Quotes about Slight

The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.

Michel de Montaigne

But some love not the method of your first; Romance they count it, throw't away as dust; If I should meet with such, what should I say; Must I slight them as they slight me, or nay?

John Buchan

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

Albert Einstein

Disney is perhaps revealing a slight lack of confidence.

Anant Sundaram

Our balance sheet remains asset sensitive, which allowed us to benefit modestly from the rise in interest rates that produced a slight margin expansion throughout 2005.

Jimmy Tallent

He's Hawks through and through. We like that he's a click or two left of neutrality. He's a slight homer, but not a roaring homer. He's objective. He knows when a player makes a mistake, but he says it the right way without crucifying him.

Bernie Mullin

What a great day for golf, we had a slight breeze and tough enough hole locations to challenge most everybody that teed it up today.

Gary Hines

Could anything be more indicative of a slight but general insanity than the aspect of the crowd on the streets of Chicago?

Charles Horton Cooley

If there were a track on the circuit where I wished we raced more it would be New Hampshire. The fact that I have always liked the track as a competitor does not hurt either. I always felt I had a slight home court advantage over the other drivers because I have run so many laps there, and I use that to my advantage.

Ricky Craven

It was a slight change for me, because I've worked mostly in the food business.

Anne Borchers

The market's slight disappointment with the figures may reflect a perception of lower profit leverage to the higher sales growth together with another indifferent quarter in the medical division.

Simon Smith

There has been a slight shift of opinion toward there being international links.

Charles Clarke

Since Sirius has a slight disadvantage to XM in the OEM channel, retail channel must be the greater driver for share gains for Sirius.

Sanford Bernstein

The business sentiment index is expected to reveal a slight improvement across a broad front, ranging from large firms to small firms, as the Japanese economy is now enjoying a well-balanced recovery.

Tetsuro Sawano

Hopefully, I think on Sri Lankan wickets we might have a slight chance of upsetting England. The guys are very keen. Initially bowling and fielding were our strong points, but the batting has got going. We have a balanced side. I will be happy if we can get to the last eight.

Roy Dias

The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.

Jerome K. Jerome

Think of the person with the to-do list. That person is convinced he never gets anything done, which gives him a slight underlying anxiety, sapping mental energy, which means he is not as efficient as the other person. The person with the priority list and holding pen knows that most days he gets pretty close to everything done. That frees up more mental energy to do more of the important things.

Jim Steffen

Almost all the chimneys were down. There was substantial damage to masonry buildings, some collapses, and there was some slight damage to frame buildings.

Jack Boatwright

Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice.

George Goethals

At 34 she is an extremely beautiful woman, lavishly endowed by nature with a few flaws in the masterpiece: She has an insipid double chin, her legs are too short and she has a slight potbelly. She has a wonderful bosom, though.

Richard Burton

INJURY, n. An offense next in degree of enormity to a slight.

Ambrose Bierce

Slight not what's near, while aiming at what's far.

Euripides

Right now I believe there's just, on the L-5 disc, a slight tear, real tiny.

Mark Grudzielanek

I'd rather they come an hour before and read the program notes, so that they have some slight introduction to what they're going to hear. Then I recommend the most important thing of all. Listen, don't fight.

James Levine

There could be a slight tax increase, but it still funds city services.

Charles Leonard

He is opening his eyes. He has purposeful movements. He responds to his family in slight ways. He moves all extremities.

Dr. Julian Bailes

Due to the prolonged flatness to slight inversion in the yield curve, the company is focused on stabilizing our net interest margin, controlling expense growth and maximizing generation of capital. We are disappointed that operating/cash earnings per share were lower than a year ago, but are hopeful this trend will change by the second half of 2006.

Jay Sidhu

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.

Jimmy Durante

Mark has a slight hamstring tweak and we don't want to risk it developing into a bad one.

Colin Lee

This lends some comfort to the situation. In spite of slight economic weakness, the Fed sees no need to change its strategy. It's also not going to shut down the economy too quickly.

Jack Ablin

In terms of negotiating leverage, I think there's been a slight shift toward more bargaining power for Vodafone.

Andy Belt

The long-awaited rules are likely to be issued in a month, when the Ministry of Commerce has made some slight amendments.

Wang Yi

The latest PMI data point to a slight moderation in the pace of global manufacturing output, to a still robust 5 to 6 percent annual rate.

David Hensley

The bottoms-up picture, however, went cautionary recently, apparently brought on by a slight slowing in cellular phone growth expectations and the rapid increase in capacity.

Jonathan Joseph

'Yes, but not in the South', with slight adjustments, will do for any arguments about any place, if not about any person.

Stephen Potter

Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.

Mick Jagger

I had him in my youth team when he was 15. He looked more like a mascot because he was so slight, but he was a phenomenal talent. In fact, he was the captain of the Scotland schoolboy team that included Darren Fletcher. The two of them played together in central midfield, and Mark was the captain, so that shows the potential he had.

Terry Butcher

[Saturday] I didn't get any hits but mechanic-wise I felt good. So I took [Saturday's] game and just made a slight adjustment and brought it into this game.

Heidi Knabe

Nor Fame I slight, nor her favors call; She comes unlook'd for, if she comes at all.

Alexander Pope

There is a slight change of nuance.

Noriyuki Suzuki

The deal may be more or less credit neutral for most of the players and a slight credit positive for the industry.

Jake Newman

We've got to play better football, ... This is not a slight toward anyone, but we're not at all concerned with Kinston - we're just concerned with getting better. We have a young, inexperienced team that is working hard to get better. We have to play better football.

Wayne Jackson

Asset quality continued to improve during the quarter as we sold the only property categorized as Other Real Estate Owned (OREO) at a slight gain to its carrying value. Loan loss reserves increased in relationship to the growth in the loan portfolio.

Bob Bartlett

We needed only a slight breeze so that the arms would move. In its old spot, you couldn't see it move, which is why children would push it to make it rotate.

Brian Meunier

We have slight improvement in employment, maybe enough to bring down unemployment three- or four-tenths of a percent, but not enough to bring it down this far.

Loren Scott

We view this announcement as a slight positive as it may lessen some overhang on the DTV shares. However, we believe investors have already priced in $3 billion of buybacks, and GM's shares do not represent incremental repurchases of equity.

Kathy Styponias

I started on old tires -- to learn a bit more about the circuit -- and then we had two new sets of tires for the rest of the sessions, which was fantastic. We made a slight change for the third session and again for the fourth session, even though it was damp.

Robbie Kerr

The ideal scenario for Mexico would be a slowdown in the U.S. economy of 1-2 percent combined with easing in monetary by the Fed, ... Mexican companies may see a slight slowdown in exports to the U.S., but will benefit from a drop in their debt service costs under this scenario.

Alberto Sanchez

Connection cost is a meaningful cost. If the usage would drop, it would reduce companies' connection cost, and they'd get a slight benefit to their margins.

Ned Zachar

I had a slight skate in the middle of the turn, and it was starting to get worse. I think the caution flag actually helped me.

Frank Ruocco

The slight earnings disappointment is compensated by the positive outlook on dividends, where management guidance is moving towards our more aggressive dividend payment assumptions.

Gilbert Lopez

I give Ironwood a slight edge. I admire these kids. They're always working on their game. They've got a good group and can put five quality players on the floor and anyone of them can score when they need a score, or lead them in scoring.

Gary Giancola

There's a slight puffing of the chest, now that Americans can compete on a world level and didn't have to be last in the ring of shows.

Stan Herman

The only potential shadow ... is the slight decline in commercial premiums, which reflect an overall softening in that market.

Matthew Josefowicz

Last year we thought we were finally going to turn the corner ... we actually saw a slight decline in travel. So we were half-right last year.

Don Holecek

It could be a slight threat to satellite radio but I would expect they'll coexist.

Kit Spring

He's just pulled up with a slight groin strain after last week's game, but he should be fine to train at our captain's run on Thursday.

Laurie Fisher

All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long.

Babe Paley

There continues to be a slight widening of these riots. In those areas where there is a strong police presence, things are leveling off.

Patrick Hamon

Saturday morning, Amanda woke up with a cough. She had a slight fever, 101. It seemed like a normal run-of-the-mill flu.

Alissa Kanowitz

If you don't have anything installed prior to Elements, we will install a version of Bridge. There is a slight difference between the version of Bridge you get with Elements and the one you get with Creative Suite 2. We have basically removed some of the non-consumer things like scripting control, access to Adobe Stock Photos and Version Cue. Otherwise it's pretty much the same functionality.

Mark Dahm

Another slight improvement in like-for like sales is very welcome, especially considering the downward trend in the first half of this year.

Kevin Hawkins

This was a clear reaction to pain, not a reflex. This sign, together with slight elevation of his blood pressure as a reaction to the pain, are signs of some activity of his brain.

Dr. Felix Umansky

We're physical ourselves, and we're not afraid to play physical. They might be slight in stature, but the girls can dish it out.

Jim Yatzek

He had at least one or two (concussions) as a ninth-grade player on JV. So we put him in one immediately. He might have had a slight one (concussion) over the three-year period he was on varsity, but it didn't seem to take on the same seriousness as it had.

John Castellano

I would say being in the relay is a slight redemption for her, but it's not what she wanted. Her goal was to make it to state as an individual (in the 200 IM). She's happy to be going, but it's not the dream. You have to have a dream, a goal, and it's disappointing when you work hard every day, and that's what she does.

Roxanne Balducci

ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.

Ambrose Bierce

Even a slight reduction in revenue can have a significant impact.

Bill Wright

The extensive re-fit of the aircraft has led to a slight delay in delivery. However, we now have possession of the aircraft and are carrying out the final inspections. Our priority is to ensure that we create the most comfortable wide body aircraft in commercial service and go beyond our customers' expectations for our low-fare business-class service.

Gary Rogliano

I don`t think there`s a wedge between Washington and Seoul, ... There are slight differences of judgment, but basically Washington and Seoul have a strong commonality of interest.

Jim Leach

The helmet has a slight tyre mark on the back of it, but I didn't lose consciousness and I've hit my head harder just in a normal crash.

Troy Corser

Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.

Dorothy Hamill

It will probably lead a basic squirrel life, but it may have a slight advantage at concealment by being able to blend into shadows and shady areas.

Jeff Selinger

Overall, we'll probably see a continuation of the choppy nature of the market, probably with a slight downward bias.

Robert Walberg

The slight change is unlikely to have much impact.

Vikrom Kronsat

In the fourth quarter, we'll see a slight downturn but in the first part of (2006), we'll see things tick back up again.

Daniel Burns

There's going to be a slight increase by the purchasers.

Michael Barrack

I think they've shortened his starting point and have brought about a slight reduction in his run-up. But I don't think he can reduce it anymore than what he has already done.

Wasim Akram

Our main marks are the magazines because that is what people are used to paying - paying over a period of time. It's the same model (as print) but a slight difference.

Julien Letellier

The voters who came in here for the demonstration are finding that the differences are very slight, as to the way they've been casting their ballot.

Mike Hackett

The report shows that sales, profits and capital spending are all strong. There's a high possibility we may see a slight upward revision of second-quarter GDP figures.

Yoshiki Shinke

This storm has been like a windshield wiper, ... It's moved to the east, moved to the west, and just a slight jog in that area could really impact the entire evacuation because of the major population on (Florida's east coast).

Joe Myers

First of all, the chances that both guys are there (at the 13th pick) is virtually nonexistent. The chances that one of those guys would be there is very, very slight. If that were to happen, I would imagine the phones would be ringing pretty steadily.

Eric Decosta

We are due a period of slight relief. (But) we always have to come back to the question of valuations and, relative to gilts, equities are still incredibly cheap.

Edward Menashy

We've seen some slight improvement ... but we are finding too many playgrounds that are unsafe.

Ed Mierzwinski

Everything is looking good. All of her scans have come back normal. She will spend the night at the hospital because she has a slight concussion. But again, the scans and other tests have all been normal. She will be re-evaluated in the morning, and we expect to see her discharged from the hospital (today).

Ted Ryan