The threads can always be traced back to some earlier tale, and to the tales that preceded that though as the narrator's voice recedes the connections will seem to grow more tenuous, for each age will want the tale told as if it were of its own making.
Quotes about tenuous (16 Quotes)
Others warned the administration against pressing too hard. If we go into it with the attitude of 'Okay, we've got a deal, now here are the terms of how we move forward' and push it . . . I think it may be a bit too much, ... We need to remember how tenuous this agreement really is.
It wasn't on the fly, screaming demand. The overriding factor is what the global economic situation is -- and it is tenuous at best.
I don't think they're going to not talk to each other forever, ... What issues will be most important to them at that time, I don't know. But I do think that they will continue to have this tenuous balance of cooperating and competition in a variety of their businesses.
In the absence of doing broader system reform and more universal coverage, this policy at least addresses the most tenuous time in terms of health careentrance into the labor market, Rite of Passage Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help.
The commercial rationale for cross-border mergers (in banking) remains a little tenuous and the evidence is not conclusive that cost and revenue synergies can be achieved.
We all share a common interest in affordable healthcare for those in our communities. Medicaid reform is complex, and calls for systemic change that doesn't make an already tenuous situation any worse.
Our operation is successful our business plan is successful. We're not closed yet, but it could happen. Our position is a little tenuous right now.
Without the consumer, revival remains all too dependent on tenuous support from China and business investment.
To a man, our guys have come in and thrown the ball over the plate. Like a lot of staffs, getting the first one under their belts is sometimes the most tenuous. But our guys have come in and done an absolutely great job at working ahead in the count, establishing a low strike zone and challenging the hitter.
Recall the Fed's assessment following the (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting on Aug. 24, that the dual summertime rate hikes 'should markedly diminish the risk of inflation going forward,' ... This call is looking more tenuous with every passing day.
The Bush administration also was not straightforward about the intelligence it had, releasing tenuous information that fit its goal of attacking Iraq. I feel deceived.
The real stars of this book, however, are the poker pros. Craig, a player himself, clearly likes and admires them. Still, he explains how tenuous the lives of even the best players can be. Every great poker player has run through their playing payroll, most of them many times, ... Going broke is both a rite of passage and a badge of honor, a reminder that they live life on the edge.
In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous.
Every relationship is just so tenuous and precarious.
The company has seen how tenuous it can be to be a hundred percent invested in one person,