Pointedly Quotes

With the Department of Justice process out of the limelight now, investor attention has been squarely focused on Microsoft's business fundamentals over the past several months. During that time there has been a significant degree of doubt about Microsoft's long-term prospects and, more pointedly, about the success of Windows 2000 and the Internet. We think this quarter's results go at least part of the way to alleviating these concerns. - Melissa Eisenstat

The idea was to talk to people about the pursuit of happiness without actually [pointedly] interviewing them. We had no agenda. It was like collecting stories. It was very much an oral history project. - Brian Reed

Tarnish the Democratic Party in general, and President Clinton, and more pointedly, Vice President Gore. - Harold Ickes

Obviously, the speculation is that you don't want to go in there and face the critics and hear more, hear the name, frankly, pointedly, hear the name Corey Clark again. - Billy Bush

It's a giant melting pot of the people that I've met over the last couple years. I think the production is a lot more pointedly stripped-down [than Rilo Kiley]. I kind of wanted to let the songs just exist and let the voices tell the story, rather than the guitar and production. I kind of wanted the songs to just kind of float around. - Jenny Lewis

Brain, v. [as in 'to brain']: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly; to dispel a source of error in an opponent. - Ambrose Bierce