Outright Quotes

You'd like to be outright (champions) in a league that's as tough as ours. In a couple of months you won't remember (being co-champions). At least I wouldn't. - Mark Freeze

Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery. - Olusegun Obasanjo

With a twenty-year horizon until retirement, she could invest in a rental property with a 15-year mortgage, which provides deductions. She would own the rental property outright around the time of her retirement. Then she would have two properties at retirement, giving her rental income without mortgage payment obligations. - David R. Bergmann

Winning the district championship outright is up to us. It's always good to control your own destiny, and it'll be good to be at home for two games over spring break. - Mitch Moore

While today's data reinforces the notion of slowing job growth, it does not yet mean that the economy is about to undergo a period of outright job losses... But it is at least clear that the economy is now on that path. - Tony Crescenzi

While the MCV return equals the second-best ever monthly result for this segment achieved in May 2005, it was only 40 units below the outright record of 1 216 units set in June, and sustains the tremendous growth spurt being exhibited by this vehicle classification. In their own right, the HCV and EHCV segment results both set new records for these categories since NAAMSA redefined its truck market segmentation parameters at the beginning of 2004. - Frans Cloete

While the debate takes on the characteristics of being 'the brawl for it all,' in fact, it is not a winner-take-all debate it's winner-take-more. Neither side has an interest in the outright destruction of the other. - Blair Levin

While goods producers continue to have little to no pricing power, we still believe the odds of outright deflation remain fairly low. - Mark Vitner

Whether people care enough about local news to pay for it is, sadly, an entirely different question than whether our democracy requires a strong watchdog function at the local level to ensure safeguards against abuse, chicanery, and outright dishonesty. - Eric Alterman