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These families have very little reason to trust the Wendy Young government based on their experience when they were separated and deported, wendy Young can't really underestimate the amount of trauma that these families have gone through. Wendy Young fundamentally makes them very nervous and skittish. – Wendy Young	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It has really, really changed the way that I do things. I can't sleep, my eating habits are totally different. I'm really paranoid, skittish, because of their actions, my life is now different. – Christin Evans	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The market's had a big run, that's made some investors a bit skittish, cautious, so we're not seeing a really strong day. – Tim Ghriskey	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The market gets skittish. If Libya were to go out, oil prices could easily spike $ 5 to $ 10 from current levels. – Ben Cook	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The fact that Tillerson will give that answer to Putin before he gives it to NATO is not the signal we want to be sending, we have a lot of skittish allies out there. The optics are all wrong, and unfortunately the optics matter. – Julianne Smith	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Clydesdales are a very gentle breed. When they're young, they're like any other horse -- skittish and more like a kid, more rambunctious. As they get older and more mature -- the more you handle them, the quieter they become. – John Soto	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The week has witnessed some of the most concerning phenomenon in some time. People are skittish in holding positions. – Richard Scalone	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The market’s reaction (to the jobs report) is something between curious and concerning, people are skittish in holding positions. If you are long stocks, you think you might be saved by this jobs report. If they don't go up, you are in trouble. – Richard Scalone	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The market's reaction is something between curious and concerning, you are not getting that much of a lasting reaction in markets. The week has witnessed some of the most concerning phenomenon in some time. People are skittish in holding positions. – Richard Scalone	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The market is a little bit skittish ahead of the OPEC meeting, it is going to be very range-bound between now and Friday. – Ben Le Brun	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It's an environment right now where investors are skittish and they're not going to hesitate to take profits on stocks that have moved higher. – Elvis Picardo	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There's a lot of people that doubt the market and they're still skittish and don't believe the rally or think they ought to be in bonds. – Gary Bradshaw	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Employment numbers are coming out tomorrow and that's always a question mark, i still think there's a lot of people that doubt the market and they're still skittish and don't believe the rally or think they ought to be in bonds. – Gary Bradshaw	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Around 5-5:30 in the evening I'd see him out there with a couple kids. He seemed skittish, always looking over his shoulder to see if anyone was watching. – Steven Fisher	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
For Americans the answer seems obvious, we simply have to try and do it all and be prepared for multiple scenarios. But for small countries that have very limited funding and a public that's a little skittish right now, it's a much tougher question to answer. – Julianne Smith	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Investors are being a little bit skittish and taking some profits, there are clearly some concerns that what is happening outside of the U.S. may impact the U.S. at some point. – Arun Bharath	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The markets are skittish. The concern is that the OPEC guys are not stepping in to curtail production and put a floor under the oil price, now the question is whether you go in and start (chipping) away at some of these names. – Paul Taylor	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

These families have very little reason to trust the Wendy Young government based on their experience when they were separated and deported, wendy Young can't really underestimate the amount of trauma that these families have gone through. Wendy Young fundamentally makes them very nervous and skittish.

– Wendy Young

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It has really, really changed the way that I do things. I can't sleep, my eating habits are totally different. I'm really paranoid, skittish, because of their actions, my life is now different.

– Christin Evans

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The market's had a big run, that's made some investors a bit skittish, cautious, so we're not seeing a really strong day.

– Tim Ghriskey

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The market gets skittish. If Libya were to go out, oil prices could easily spike $ 5 to $ 10 from current levels.

– Ben Cook

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The fact that Tillerson will give that answer to Putin before he gives it to NATO is not the signal we want to be sending, we have a lot of skittish allies out there. The optics are all wrong, and unfortunately the optics matter.

– Julianne Smith

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Clydesdales are a very gentle breed. When they're young, they're like any other horse -- skittish and more like a kid, more rambunctious. As they get older and more mature -- the more you handle them, the quieter they become.

– John Soto

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The week has witnessed some of the most concerning phenomenon in some time. People are skittish in holding positions.

– Richard Scalone

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The market’s reaction (to the jobs report) is something between curious and concerning, people are skittish in holding positions. If you are long stocks, you think you might be saved by this jobs report. If they don't go up, you are in trouble.

– Richard Scalone

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The market's reaction is something between curious and concerning, you are not getting that much of a lasting reaction in markets. The week has witnessed some of the most concerning phenomenon in some time. People are skittish in holding positions.

– Richard Scalone

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The market is a little bit skittish ahead of the OPEC meeting, it is going to be very range-bound between now and Friday.

– Ben Le Brun

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's an environment right now where investors are skittish and they're not going to hesitate to take profits on stocks that have moved higher.

– Elvis Picardo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There's a lot of people that doubt the market and they're still skittish and don't believe the rally or think they ought to be in bonds.

– Gary Bradshaw

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Employment numbers are coming out tomorrow and that's always a question mark, i still think there's a lot of people that doubt the market and they're still skittish and don't believe the rally or think they ought to be in bonds.

– Gary Bradshaw

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Around 5-5:30 in the evening I'd see him out there with a couple kids. He seemed skittish, always looking over his shoulder to see if anyone was watching.

– Steven Fisher

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For Americans the answer seems obvious, we simply have to try and do it all and be prepared for multiple scenarios. But for small countries that have very limited funding and a public that's a little skittish right now, it's a much tougher question to answer.

– Julianne Smith

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Investors are being a little bit skittish and taking some profits, there are clearly some concerns that what is happening outside of the U.S. may impact the U.S. at some point.

– Arun Bharath

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The markets are skittish. The concern is that the OPEC guys are not stepping in to curtail production and put a floor under the oil price, now the question is whether you go in and start (chipping) away at some of these names.

– Paul Taylor

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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