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In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.

William Shakespeare

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

Confucius

The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.

Confucius

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

Jules Renard

It is just a modest acquisition. It is part of our overall European strategy.

Brian Tempest

A stabilization in prices has occurred. That doesn't mean that appreciation has stopped in all areas. It hasn't. You're just going to see more modest increases, at best.

David Dabby

Selling pressure was broad as the market extended its current modest setback to three days.

Al Goldman

Such a modest increase [in unemployment] is unlikely to have any impact on consumer confidence or affect consumer spending.

Philip Shaw

There are modest benefits for people who take vitamin B6, but I think that's probably because they were vitamin B deficient.

Jeff Wiese

Coming off a fairly steady rate environment in 2004, these are very modest interest rate increases for the level of economic growth we are expecting.

Doug Duncan

My aim has always been modest; I wanted to transform the arranged marriage into a love match.

Marcelle Ferron

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

Bill Bradley

If this bill has some steps that improve the quality of education, however modest, we would still back it.

David Willetts

Price increases there are at a more modest level which looks much more sustainable.

Peter Johnson

This transaction also provides Wachovia with the opportunity to enter the California banking market in a modest way.

Ben Jenkins

And the nice thing is that we're talking about modest exercise, not two hours in the gym every day.

Dallas Anderson

These are human beings who have a long history of failing to comply with laws, and were not going to say this is a cure-all. But we hope we can see at least a modest reduction.

Russ Marlan

It's very quiet and lackluster. I was looking for the markets to come up slightly because of a modest rally in the Deutsche mark-dollar. But even that has started to come down again.

Ian Harnett

Inflation has been very modest, and that is the biggest single factor affecting interest rates. And as long as inflation remains modest, rates won't rise dramatically.

Ken Hackel

My expectations of Sandy are modest. I want him to turn this into the best baseball franchise in America.

John Moores

Lifestyles became much more modest, looking for cheap bargains. Deflation penetrated society.

Noriko Hama

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.

Paul Rand

Dover's modest curriculum change embodies the essence of liberal education.

Patrick Gillen

It well becomes a young man to be modest.

Titus Maccius Plautus

We expect Galaxy to trigger modest, though perhaps not lasting, share gains for Sun.

Richard Farmer

So that the old joy, modest as cake, as wine and friendship Will stay with us at the last, backed by the night Whose ruse gave it our final meaning.

John Ashbery

It's in their modest home. You go into their kitchen and serve yourself. It's all homemade. It's authentic Italian.

Graham Spanier

The statement took a modest step toward becoming more forward looking. That is the direction we see of communication more generally.

Brian Sack

I'm expecting a modest first day ... gain of 5 to 15 percent.

Irv Degraw

We expect modest growth in November and dramatic growth in December.

Michael Pachter

These are not cuts, these are modest reductions in the rate of growth.

Josh Bolten

A deep thinker but very modest.

John Nagle

The load factors are unprecedented, and in a pre-9/11 environment, this would clearly be a boon to (higher fares). With the way things are, we are only getting a modest (fare) benefit.

John Heimlich

There will probably be a modest increase in expenditures. But relative to what Amazon will spend on marketing to attract new customers, it should be relatively minor.

Chris Vroom

We will find alternative accommodation, probably of a more modest nature.

Francis Baron

Basically we're one of very few major universities without a conference center related to the campus. The one we're building is actually modest in size. We can add on to it in the future.

Robin Kaler

We were able to do this at a pretty modest cost.

Paul Constans

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.

Paul Theroux

This was achieved despite a relatively modest market growth.

Jeff Joerres

We became good friends. He's one of the greatest infielders of all time. He was a very fine individual, very modest. You wouldn't have known he was one of the greatest players.

Mary Groskloss

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be human.

Jane Harrison

They said nothing's changed in their view of the economy so markets focused on the word 'modest' to mean they'll be less aggressive.

Marc Levesque

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast.

Logan Pearsall Smith

This is where you can get a large boost in network performance for a modest investment.

Joshua Feinberg

The thing about the Japanese diet is, you don't have to do it every meal. Just incorporate it little by little and see how you feel. By eating more modest portions, more vegetables, less bad fat and drinking green tea instead of soda and eating brown rice, all these little things add up to a very healthy way to eat.

Naomi Moriyama

Smoking appears to confer a modest elevation in breast cancer risk, ... Certainly this relationship is not as strong as the relationship between smoking and lung cancer or smoking and heart disease, but breast cancer may be another disease to add to the long list of diseases associated with smoking.

Fred Hutchinson

The bottom line is the effectiveness is modest, at best. It's very disappointing.

Dr. Tom Jefferson

He was modest and shared all he had. He helped everyone.

Toumani Diabate

Suggest that most children can extend their sleep and gain demonstrable benefits from even modest sleep extension.

The Children

He's being a little modest right now. He was the backbone of the team tonight. Without him, we wouldn't have won this game. It makes it easier for the rest of us and you can't say enough about him.

Peter Harrold

This is a more shrink-wrapped approach for the concept of grid computing that targets a more modest area of use.

Jonathan Eunice

The evidence is fairly convincing that smaller schools are more effective. At the district level there are some modest benefits of having a larger organization, but those are more than offset by the deficits of larger schools.

Paul Peterson

I think we'll continue to see weaker housing starts, but the slowing will be more modest than the 8% decline we saw in February.

Celia Chen

I expect it will have a modest impact on the overall benefit. It just seemed right to do something for those folks. They're facing enough problems.

Jerry Mckim

And not just to look at those two options either, ... If they can't get good management at modest cost, then liquidation is a good option too.

Russel Kinnel

I was born modest. Not all over, but in spots.

Mark Twain

This study may make people look more closely at patients who already have elevations, though modest, in blood sugar levels.

Stuart Weiss

We nonetheless would caution investors that even a modest disruption can have a material impact to the bottom line, especially if it persists.

Michael Linenberg

We do modest incentives on a selected basis. That won't change. ... Most job growth occurs with companies that are already in a location.

John Huggins

That's what everyone is wondering. In this environment they're probably not going to aim too high, leave well enough alone and have a modest target.

Bob Austrian

The commercial enterprise market that we serve continues to require desktops because there are, frankly, a lot of roles that don't require mobility or their requirements are kind of modest.

Peter Sutherland

Ten percent can be a whopping amount for somebody with relatively modest income.

Tim Stone

This is a modest request. We could have asked for the moon, but we're not.

David Carle

The recovery is modest, but will likely last long. It is much more resilient to external shocks.

Makoto Ishikawa

This masks what we think is a modest uptrend in the core CPI.

Peter Hooper

The 2002 holiday season will likely be a moderate one, not blowing away modest expectations, but not disappointing them either.

Gina Martin

I know someone who lives next door to what you would actually call a fairly modest house that just sold for $17 million. There are some very extreme housing price bubbles going on .

Charles Munger

He repeated the call for modest interest rate increases.

Jack Spitz

It will be a very modest increase.

William Kirwan

This is a modest payment meant to demonstrate our sincerity with respect to our international obligations.

Gideon Gono

Modest changes in the Java language to support scientific computing.

Sun Microsystems

Sure. They represent a period from the 20s through the 50s and 60s. They are a more modest approach to vacationing.

Jim O'connell

A modest increase in a gigantic sum of money is still too much.

Brandon Rees

She's not full of herself. She's so humble after games, and she's so modest. She'll never tell people stuff.

Kate Taylor

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

Orson Welles

The story of New Jersey is one of stability and modest growth.

Jason Bram

Erica is modest. It eases me when she is out on the mound.

Ann Dipierro

It will provide substantial relief for those with very high drug costs and will provide modest relief for millions more.

Bill Novelli

We're focusing on preservation of capital. I'm telling them to be happy with modest returns.

Mark Groesbeck

This interim government needs an infusion of a modest amount of capital in days, not weeks, not months.

Joseph Biden

When it came time for the announcers to introduce Elvis, the stadium was filled with anticipation. At the mention of Elvis' name, the modest crowd cheered and looked expectantly at the parked Cadillac.

Bob Watkins

It's something. Our hope is that, despite the modest amount of benefits, that it will make a significant difference to their lives.

Suffolk Legis

A lovely guy - charming, enthusiastic, eager and modest.

David Denby

It would take a big global shock to change the prospects for at least modest growth in Europe.

Lorenzo Codogno

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

Paul Cezanne

This drug is useful. Its effects are definite, but relatively modest.

William Thies

While you could say that 4 percent looks modest, if you look at it against inflation, they're coming out ahead.

Charles Peck

It is a modest budget. We wish to start with a small amount.

Jacques Attali

Wang Dan is very excited and eager to start his new life in exile. Wang Dan is a modest, methodical and determined person. He wants to continue to contribute to China's democracy.

Xiao Qiang

To get everyone to behave well, you often see these payments. You pay a relatively modest amount of money to avoid a costly legal situation.

David Yermack

We are asking them to make a modest contribution. Most people are paying much more.

Richard Maloney

This is a modest improvement, but we expect bigger improvements in the months ahead, as the labor market usually lags the economic cycle.

Marco Kramer

You should have a modest meal, rather than a major meal. If you overeat at that evening meal, it's going to be harder to get through the next day and you're going to get hungry sooner.

Jodi R. Godfrey

It's a fairly modest plan given the length of the road, and we tried to avoid things that are controversial.

Karen Hendrixson

Occupancies are strong. Rates are being bumped and discounting is modest.

David Rogers

The thing that was remarkably wonderful about her was that she had no conceit. She was completely modest.

Jon Vickers

In the area of diet, we are only asking for fairly modest shifts.

Walter Willett

I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.

Pol Pot

A modest increase in U.S. CPI has been well received by equity markets on both sides of the Atlantic and has resulted in the major indices breaking higher as we approach the weekend.

Paul Webb

We expect the modest growth we are experiencing in the first half of the year to continue throughout the remainder of 2002.

George Scalise

You're looking at a very modest premium to its growth rate.

Bob Turner

If you as a person are already classy, elegant and modest, then the lingerie that you wear is going to complement that.

Latoya Jones

Without question, the housing market has peaked out. However, I think it will be a modest decline.

Gregory Gieber

What we learned was that the modest amount of exercise would reduce a person's risk by about 40 percent.

Dr. Eric Larson

We knew she was three goals away going into the game, but it wasn't something we talked about. She's very modest, and she knows there wouldn't be individual goals without a great team effort.

Barry Blauvelt

In Utah, modest fashion is what sells best.

Mandy Ohman

This seems a very modest reduction.

Paul Ginsburg

This should not have been a big deal for these floodwalls. It should have been a modest challenge. There's no way this should have exceeded the capacity.

Paul Kemp

This is going to be a profitable transaction, ... This one we could afford on a modest budget.

Robert Wright

It's a modest proposal. The community sent us a resounding message that they want this kind of borrowing to be incremental and cautious.

John Baynes

The impact of even relatively modest grants in Mongolia can be huge.

Dwight Gee

May be the San Martin mine might be closing a year earlier than expected. It's a modest negative.

Tony Lesiak

Folks are amazed that what looks like a modest home has the seating capacity to provide concert options.

Sally Anderson

For the low-cost storage parking, it is such a modest increase.

Rebecca White

We don't like rate increases as much as anyone, but we think 8.6 percent is as modest as possible.

Chris Neal

I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town.

Emeril Lagasse

What the Fed is telling us here is that they are not of the mind to put so much tightness on the economy as to jeopardize modest growth in the year ahead, and the market is taking great delight in that.

Ernie Ankrim

I think the cycle going forward is going to be more muted, or modest. I think 2005 was a good reflection of that.

Eric Chen

He was so modest.

Elizabeth Davis

It is a year for modest economic growth and therefore modest earnings growth.

Edward Menashy