.

Should these losses and cash drain continue, MAS would enter a downward spiral from which it would not likely recover.

Since then, we've really been on a downward slope. There are some places where we see some limited progress, but the overall strategic level of leadership -- someone who is there full time, all the time making sure programs are in place and properly funded -- that's what's lacking.

Since that time, it's been drifting downward ... about 10 cents. It might be time for another start up.

Monday is only the first step. From there, they'll have to fight every step of the way to prevent any lack of confidence from turning into a downward spiral while they fight this thing.

One steep drop in housing starts does not make a downward trend, especially in a month which was very wet in the West and very cold in the Northeast. Still, the data are consistent with other signs of a softening housing market, most notably the drop in homebuilders' confidence. What really matters, though, is whether sales will fall fast enough to turn a softening into a collapse.

Moreover, the four motors of consumption -- that is wages, inflation, unemployment and consumer confidence -- are on a downward trend and should drag spending down.

People with means can often find themselves on a downward spiral. It can happen very quickly. Here you are someone who is healthy, working, with health insurance, and just one serious health crisis and you're homeless.

If we get an early jump on storage before the hurricane fears kick in and before injections begin competing with generation demand (for air conditioning), we should see more downward pressure on prices.

If the rise in imports and utilization manifest this week continues next week, it could apply some downward pressure. Of course, any decline in petroleum prices would be predicated on the notion that the Iranian geopolitical situation remains relatively quiet.

Builders will keep building as long as they can keep getting these prices. But I think there's a glut developing clearly in some markets and that clearly will put downward pressure on prices.

B.C. differs from the rest of Canada in that the trend is still downward in the rest of Canada as a whole, but in B.C. it's been upwards for the last three years.

I have my fingers crossed that the new development at the end of Main Street can help turn the corner on a downward trend.

From a technical perspective the Australian dollar has failed to break 75.80 cents, which would have otherwise signaled the end of its downward trend. The Australian dollar's downward trend is still in place.

Fuel prices remain a major risk but now appear to be on a slow downward trend as global economic growth and demand for oil slows.

Fundamentals still do not support a strong rebound in German retail sales: real compensation per employee is declining noticeably and, even though unemployment has started to fall, employment is still on a downward trend.

I don't think we're through with it yet. The action is so sloppy. ... The wild swings in volatility show that there's no conviction in the marketplace yet, and while there's no conviction, you're probably going to have increased volatility with a downward bias.

I always tell the players that is the hardest bone in their head so that avoids the injury issue. The player's eyes need to be open to recognize the contact spot on their forehead. A lot of youth players have the tendency to close their eyes at the last second and at the same time dip their head downward and it exposes the top of their heads to the ball.

We're on the downward slope of the commercial airplane cycle. But given the rebound the company has been able to make in improving production efficiencies, they should be able to offset the decline in revenue as operating profits improve going forward.

We're on a downward trajectory here. The traditional pension is not coming back.

We're on a downward slide, and things have to change quickly. It's frustrating. Every time we take a step in the right direction, we immediately take a step backward.

Today has given us a psychological boost ahead of that match. We have taken two points off the champions while Saracens will be coming off the back of a 50-point defeat at Northampton and they are bound to be a pretty unhappy camp. We have arrested our downward slide and I am very pleased with this result.

What worries me the most is a slip backward becoming a spiral downward. Jobs are the linchpin of both consumer confidence and consumer spending. We can't sustain many more losses like this without that downward spiral getting started. This is the kind of data that could make the Fed think about easing again.

Going forward, inflationary concerns will only gain steam, the U.S. dollar will continue its downward decline and geopolitical tensions will continue to draw safe-haven buying from around the globe.

There are so many good restaurants now that it leaves an economic opportunity. When everything goes upscale, you also need a layer of family dining, lower-scale ... This is an upward cycle, where up until three years ago it was a downward cycle in a big way." ()

The only thing that isn't debatable is that we have a downward trend in yield,

Katrina and Rita effects still linger, though they are fading, ... Claims will likely rise next week as the full effects of Wilma hit, but the downward trend is very clear.

Job losses cut directly into the spending of the newly unemployed, and indirectly tend to have a very real impact on the confidence of those who are still working. If demand falls, firms will lay off more employees, and the downward spiral could put us over the edge into a bona fide recession before the Fed's actions can take effect.

I suspect that economic data will put a downward bias on yields.

It is already putting downward pressure on the dollar and that will be a concern so they'll have to talk about trade and they'll have to talk about exchange rate stability,

I think the election added to the downward movement but it really was Dell that started it off.

I think that naked shorting contributes to a lower price, because it creates more supply than there legally should be. When supply outpaces demand, economics tells us the price goes down. What else has contributed to our stock price? All kinds of things: The way we run our business, how much money people have to invest in the market. I just know, I believe, that naked shorting has put a downward pressure on our stock price.

I think that is errant nonsense, as is the claim that 'Oh well, if we let management put in these requirements it is a downward slide and pretty soon labor will have no strength,'

OPEC and inventory data should put downward pressure on prices later today.

Overall, we'll probably see a continuation of the choppy nature of the market, probably with a slight downward bias.

Our operations benefited from good but not great market conditions. Electricity prices and spark spreads, particularly in Alberta and the (U.S.) Pacific Northwest were reasonably strong in January and February but began to trend downward in March.

Our message is simply: that we should try and get out of the present downward spiral.

Such action could create a sharp upward move in inflation expectations, additional upward pressure on precious metals prices and renewed downward pressure on the dollar, ... If that were to happen, the Fed likely would have to drive rates up much more in the future, which could be disruptive to financial markets.

Spreads on Sanyo's bonds will probably stay high. Our uncertainty has heightened substantially towards Sanyo's management, corporate governance, financial accountability and the possibility of another major downward revision.

Looking forward, a projected slowing in housing construction in North America is expected to keep wood product prices on a gradual downward course in 2006. Pulp and paper prices are likely to hold up comparatively better.

Markets initially seem to be focusing more on the downward revision in growth than the upward revision to the deflator.

It doesn't take much to push stocks lower in this market, ... Stocks have been headed in a downward direction for a while.

It does not surprise me that we are seeing those job losses. Certainly what happened in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and with gas prices increasing last summer, we should be revising the figures downward a little bit.

Manufacturers are not fools, and they looked out over the economy and saw that economic activity had slowed dramatically, ... Not wanting to carry inventories, they slashed production and workers. They acted correctly, but the downward spiral has been set in motion.

The 2006 budget crisis is looming, provoked by the fiscal policies of the Bush Cheney Regime, ... The Vortex of Bushonomics, The Downward Spiral & The Coming 2006 Budget Crisis.

The April IEA report supports our belief that rising inventories, moderating demand growth and Saudi Arabia's commitment to put more oil into the market will put downward pressure on oil prices.

The ample supply of stocks for all energy products should continue to place downward pressure on prices in the near term.

Whether Hindus or Greeks, Egyptians or Japanese, Chinese, Sumerians, or ancient Americans -- or even Romans, the most "modern" among people of antiquity -- they all placed the Golden Age, the Age of Truth, the rule of Kronos or of Ra or of any other gods on earth -- the glorious beginning of the slow, downward unfurling of history, whatever name it be given -- far behind them in the past.

We have to see how far downward revisions go. You better fasten your seat belt as we go through that...What's been going on, is there was a sort of misplaced euphoria.

We expect a gradual downward turn through the year as economic growth slows, but we're still looking for very strong numbers,

Today the market seems to adjusting downward because all the upward surge over the past few days was a little overdone.

Today's report was a case of familiar culprits -- apparel prices continue to put downward pressure on inflation, and housing and medical care continue to put upward pressure on inflation.

Under the current scenario, a round of profit-taking usually comes shortly after bargain hunting. Without any concrete regulatory stimulus and rosy corporate earnings reports, the market faces a downward pressure after gaining more than 10 percent this year.

We got off to a rough start in New York where I wasn't playing too much. Going to Washington I was having fun playing hockey again but got hurt. I got traded to L.A. and everything was a downward spiral.

Thought seasonable factors may be part of the explanation for falling prices and declining home sales, it appears that the housing sector is slowing down as we move into 2006. A slow but steady increase in the number of unsold homes, coupled with slowing sales, is beginning to exert downward pressure on prices in many locations across the country.

When you see the fan going, it's tilted downward so it'll pull some of the air down and distribute it through the orchard and hopefully increase the temp a couple degrees. Sometimes a couple degrees is all the difference in the world between saving and losing some of the crops.

The outlook for the Fed policy is clearly data dependent. I cannot see much downward correction to the U.S. dollar over the near term being driven by the data.

Traders were very active in Macquarie Bank, buying into the stock as it broke out of its recent downward trend.

We'll see continued downward pressure on unit labor costs in the first quarter. I think it's favorable on the inflation front.

The fact that (core inflation) has been on a downward trend for two months is more evidence that Fed policy-makers might stop raising interest rates sooner rather than later.

While one should never draw definite conclusions from any one quarter's results, the downward trend in short term performance over the last six months will probably continue through the end of 2000 as the effects of public market volatility makes its way through to the private markets.

We said at the time of the filing that we were hopeful natural gas prices would decline so that we could reduce our rate request. Indeed over the last few months we have seen such decline, resulting in our decision to amend our original request to change our going-forward rates. While we certainly would have liked to see an even larger decline in costs, this is somewhat better news for our customers and we are hopeful the downward trend will continue.

We think the market is in certain circumstances complacent and not enough consideration is being given to downward pressures, in particular corporate margins due to higher input costs.

We think the industry is going to be slower in the first quarter, if not the first half, than we originally planned. There's clearly downward momentum right now caused by higher interest rates, higher fuel prices. Probably the biggest factor is consumer confidence drop in December. The industry operates on momentum and we think it will take time for that momentum to turn around.

We believe potentially disappointing 2005 fourth quarter results, the prospects of a potential downward revision to 2006 First Call consensus estimates of $2.85 per share and slower square footage growth over the next five years are now reflected in the stock.

We believe further multiple contraction and downward estimates revisions are likely.

We have seen what is historically very unusual downward move on bond prices.

There are 200 special police there now, but they are ineffective, ... both in numbers and the quality of guys in there in the first place. With the rotation of units there has been a downward spiral....I believe the ministry of the interior pulled the plug a little too quickly.

We've been on a downward trend for births since 1981, except for the last two years. Hopefully, that has bottomed out and the trend will reverse.

We're stuck in a little bit of a range right now ... we're still in a pronounced downward channel.

We all knew it was going to slow down sooner or later. The cycle is on the downward slope of the peak, but we're going to be OK.

There is downward pressure on ad revenue. Nobody sees that turning around. Radio companies are just not coming to terms with that.

Those sovereigns in the midst of political turmoil also have the weakest growth rates in emerging Asia, and further downward revisions to the growth forecast may be necessary." ()

With shorter clubs, your ball position should be just back of middle, to really promote hitting the ball first on a downward strike.

Through the volatility, the trend in claims is gradually downward again, consistent with the labor market slowly starting to regain momentum after a setback in late 2002.