Disproportionate Quotes

We're not asking Hartford to lose money. All we're asking is that when there is new money, a disproportionate share comes to Bridgeport to correct past inequities. - Marilyn Ondrasik

We need rates to go down, but this goes in the other direction. Energy-intensive manufacturers are going to be hit the hardest. They're going to be paying a disproportionate share of the program costs. - Joseph Lyons

We know that we will have to make sacrifices but we're hoping the bankruptcy judge will perceive what a disproportionate sacrifice Delta is trying to wring from this group of working women -- most of them mothers who help support families. - Connie Slayback

We know from worldwide experience that very often when you go beyond the numbers you uncover patterns of sometimes indirect discrimination ... (and) disproportionate application of the harshest penalties, including often the death penalties, on minority groups, people suffering from mental illness. - Louise Arbour

We have seen how lax standards, excesses, or fraud can cause disproportionate losses to insurance funds. - Alan Greenspan

We have historically not done it this way. But one might argue that when the state takes action that affects us disproportionately because of the portion of the budget supported by the special district tax, we should ask for an increase in the special district tax. - Superintendent Neil Pedersen

We have decided to take the unusual step and reduce our rating on WHR to Sell to reflect what we strongly believe is the potential for significant near-term downside risk due to a series of massive changes rapidly altering the historic ways the appliance business is conducted in North America... The net result of this change will, in our opinion, be a slow, but steadily building decline in market share for WHR, accompanied by steadily increasing pricing pressures, which we believe could far disproportionately impact Whirlpool versus other manufacturers. - Nicholas Heymann

We have conceived Games which are not wasteful or disproportionate, but rather games based on efficiency and values. - Bertrand Delanoe

We have a lot of work ahead of us... We still need the Voting Rights Act to be reauthorized, protect Social Security for our families, address the health care crisis disproportionately impacting Latino families, and make sure every student has access to a higher education. We need to make sure that Latinos are brought to the table, and not simply asked for their support or ignored on issues facing our country. - Harry Reid