Quotes about Reverse

A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers would one day suffer reverse.

Sophocles

In a minute there is time for decision and revisions that a minute will reverse.

T. S. Eliot

Change sneaks up on (some churches) and overtakes them unawares. By the time they recognize what has happened it may be too late to reverse their decline.

Andrew Smith

There is something magical about reverse directories. Making this information public is a healthy thing. And we are using technology the way it should be, by bringing together groups of sellers and buyers who now have no way to reach each other.

Felix Kramer

Toyota obviously has staked a lot of its prestige on this technology, so if there is a developing negative backlash in the U.S., they are going to work very hard to reverse that.

Alan Baum

We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it. - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Roald Dahl

This was the first time someone has 'reverse-engineered' the process to find out what it takes to get on an airline without identification.

Bill Scannell

Nokia's main priority must now be to stabilise its market share by Q3 and hope that it can reverse the current decline in Q4.

Ben Wood

What I can tell you, in the name of my colleagues and our leader Gilles Duceppe, is that we've had enough, ... Together, all the Bloc MPs intend to reverse the trend.

Michel Gauthier

What we're seeing now is a total reverse in what everyone expected ahead of the euro debut; retailers understood that the euro would add new pressures for competitiveness, so they chose to push prices down to attract customers.

Marc Touati

The only way to find out if an alternative road works is to set out in that direction. The only way to reverse the decline in living standards is for the labor movement to be bigger and stronger.

John Wilhelm

The smart money is that the Supreme Court granted this case to reverse.

Seth Waxman

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

J. D. Salinger

We can open up the ceilings and make the reverse gables come into the house, and add an arched-top transom window so [homeowners] can actually experience the gable.

James Prisco

In these extraordinary times, greater international cooperation is needed to reverse the global economic downturn, eradicate poverty, promote security and enhance cultural understanding.

Klaus Schwab

If history is any indication, there is little the Bush administration can do to reverse this decline.

John Mueller

The weirder you are going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.

P. J. O'Rourke

Most of the cost benefits - both on an operational and regulatory basis - have now been achieved so ITV will need to reverse the top-line decline to be able to perform beyond 2005.

Paul Bates

You wear guilt, like shackles on your feet...Like a halo in reverse.

Depeche Mode

In private they're talking big time about England's reverse swing and this is a huge hurdle for them to overcome.

Michael Slater

He has never won beyond 2100m and there are some good Melbourne horses nominated for the Hobart Cup so I think he has enough with 58kg for his first go in the reverse direction.

Ross Stitt

A historian is a prophet in reverse.

Friedrich Von Schlegel

That is really the big question. Some scientists say that we will get more extreme weather, while others say the situation will reverse itself. We don't really know.

Nolan Doesken

We need our best teachers working with our most at-risk. Right now it's often the reverse.

Alexa Posny

We're talking about pavement - houses and shopping malls. It's very difficult to reverse that.

Brian Vincent

We have immediately sent a letter to Attorney General Janet Reno and to the White House, requesting that the attorney general review and reverse this decision; that the attorney general review the process under which it was determined; and that the attorney general and the White House assure Elian Gonzalez of due process of law.

Spencer Eig

We're getting to levels now where to buy bonds you have to subscribe to the notion that the economy's going to experience a slowdown and the Fed may have to reverse course later in the year. We don't subscribe to that.

Colin Lundgren

It's appalling that Nissan, V.W. and Hyundai are accelerating in reverse.

Daniel Becker

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.

Richard Rathge

I am not opposed to sensible bankruptcy law reform, but this [Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005] is a reverse Robin Hood - squeeze the down-on-their-luck middle class and impoverished Americans and give the proceeds to the financial services industry.

Jack Reed

We believe our ability to successfully reverse this volume erosion is limited by the continuing overhang of government litigation and investigation issues. The resolution of these issues remains among our highest priorities.

Trevor Fetter

What the insurance companies have done is to reverse the business so that the public at large insures the insurance companies.

Gerry Spence

Jack is not prepared to reverse his position on this bill. We need some more time to review options that would be appropriate and applicable to all students.

Hilary Mclean

I am calling upon President Bush to reverse the outrageous, the reckless and the irresponsible decision to turn over American ports to foreign governments.

Martin O'malley

This is the complete reverse of the homogenous white makeup of West Virginia. Nine out of 10 of the evacuees are black.

Joe Thornton

We've talked about it within the team and we've dubbed it the 'Reverse the Record' season.

Matt Leblanc

We approached the Egyptians first. It was kind of the reverse of normal. ... At first they had to be convinced.

Peter Lacovara

The Anglican Communion needs the Episcopal Church. I would be so bold as to say that the reverse is also true. The Episcopal Church needs the Anglican Communion. The ACC needs the Episcopal Church.

John Paterson

I got ripped off. I can't believe they took away the two (points). You aren't supposed to reverse the call after you make one. It just didn't go my way.

Shacoi Berry

As to the family, I have never understood how that fits in with the other ideals--or, indeed, why it should be an ideal at all. A group of closely related persons living under one roof; it is a convenience, often a necessity, sometimes a pleasure, sometimes the reverse; but who first exalted it as admirable, an almost religious ideal?

Dame Rose Macaulay

A reverse mortgage is a loan against your home that you do not have to pay back for as long as you live there.

Andrew B. Crocker

Even you if were to be able to reverse engineer the encoded material what you'd get is nonsensical to you.

Mark De Visser

It is alchemy in reverse: the golden rule has turned to dross in his hands.

Oliver Letwin

This goal sets America on a path to slow the growth of greenhouse gas emissions and, as the science justifies, to stop and then reverse that growth.

Paula Dobriansky

He's a punt returner, kick returner, a big-play receiver, ... We'll give it to him on a reverse a couple of times. He's got one interception already this season as a safety. We'll find ways to get the ball to him.

Patrick Kane

If you were a prosecutor, there probably would be a responsibility to disclose this. The defense has no obligation in reverse. No one (on the stand) has a duty to disclose more than the questions require.

William Schroeder

I will seek to reverse the shift of benefits from Medicaid to Medicare and hold harmless our seniors and disabled.

Jeff Bingaman

We are facing an epidemic of obesity that threatens the public health of California and the rest of the nation. We must improve our children's nutrition and level of physical activity if we are going to reverse this trend.

Sandra Shewry

Treasuries remain under pressure and only weaker-than-expected data seem likely to reverse the current mood.

Cyril Beuzit

Even if we can't reverse things, I think we still hope that we can slow down or even stop the progression.

Michael Zigmond

Mexico is in reverse. All things that should be up — jobs, salaries, competitiveness — are down. And all that should be down — insecurity, taxes, gas prices — has gone up.

Roberto Madrazo

At half time the players made a decision amongst themselves to reverse what had been happening out on the field.

Rod Keogh

We just don't see how current U.S. strategy is going to reverse these very dangerous trends.

Alan Tonelson

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

George Sand

I'm hoping and expecting the president will stay on track as he has been in the past five years because it's succeeding now better than it ever has before. Why in heaven's name would you reverse course?

Wendy Long

The investment community has developed an incredible fear of railroad mergers. A lot of people think the court will reverse the moratorium. That's more important than fuel prices right now.

Doug Rockel

Caffeine does not make you less drunk. You'll still feel the effects of alcohol. Caffeine doesn't reverse those effects. But I just see someone getting a false sense of security and saying, 'Oh, boy. With caffeine, I can drink more and then going out and drive.'

Daniel Shea

This is a hopeful signal that the trend of downturns will reverse. International students play such a large part of graduate education in the U.S.

Heath Brown

So much time, and so little to do! Strike that, reverse it.

Willy Wonka

It is rare for appeals courts to reverse criminal convictions. The prime exception would be on technical legal grounds and that doesn't appear to be present in (Stewart's) case.

Stanley Twardy

We were there to reverse course from the policies of the Carter administration, certainly. Everybody was there with similar goals and intentions.

Charles J. Cooper

Government censorship can slow down, but can't reverse this trend.

Xiao Qiang

After the first three minutes, we played well and competed. They really hurt us on penetrations. At our place, they missed a ton of lay-ups and didn't shoot very well. Tonight, we missed a lot of lay-ups. It was really a reverse of the first game.

Madelyn Flenor

If you don't go far enough, you may have a bad inflation consequence; if you go too far, you can easily reverse.

William Dudley

There may be equity left over to give to your heirs but not necessarily. If you really want to leave your home to the kids, you may want to think through whether you want to get a reverse mortgage.

Darryl Hicks

We kind of had to learn in reverse.

Quinn Allman

The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it.

Charles W. Colson

Face-to-face classes and the Internet support program were helpful because participants were taught how to make changes in eating and activity to immediately reverse small weight gains.

Deborah Tate

Despite their renowned prowess at reverse engineering, the Chinese do not have the factories to produce this type of advanced electronic equipment.

Robert Ross

He remembered the car going back a couple of inches, hearing the tires spin, and the car went forward instead of in reverse.

Roger Massey

Thomas Ryan was a reverse Robin Hood, stealing from the poor children in his district to line his own pockets.

Richard Devine

There's just no reason to expect this market will put itself into reverse.

Ben Brockwell

All the water we drink has already been treated. The point is everybody is downstream of somebody. Personally, I wouldn't want to drink anything that hadn't been through a reverse osmosis filter.

Patrick Brady

I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.

Bing Crosby

All of this is preliminary evidence that medication might have the potential to reverse brain abnormalities in the disorder.

Hilary Blumberg

What we're expecting is that for all these people that said 'the sky is falling' to reverse their position. This is not going to affect the elderly. It's not going to affect private contracts. What it's going to do is stop marriage by a different name.

Phil Burress

They beat us twice and have the confidence that comes with that. We're trying to reverse that. We feel we've made a lot of strides since those games.

Jim Veltman

Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.

John Stuart Mill

They kept going hard after the tailback to stop that all night. We went with the reverse to catch that and we got lucky.

Dick Isaacson

The collapse in languages is a catastrophe. The Government is going to have to reverse its policy of allowing students to opt out at 14.

David Hart

We weren't doing much against that zone. We needed to have more patience and reverse the ball a little bit more, rather than just one pass and shoot.

Michael Kroll

It kind of tells the story. But it's not inconsistent with national figures and we're determined to reverse it.

Harris Ferris

Why anyone would want the Harvard job at the moment, I don't know, given the mess that they will inherit. We are hoping Bok can repair some of the damage that has been done and reverse some of Summers' decisions. If he can do enough of that, then the new president can start with a clean slate.

Daniel Fisher

The legacy of bad Corps water projects has ranged from farce to tragedy, with the citizens of New Orleans paying the most recent price. The Feingold-McCain bill would reverse decades of bad practice by the Corps, and Congress should seize this opportunity to address the harsh lessons of Hurricane Katrina.

Rebecca Wodder

What we're doing is essentially the reverse of what a protocol analyzer does. A protocol analyzer examines the network for behavior or code that's out of line with standards or thresholds. Our security analyzer actually creates paths that are out of line with the protocols to identify vulnerabilities that may not have been detected yet.

Ajit Sancheti

AMR Research has also reported that reverse logistics account for more than 4.5 percent of total logistics costs, therefore inefficiency can substantially affect a company's bottom line. Integrating reverse logistics processes into the service supply chain can effectively address these challenges and give companies a competitive advantage.

Nancy Koenig

Premature rate cuts could trigger inflationary expectations that could reduce, if not reverse, the capital inflows.

Fauzi Ichsan

We expect European company margins to reverse a seven-consecutive-quarter trend of year-over-year declines and begin to show recovery. This could be an inflection point for European profitability.

Joe Buckley

I'm going to have to be a little tougher in demanding that they reverse the basketball and work to get a better shot.

Jerry Aanonsen

It is good for us and bad for England. Because he was the one bowler who really mastered the art of bowling reverse swing at a good pace in the Ashes series.

Younis Khan

The airline model -- where seats get more expensive closer to the departure date -- is in reverse for hotels, because they do not want to be left with empty rooms.

Richard Eades

I feel they picked the wrong guy. We've already informed the USOC of the wrong decision. I'm confident they will reverse the decision.

Chris Klug

(The) reverse split would be to take our stock above $1 to regain continued listing compliance on the Nasdaq. We have until Sept. 11, 2006, to have 10 consecutive days of bid price $1 in order to regain compliance.

Reid Cox

I think I was trying to control the first two dives too much and didn't let it go enough. My reverse dive in the fourth round was the one I was most happy with because I had struggled with it in practice.

Emilie Heymans

Although she gets a particular pleasure from portrait and reverse-glass painting, Jackie has recently added miniature art to her list of accomplishments.

Ed Laudano

Look, daddy, that man has a reverse pivot!

Earl Woods

It was an exceptional game, like we had in 2000 with Portugal and Italy, ... In these two matches we managed to reverse the trend, and we did it again.

Zinedine Zidane