Famous Quotes & Sayings

Patrick Michaels

Michael's position is in the minority. The consensus is the scientific debate is all but over.

I think his departure is more a sign of stability and consensus at the Fed than a reflection of disagreement.

I think some of the consensus numbers are a little stale some of the estimates that go into that don't reflect the recent thinking many analysts have about Morgan Stanley.

Bernie Bickerstaff

Peoria, Connecticut, Atlanta, ... I've got the Big East tournament on Thursday, the ACC on Friday, the SEC on Saturday. Then we've got the NCAA tournament. We've had guys out for the past six months. We've seen all the consensus top high school guys. We've been to Europe. We've ranked all the NBA players from all 29 teams. We've got guys everywhere.

Basically, the consensus is Stayton and Cascade will be at the top. ... But I think we've improved enough to be in the playoffs. It's just how focused we can be in the next (eight) games.

If we get a GDP or deflator number that's much stronger than the consensus estimate, then it could hurt the market because people will be talking about a tougher Fed.

We're seeing the Democrats moving toward that position. Senator Kerry will be joined by others. There's going to be a consensus around phased withdrawal.

The crisis is not gone. There is still more work to be done. And the thing that worries investors the most is when consensus develops and the market recovers, there is a big sigh of relief.

We are definitely going to have to look at all of the recommendations, find some sort of consensus and do what we can to implement those, but it will probably be a lengthy process.

Jim Jordan

When we're done, piping plover and habitat will still be out there. The consensus is, if we do nothing, the habitat is going to go away.

Tom Chatfield

For the moment, machines able to 'think' in anything approaching a human sense remain science-fiction. How we should prepare for their potential emergence, however, is a deeply unsettling question - not least because intelligent machines seem considerably more achievable than any consensus around their programming or consequences.

There is a very strong consensus that gold will continue its trend higher this year and that, in itself, is a warning sign.

Lloyd Banks

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Whether it is by consensus or by vote, either way it ends up in New York.

Herb Kohl

After a week of back and forth, and forth and back over firearms, it's good to see a consensus developing on this common-sense amendment to keep handguns away from children.

The overlap was startling, really. There was a great deal of consensus on where to intervene,

Raymond Kelly

Consensus building doesn't necessarily fit with my experience.

I think it's fair to say that these are difficult issues -- they are difficult moral, ethical, legal issues. And one would not expect that everyone would come to a consensus on this.

If the parties succeed in reaching a consensus on technical details before the tripartite meeting, a final decision about the project can possibly emerge in that meeting.

We see now for several weeks already a consensus around a decline of semiconductor market year-on-year of 26 percent,

When you look at the stronger (applications), they are very, very descriptive in what they're doing. The general consensus was that it was just a weak application. There was nothing unique about the application.

Jalal Talabani

We should have a consensus between the three groups -- Shiites, Kurds and the Sunnis,

There had been tremendous progress toward a consensus in creating a human rights council. That consensus has now been damaged because Bolton picked up the pages of the draft document and threw them into the air.

Kofi Annan

There is some consensus at the hall. But we don't seem to be able to come to an understanding as to how to move forward.

We had to get signatures because we don't have enough to file the fee. But our consensus was that people would take me more seriously if I was out there getting petitions.

A consensus reading is not going to continue to support the dollar.

It was a very quick and strong consensus for Matt Doherty.

George Allen

It may be several years down the road or months down the road we can get a consensus on how you handle a good temporary-worker system.

This week's CPI will seal (the Fed's decision). If we get a number at consensus or a little above, that'll tip it towards a June increase.

This week's CPI will seal (the Fed's decision), ... If we get a number at consensus or a little above, that'll tip it towards a June increase.

Kofi Annan

What is needed today is nothing less than a new consensus between alliances that are frayed, between wealthy nations and poor. The essence of that consensus is simple: We all share responsibility for each other's security.

The big picture here is that the Bank's forecasts for growth and inflation are different to consensus expectations for weaker growth and inflation short term.

Something's driving this train, and I think there is a growing consensus that at least fresh gases have reached older magma that is shallow in the volcano, activating it.