Distortion Quotes

You know there is a certain distortion that gets into the American political debate every four years. We begin to think that everything that happens in the world is in fact dedicated to our elections. - Paul Bremer

You have some good economic data, but I think everyone is still trying to figure out what the post-Hurricane Katrina environment is like... For now, the fundamentals look strong, but that could change in the next few months as the distortions caused by Katrina come through in the economic data, and that's what has people holding off. - Joseph Battipaglia

We need to read this with caution, this is largely a reflection of the Chinese New Year distortion, therefore we should not see it as a pick up in inflation. - Qu Hongbin

We must not confuse distortion with innovation; distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change. - Chuck Jones

We must believe that 'emotion recollected in tranquillity' is an inexact formula. For it is neither emotion, nor recollection, nor without distortion of meaning, tranquillity. It is a concentration, and a new thing resulting from the concentration of a very great number of experiences which to the practical and active person would not seem to be experiences at all; it is a concentration which does not happen consciously or of deliberation. These experiences are not 'recollected' and they finally unite in an atmosphere which is ''tranquil'' only in that it is a passive attending upon the event. - T.S. Eliot

We may want to wait for another month or so to be sure that such gains were truly reflective of a upward trend and not just a possible distortion arising from the temporary 'hurricane-related' loss of many lower-paying service sector jobs. - Anthony Chan

We knew that there were going to be some hurricane-related distortions in the September data, but this really exceeded our worst fears. This was a turn for the worst. - Michael Woolfolk