Ominous Quotes

Worse still, there are ominous signals from the U.S. that the ECB might not have a willing ally in the Republican Party, if the GOP gets its feet under the desk at the Oval office on Nov. 7... Bush's chief economic advisor Lawrence Lindsey suggested that the U.S. was wrong to intervene on behalf of the euro. - Steve Barrow

When I started off it was ominous. It was slow, conditions were bad and we were cold. I wasn't pushing it hard. You're always concerned, as you never know if it's going to get worse. - Alex Tilson

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long. - Thomas Sowell

Trends in January and February are notoriously bad at predicting upcoming activity. Is the market taking a breather? Or is it starting to tumble? It's impossible to say, there's nothing really ominous in the numbers, but we won't know for another couple of months. - Marshall Prentice

Today is an ominous day for the country, signifying a new low since Watergate in terms of openness and honesty in our government. - Edward Kennedy

Thy mother's name is ominous to children. - William Shakespeare

This suggests one of two things: either investors are unduly optimistic about the sector, or more ominously, perhaps, the homebuilders are seeing strong demand from non-traditional buyers... In other words, real estate speculators have moved into the market, replacing owner-occupiers as the primary end-buyers. - Michael Panzner

These results are generally depressing and send some ominous signals. They suggest that the hoped for recovery has stalled and that manufacturing is on the brink of slipping back into decline, pushed by the strength of sterling. - Nick Reilly