Incorrect Quotations

The term 'overachiever' sort of makes it look like the person has mediocre talent and he just works so hard that he achieves beyond what you would think. 'Overachiever' is sort of a - it's sort of an incorrect term. An overachiever is someone that's just willing to pay the price to get so much more out of his performance.

It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.

Where we have been incorrect in what we have done, then I think we have an obligation to settle.

In the Seventies, my children played in the street, read politically incorrect stories, ate home-cooked food and occasional junk and, yes, were sometimes smacked.

I think equation guessing might be the best method to proceed to obtain the laws for the part of physics which is presently unknown. Yet, when I was much younger, I tried this equation guessing, and I have seen many students try this, but it is very easy to go off in wildly incorrect and impossible directions.

It's incorrect to think of bacteria as these asocial, single cells. They are individual cells, but they act in communities, exactly the way people do.

Let me tell you, if you're ever making a decision and the principle reason you'll do it is because of money, then it is absolutely the incorrect decision.

Google is a private company. It has the capacity to utilize its massive power for whatever political agenda it chooses. But for it to pretend to be an advocate for Internet freedom while simultaneously disadvantaging messages it finds politically incorrect is deeply hypocritical.

The causes and severity of NSA infractions vary widely. One in 10 incidents is attributed to a typographical error in which an analyst enters an incorrect query and retrieves data about U.S phone calls or emails.

We're getting back incorrect deductible amounts, incorrect co-pays. We're here on the front lines, getting the brunt of it all. Not every patient has these problems, but there's a lot of it going on.

We did receive incorrect information that was provided to us, and we made the decision to loan the money based on the financial statements that were presented to us. It's apparent that there are some discrepancies in those financial statements and the recommendations were for us to get legal advice and we're doing that.

Most people who have tried to use free translation on the web know that what comes out on the output side is so disjointed and grammatically incorrect that it doesn't look like something that a person would write.

People watching the Chinese trying to generate a soft landing think that, if it doesn't work in five minutes, it must not be working. We're not seeing immediate results, but I think it's incorrect to assume that, a year or a year and a-half from now, we're not going to see some of these effects. We will.

On the one hand, Japan realizes relations between the two countries should not proceed in their current state; on the other, some Japanese choose not to give up their incorrect view of history.

I didn't really read anything into it other than he wanted more speed on his team. ... I didn't think it was a racist comment. It may have been politically incorrect to say it that way, ... but I didn't view it negatively at all myself.

Basically it is a very politically incorrect book written by a white man trying to seize his own interpretation and put it into the soul and heart of a black man.

From a guy who's had a knee-to-knee hit, I understand the reasoning of the officials, ... You have to protect the players. But I saw the replay, and in this case, I think it was an incorrect call.

If something comes out, you had better be ready, no matter how incorrect it might be.

He was discovered not to be living in Hartford, but West Hartford. An incorrect address was listed. It was no fault of the school administration because they really did all they could to find out where kids are living.

Today it has been proved that all apprehensions (about the presence of NATO troops) were incorrect and false.

Well, you're not incorrect on either front, because absolutely, there are children here in this country that need help as are everywhere in the world.

I take it you told the staff that from what you could observe all that Mr. Weaver wanted to avoid was any improper and incorrect appearance that he was lobbying Mr. Huang. Is that true?

I will happily file an affidavit saying this particular e-mail was incorrect and that is the one she used. I believe a good faith effort was made to file on time.

Our feeling is that it was an incorrect interpretation and it weakens the state's environmental statutes. We have quite a few of these things. The experience indicates that customers make fewer trips of a shorter distance over time. That's a significant reduction in road miles. They're going to one place instead of 14 places to get what they need. We think that's relevant.

Pill splitting can potentially harm a patient due to the adverse effects an incorrect and inaccurate dosage of a prescribed medicine can have on their health.

Passengers not legitimately under suspicion should not have to fear that their private effects and private lives will be held up to public scrutiny, ... Safety and privacy will not be assured if people are targeted for searches based on incorrect criteria instead of evidence.

It could've been a disaster for people who couldn't see it on TV, so to speak. The fact that it was incorrect on TV alarmed me.

It is completely incorrect to say that it has to do with the personal ambitions of the chancellor, ... It has to do with the sharing of power in Germany and the demands of the Social Democrats.

I'm still upset. We got a bunch of bad breaks (a couple of incorrect scorecards and an ineligible player). We came out today and attempted to finish on top. But Geneva played solid from top to bottom. I'm looking forward to next year.

We pulled out big wins at the end that kind of sealed it. There were a couple of matches where we were caught out of position and got pinned. At this stage of the season, you hope you don't see those incorrect tactical things.

We have been talking about globalization for a long time. Actually, the word has been incorrect because only half of the world has been part of the globalization process. But in the last ten years, the other half -- China, India, the countries of the former Soviet block -- has joined the capitalist system. And I like to say globalization is going global.

We played terrible defense (on Monday) and he was talking about touches. I thought that was the incorrect thing to be talking about. I thought Ben was good tonight.

We're talking about 3M taking about 10 years now to reach what we believe is an incorrect and flawed conclusion. Let's not start piling new numbers on top of that. Let's just take the next step and start thinking about mitigation.

To use Macquarie's own words, I'd like to see factual information from Macquarie why these issues are lies, incorrect or misleading.

We have been asked why we have not expanded the recall. The last thing we want to do is make an important safety decision on incorrect or incomplete information.

When (Cohen) makes a statement it moves markets sometimes. People who have made statements in the past and have been incorrect don't have much impact.

It would be incorrect to say that these changes alone address those issues.

It would be incorrect to say it won't help the president.

I've never had a haircut where I've gone to a hair cutting place and they gave me an incorrect haircut. So I've been pretty lucky.

It was the result of an incorrect communication through a third-party network provider that affected Visa check card users. The transaction was supposed to result in an authorization, not a hold.

The Texas Democratic Party will of course abide by the ruling of the Texas Supreme Court and give candidates with incomplete or incorrect filings the opportunity to correct the error.

so patently incorrect and so abuses my integrity as a journalist.

Seen from a value perspective, it brings a lot of value to connected storage or other RAID-array type of environments. Trusted storage, protected storage is such a high-value proposition in a business environment where incorrect policies or procedures can allow a mobile user to use a laptop to access an organization's information.

A few years ago, something that appeared incorrect might not be changed. Today, with heightened concern over complete accuracy, the definition of materiality has gotten a lot broader.

After a detailed examination of the national measures, the European Commission intends to launch a package of infringement procedures against a number of member states for incorrect transposition of the directives.

Now, at the end, my judgement turned out to be incorrect and we lost the vote.

Your ruling is incorrect and inappropriate. When the earlier address is before the House and remains the property of this House, how can you give such a ruling. It seems you have lost patience.

This clearly shows that relying on the household survey's employment measure as a barometer of labor market conditions is not only risky, but also an incorrect assumption,

A lot of information we were given was provided to us by the Americans. It was either out of date, incorrect or it was completely false and designed to take us down the wrong path.

There's been some speculation that you can only trigger this by using an incorrect size in your metafile record and that this trigger was somehow intentional. That speculation is wrong on both counts. The vulnerability can be triggered with correct or incorrect size values.

There is sufficient evidence that results were deliberately manipulated, and Professor Hwang accepts this at some level. We don't think that the data in the 2005 Science study was incorrect because of simple mistakes.

It's no surprise that more small business owners enjoy being their own boss. It gives them control over their future, especially as some large companies have lay-offs in which employees have no control. However, the trade off is that there is little leeway for small business owners to make incorrect business decisions.

It's the reality of a situation like this that when you have a large troop presence that it has the tendency to fuel the insurgency because they can make the incorrect and unfair claim that somehow the United States is here to occupy this country, which of course is not true.

The body is always looking to adapt. When you throw something new at it, there are basically two roads for it to take: the correct one ? by easing into it and systematically increasing strength and endurance, or the incorrect one ? the body reacts, and that's injury.

Syria has the right to preserve its security, future and territorial integrity... any attempt to harm Syria will be a big mistake.. and any incorrect policy against her could in a way lead to a large fire in the Arab nation,

The urgency of . . . putting those programs in place with mandatory elements was based on this incorrect assessment.

I really like it. I was a little skeptical the way we were doing it here and putting everything on the replay official in the box. But they've done a nice job if they thought that something might be incorrect of stopping it and taking a look.

In terms of practical things you need to do when filling out your return, just double-check your numbers, especially the Social Security numbers for you, your spouse and your dependents. That was the biggest error last year, either missing or incorrect Social Security numbers.

In Perth, we were averaging around five seconds from challenge to display. Some conversations I had with Taylor Dent, he noticed that this technology actually speeded up play rather than slowed play down. There was less reason or no reason to argue with the chair umpire.; The players, once they saw the call, just went back and played. The two incorrect challenge limit kind of is a built in safety net in case anybody tries to abuse the system. I think the concerns now for a player using it for gamesmanship is minimal.

Among the news organizations that used the incorrect photographs were CNN, The Associated Press, Reuters and The Washington Post.

The media also wrote a lot of incorrect facts about me. This did not help me either. The media kept hammering me, but I maintained my silence.

The last time I went to a festival without a hat, two things happened. One: I got sunstroke. Secondly, I had to buy what can only be described as a Jamiroquai hat, which was sartorially incorrect - I'm saying that as a Jamiroquai fan. That was a disaster. I looked like a small clown.