Adverse Quotes

See also Core English Vocabulary (A) Quotes

(Steroids are) not healthy, ... There`s a real health issue with steroid abuse. At any level, but particularly a young age level. There are many adverse health effects so I think it`s a concern we have to take as a college-level group.

- Ben Miller

I think we`re tremendously different than the series, if they were to tune in to the series after seeing the movie they might be disappointed. That there was, you know, that they might have some kind of adverse reaction.

- Gillian Anderson

I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history. (20 May 2007)

- Jimmy Carter

I like a fair bit of what the Oasis do. They remind me of Beatles (The Beatles).... a great band and I like being reminded of Beatles. If you were there the first time round, you might think the Oasis were a bit similar, what with that Liam and his attitude and his brother Noel... thinking they are as good as them Beatles. Fact is.... they are a bit pale compared to them Beatles..... I am, we all are.... Now Liam is just a clot... bop him round the head, and wake him up... Noel is smarter... but only just.... Just because they write a tune or two that reminds us of Beatles we swoon a bit and reminisce.... but it`s only nostalgia really. I don`t care if Noel Gallagher likes my music or not.... I do care if he starts telling people I`m a wanker because of my politics.... an opinion based on an old misunderstood quote. (Commenting in 2005 on Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher of the band Oasis, following a series of adverse comments made about him in the media by Noel)

- Phil Collins

Research done for the federal government shows those sorts of levels, even at the level of 20 per cent, there has been some adverse impacts on engine reliability, ... So we`d like to learn more about that.

- Jack Haley

Digital downloading of music has affected us all in adverse ways.

- Wynonna Judd

There were mornings when I just didn`t want to get out of bed. But once again, I`m in an adverse situation and having to deal with something new and learn how to do it.

- Picabo Street

But I`m not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs.

- Harvey Fierstein

It`s not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict.

- Jonathan King

If they`re stopping him from taking his sabbatical, that is an adverse employment action.

- David Lane

What the big issue is going to be is how much of an adverse visual impact it has, ... We haven`t even begun to look at all the different options. Can it be moved? Can it be painted white? There are all these different values to consider and there`s lots of opportunity for compromise to minimize the visual impact and still provide the cell coverage people need.

- David Morgan

We`ve had a lot of rain, but really no adverse winds. It`s really winds out of the wrong direction or high winds that give us trouble.

- John Duncan

Our financial results continue to be seriously impacted by the adverse effects of the strong dollar, reduced earnings in our core business driven by an intensifying competitive environment, and losses in digital. We are making significant changes in the company`s operations to compete effectively in this environment.

- George Fisher

The soy-bean, in particular, has proved sufficiently resistant to cold in spring and to adverse weather during summer to warrant heavy planting, especially throughout the South.

- Alan Rupe

However, the Government has made it clear that we do not encourage the recruitment of teachers from developing nations where there may be an adverse effect on the economy.

- Alejandro Urrego

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

- Alvina Tan

But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive dollar without the adverse effects that followed currency declines in other countries.

- Amanda Bird

Texas has been hit especially hard this year by a continuing drought, threatening high winds and increasingly destructive range fires. Simply, these conditions have lead to extremely adverse conditions in the agriculture industry.

- Amanda Weber

We were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless.

- Anatoly Lebedko

While we regret the necessity for this massive furlough and the substantial schedule reduction, the adverse effect on our dedicated employees and customers and the communities we serve, we have ... no choice.

- Aram Rubinson

This is another study among several recently released, which shows that the common wisdom that `more is better` is clearly not the case. Vitamins are nutrients required by the body in minute quantities for normal physiology, and we assume that if a little is good, more must be better, ... Hopefully, this will encourage patients and their physicians to take a good look at all the substances and medications that are being taken, and assess the potential for adverse reactions - even for naturally occurring substances which are assumed to be safe.

- Atsushi Osa

The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.

- John Heywood

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

- Thomas W. Higginson