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We exaggerated the threat. We worst-cased it and then acted as if that worst case was the most likely case.


Joseph Cirincione

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WAYNE HALE That would be the worst case.
BRET WITKOWSKI Worst-case scenario was that she had meningococcal scepticaemia.
ANNIE GRAY People were anticipating the worst and the worst case news didn't come through.
DAVID WU the worst case scenario happened.
HARRY SMITH We felt it was best suited to have our preparation based on that worst case, which in recent history...
BRUCE GELLIN Don't worry, the worst that could happen is we all die.
JADE CURTISS - TALES OF THE ABYSS Florida is between Southeast Asia, as the worst case, and South America.
HAROLD BROWNING The worst case scenario is the Fed overdoes it.
TERRENCE GABRIEL We designed this to be a worst-case but plausible storm.
MADHU BERIWAL Prior to its current path, we were looking at the worst-case scenario for the industry with the hurr...
JOHN KILDUFF This is absolutely the worst-case situation we have long feared. Pray for Louisiana citizens as this...
ANDY KOPPLIN The worst thing is the lack of justice. To leave the case unattended and unsolved was... as cruel as...
PROF. EDWIN GRECH It is the worst case of animal cruelty I have seen.
DONNA CAVANAUGH We remain optimistic that the strength of Florida's economy is going to carry us through any worst-c...
AMY BAKER We felt that it would be important that we have a worst-case scenario to make sure our planning effo...
BRUCE GELLIN It's the best case of a worst-cast scenario.
BILL DRESSEL A split parliament would be the worst-case scenario.
DARIO PERKINS The worst-case scenario was my son was going to die. It's a scary feeling.
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LAURA GUNN It may not happen for years but we don't know, so our job as the health department is to be prepared...
CLAUDIA BLACKBURN Our goal is to calm people down as quickly as possible and make this the worst-case scenario,
MARK SWARTZ My friends call me Miss Worst Case Scenario.
PATRICIA CORNWELL They're all equipped with multi-purpose rooms and gymnasiums, ... If we had to utilize all the schoo...
AARON ADAMS We have to react to the worst case scenario and then take his word that what his intentions were, we...
DEBBIE SZPANKA Normally, we tell our clients to plan for the worst case and hope for the best. This one's kind of t...
DON WEIGANDT In one sense it's somewhat good news, because now the defense, instead of worrying about that 24 num...
KIRBY BEHRE It's very important for Americans to put the size of this threat in perspective, ... Just as it is a...
BOB KERREY There are always best and worst case scenarios and we don't know at the moment just when he will be ...
MARK HUGHES When you are always ready for the worst, then the worst is likely to show up
GARY HOPKINS I highly recommend inviting the worst-case scenario into your life.
PORTIA DE ROSSI Simply put, this is the worst case of child molest imaginable.
LAURA GUNN [There's no] Worst-Case Scenario Land ... but we'll take the call.
DAVID BORGENICHT our worst-case estimated value of $14 per share.
DANIEL LOEB Worst-case scenario would be a strike starting Monday.
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ERNIE COX The future is very cloudy. We may be a totally member-supported organization in a short time ? that?...
BOB STEVENS And, if I were so low that I accounted myself the worst of all, yet some would account themselves in...
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HEINER KLINKRAD Not to prepare for the worst-case scenario would be completely irresponsible.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI This in many ways is the worst-case scenario that the oil industry has been fearing.
GEOFF SUNDSTROM wants the dreadful, wants to stare down the human race's worst-case scenarios.
SALMAN RUSHDIE For there was once a time when we expected the worst. But then the worst happened, did it not? And s...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND The worst-case scenario is he works out with them (the Patriots) and then we have to make a decision...
ADAM GLADSTONE It looks more likely that we might wait until the worst part of the winter is over.
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ANTHONY S. FAUCI The worst-case scenario, you can get Land of College Prophets off of Netflix. The best-case scenario...
EDWARD SEYMOUR Settlement of the case remains the most likely outcome.
KEN DULANEY I said to myself as Junction Point embarked on the Epic Mickey journey that, worst case, we'd be...
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KELLY JONES The true worst-case scenarios are not even close to priced in this market yet.
KEVIN KERR But the absolute worst was when people asked if I was okay. Because then I had to admit that it was ...
SUSANE COLASANTI The Worst thing you can do to someone is it to pity on them...
KEERTHI RADHAKRISHNA JALIGAM The worst case nightmare for a Democratic senator is that they're going to vote to confirm Roberts a...
ELLEN MALCOLM That first half was a disaster for us. That was the worst we played all year. We had our worst shoot...
BRIAN RICKER I'm really fascinated by someone who chooses worst-case scenarios as a profession. Someone who obvio...
CARLA GUGINO This was the most memorable case without doubt. We had crime and murders back then. We had our share...
DELMA COLLINS People see what they want to see
SUSAN BETH PFEFFER In my opinion, it was probably the worst case of legislation and bad acting I've seen in 20 years. I...
LANCE NESS I?m really prepared for every worst case scenario. If I go second round I?m prepared to do that. If ...
KYLE LOWRY In a worst case scenario, even if there is no vaccine developed, there are still ways you can protec...
DENNIS KLUKAN We are changed souls; we don't look at things the same way anymore. For there was a time when we exp...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND Now that companies know what the worst-case scenario is, they are asking themselves, 'could we survi...
CARRIE LEWIS It's my job to plan for the worst case, ... I think the best thing to say about China is that we loo...
BRUCE WRIGHT I am satisfied that every one of the worst-case scenarios was wrong. Total NATO deaths from hostile ...
RICHARD HOLBROOKE And you know what the worst thing was?
The worst thing was that nobody ever believed how hard w...
JACK MCCARTHY You are not talking about rates going sky high even in a worst case scenario.
JACK NICHOLSON If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th...
GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y...
GARY F EVANS... He followed them from battered women's shelter to battered women's shelter. That's kind of the worst...
ARI SCHWARTZ They need to look at the worst-case scenario. If they decide to go variable and it goes against them...
LYNN LAWRANCE It's sort of like planning for a long drawn out hurricane. But, instead of a three-day supply, you n...
BILL DEAN The worst case scenario is for both plans to go on the ballot and confuse voters so nothing gets don...
GRADY GAMMAGE It was one of the worst and most debilitating scenes.
RICHARD SUMMERS Worst case scenario, you can lose $5 and gain from the experience and invest more wisely when it's r...
ADAM BLAKE expected the worst and it was the worst.
JAMES WAGNER She was possibly the most maligned Governor General We end up with one of the best ones we have, and...
NELSON WISEMAN What we have here, plain and simple, is a case of gross mismanagement of a multimillion-dollar contr...
MIKE ROGERS If we find life out there, and it's not us, we will deem it not intelligent. But what may be equ...
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON The worst is not,So long as we can say, "This is the worst."
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The worst is not So long as we can say 'This is the worst.'
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We do not have a reasonable basis for establishing a liability reserve. Our story stays the same fro...
TED MAYER Best case scenario it'll come out a little bit at a time and go on down the river. Worst case, it's ...
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STEPHEN HARPER What is worst about America was acted out. What is best in America doesn't export.
ROBERT STONE The worst is not
So long as we can say, "This is the worst."
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JOSEPH ADDISON The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment,...
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JOSEPH CONRAD I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past yea...
JOSEPH CONRAD In sissy times, like these, one
JOSEPH BRODSKY Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later,...
JOSEPH BRODSKY The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
JOSEPH JOUBERT The evolution of the capitalist style of life could be easily -- and perhaps most tellingly -- descr...
JOSEPH SCHUMPETER Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subs...
JOSEPH SCHUMPETER The capitalist engine is first and last an engine of mass production which unavoidably also means pr...
JOSEPH SCHUMPETER Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.
JOSEPH SCHUMPETER