Downside Quotes

Now, the downside to conservation is that so much is done for the public, which almost always mars the environment that one wanted to conserve.

For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad.

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

It may part of a one way evolution... or it may be we are currently on the downside of an innocence cycle where one day, with an up cycle, sweet will be entertaining again.

But everything you do in life has a downside.

Like I said, a 30-year-old hockey player, even when I came to New York when I was 30, I was on the downside of my career, pretty much the end of my career.

I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline.

The downside isn't really injury, fear of injury or the process of fighting back from injury. The downside, the very worst thing in the world, is surgery.

That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek the truth about each option, including the upside and the downside of each.

I think travel is probably the downside of playing professional golf, but you've got to do it.

The downside is that coastal councils and communities can't keep pace with the increase in demand for roads, water, sewage services, even waste collection. There is not the same level of access to ... health care, aged care, education.

There probably isn't too much downside from here. The performance of other Asian markets is quite encouraging so I think the index may hold above 16,000 and maybe rise to 16,250 later in the day.

We want to stress that there's more downside and uncertainty ahead. But we remain optimistic that the strength of Florida's overall economy will carry us through.

Every day you are getting new downgrades and (target) price cuts that add fuel to the downside fire, ... It's end-of-season tax selling and at the same time you have earnings fears.

My feeling is that an upside break will be a head fake and a downside break will lead to a major decline that will likely test the September 2001 lows.

Basically if an idea sounds like a project that will help people with mental illness, and has no apparent downside, we find a way to accomplish our goal.

The only downside is that they're not as big as SUVs and can't go off road as much.

We think the downside risk here is modest. Merck has fundamental challenges ahead based on its base business. We really concluded the stock is trading incorporating these items.

Some institutions may want to withdraw from the market to avoid policies uncertainties during May 1 holiday, but the downside should be limited.

As CPIX (consumer price index less mortgage costs) continues to surprise on the downside and oil prices come down, pressure to cut rates will rise again.

There's no downside. Our view here is we have been able to provide the funding to give employees that benefit. While it's technically a bank asset, it's viewed as an employee benefit, and it's theirs.

I have all the faith in the world in Steve Wynn, ... But a possible downside is the sky-high expectations that the company has to live up to. I'd be interested if the stock pulls back and will watch it closely over the next few quarters.

I guess the downside to some of these movies is that they associate boxing with thugs and uneducated boneheads. I go about my business as a professional athlete. I train twice a day, six days a week, have my fights and the rest of the time I spend with my family and friends.

Moreover, with a fair amount of Fed tightening now priced in, the US currency remains more vulnerable to downside surprises than upside surprises.