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It's like a time bomb. It's ticking, and it could explode at any time. – Lotta Sylwander	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Inflation might be creeping up but we're nowhere near the doomsday scenario of it getting out of control, still, with inflation ticking up a bit and the economy not screaming recession, The Fed should sit back. It can wait and see. There's no need to stimulate the economy or tighten rates. – Joe Mallen	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If we come close to being there I would imagine that parliament would want to cut off such a possibility and to do so forcefully, if that demands additional procedural creativity in order to come to pass it is a racing certainty that this will happen and that neither the limitations of the existing rulebook nor the ticking of the clock will stop it doing so. – John Bercow	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Tell me, why would you have an asset that has no value ? That is the fundamental question. If people are to look after our wildlife, there must be a value attached to it. Otherwise, we are sitting on a ticking time-bomb. – Kitso Mokaila	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We are not even being called back in session to get something done as if the clock is not ticking before we have another mass shooting in America. – Cory Booker	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
All we can do at this point is have faith that theyll have our backs, theyll do the right thing, but at the end of the day its just a ticking time bomb. Well see. Its a waiting game. – Simone Biles	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The clock is ticking, canada has already begun to make it through the legislative process, Mexico has already begun making changes that we asked for. ... We believe if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi brings it to the floor it will pass. – Mike Pence	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The clock is ticking on irreversible climate change, investors need to adopt an emergency footing otherwise the window to secure the change we need will be gone. – Adam Matthews	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
[ At the time ] I'm running seven miles a day, I'm eating healthy, I'm doing, you know, it's this a ticking time bomb, the silent kind, and that's when I got informed what high cholesterol meant, i didn't know there was a direct correlation between high cholesterol and heart disease, stroke. I did not even think about that. I didn't think I was even close to being a candidate for anything. I didn't think I even knew anybody like that. It turns out it was me and then I got scared and now I'm on my second statin, which is perfect and it's got my numbers under control and I feel healthy. I just want to get the word out there that this is really pervasive. – Howie Mandel	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There is confusion about who owes the bill. Meanwhile, the calendar is ticking by. – Ken Ruggiero	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Sustainability is about corporations or their investors asking themselves this question: What is the impact of environmental degradation, human rights violations or corruption on investment outcome for shareholders, if you make an investment and you fail to consider these issues, you are investing in a ticking bomb and at some point that bomb is going to explode. – Livia Firth	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
This is a disease of time. The clock starts ticking when you get hurt, not when you get to the hospital. – Thomas Scalea	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The clock is ticking, and if we look at the calendar we see the end of 2019 is just round the corner. – Maros Sefcovic	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
By this time next year, we will probably be talking about a pregnancy, the clock is ticking. She’s going to be 37 in August… She’s got a lot to give to the monarchy and she will help shape its future. – Andrew Morton	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It's absolutely a possibility, you reunite the family ; a clock is ticking. If it goes beyond 20 days, you either release the entire family, which is similar to the Obama policy that the President wants to change. – Jonathan Turley	Found on CNN 5 years ago
You reunite the family ; a clock is ticking. If it goes beyond 20 days, you either release the entire family, which is similar to the Obama policy that the President wants to change, or you once again separate the family and send the child into some type of custodial care. – Jonathan Turley	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The UK was more or less ticking all of the negative boxes which is why so many fund managers were underweight, now it is progressively changing. – Fabrice Theveneau	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
These are mentally unstable people and there's not enough nurses, we do have a ticking time bomb. – Sharon Allen	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
These legendary artists see that time is ticking away – why not get one more big payday ? Tell your fan base it’s the last time. There’s no better way to create urgency and sales tickets, it’s like a ‘ Going out of Business ’ sale, even if you’re not going out of business. – SiriusXM	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
For the moment we are not in a position to begin substantive negotiations immediately and therefore it would be unwise to start the process ticking by triggering Article 50. – Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The mission I have is we’ve got a clock ticking, this technology is coming. Ready or not, it’s coming. – Transportation Secretary Foxx	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They need to take credible action to move forward more quickly. In politics there is a clock ticking, one of economic expectations, especially since December 2014 when normalization with the United States began. – Raul Hernandez	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
High yield isn't cheap anymore, we view the risk of a recession as low, yet acknowledge default rates are ticking up. – Richard Turnill	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They're almost ticking off major hotels within Francophone West Africa, specifically hotels that are quite popular with French citizens. – Ryan Cummings	Found on CNN 8 years ago

It's like a time bomb. It's ticking, and it could explode at any time.

– Lotta Sylwander

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Inflation might be creeping up but we're nowhere near the doomsday scenario of it getting out of control, still, with inflation ticking up a bit and the economy not screaming recession, The Fed should sit back. It can wait and see. There's no need to stimulate the economy or tighten rates.

– Joe Mallen

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If we come close to being there I would imagine that parliament would want to cut off such a possibility and to do so forcefully, if that demands additional procedural creativity in order to come to pass it is a racing certainty that this will happen and that neither the limitations of the existing rulebook nor the ticking of the clock will stop it doing so.

– John Bercow

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Tell me, why would you have an asset that has no value ? That is the fundamental question. If people are to look after our wildlife, there must be a value attached to it. Otherwise, we are sitting on a ticking time-bomb.

– Kitso Mokaila

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are not even being called back in session to get something done as if the clock is not ticking before we have another mass shooting in America.

– Cory Booker

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

All we can do at this point is have faith that theyll have our backs, theyll do the right thing, but at the end of the day its just a ticking time bomb. Well see. Its a waiting game.

– Simone Biles

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The clock is ticking, canada has already begun to make it through the legislative process, Mexico has already begun making changes that we asked for. ... We believe if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi brings it to the floor it will pass.

– Mike Pence

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The clock is ticking on irreversible climate change, investors need to adopt an emergency footing otherwise the window to secure the change we need will be gone.

– Adam Matthews

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

[ At the time ] I'm running seven miles a day, I'm eating healthy, I'm doing, you know, it's this a ticking time bomb, the silent kind, and that's when I got informed what high cholesterol meant, i didn't know there was a direct correlation between high cholesterol and heart disease, stroke. I did not even think about that. I didn't think I was even close to being a candidate for anything. I didn't think I even knew anybody like that. It turns out it was me and then I got scared and now I'm on my second statin, which is perfect and it's got my numbers under control and I feel healthy. I just want to get the word out there that this is really pervasive.

– Howie Mandel

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There is confusion about who owes the bill. Meanwhile, the calendar is ticking by.

– Ken Ruggiero

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Sustainability is about corporations or their investors asking themselves this question: What is the impact of environmental degradation, human rights violations or corruption on investment outcome for shareholders, if you make an investment and you fail to consider these issues, you are investing in a ticking bomb and at some point that bomb is going to explode.

– Livia Firth

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

This is a disease of time. The clock starts ticking when you get hurt, not when you get to the hospital.

– Thomas Scalea

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The clock is ticking, and if we look at the calendar we see the end of 2019 is just round the corner.

– Maros Sefcovic

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

By this time next year, we will probably be talking about a pregnancy, the clock is ticking. She’s going to be 37 in August… She’s got a lot to give to the monarchy and she will help shape its future.

– Andrew Morton

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It's absolutely a possibility, you reunite the family ; a clock is ticking. If it goes beyond 20 days, you either release the entire family, which is similar to the Obama policy that the President wants to change.

– Jonathan Turley

Found on CNN
5 years ago

You reunite the family ; a clock is ticking. If it goes beyond 20 days, you either release the entire family, which is similar to the Obama policy that the President wants to change, or you once again separate the family and send the child into some type of custodial care.

– Jonathan Turley

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The UK was more or less ticking all of the negative boxes which is why so many fund managers were underweight, now it is progressively changing.

– Fabrice Theveneau

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

These are mentally unstable people and there's not enough nurses, we do have a ticking time bomb.

– Sharon Allen

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

These legendary artists see that time is ticking away – why not get one more big payday ? Tell your fan base it’s the last time. There’s no better way to create urgency and sales tickets, it’s like a ‘ Going out of Business ’ sale, even if you’re not going out of business.

– SiriusXM

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

For the moment we are not in a position to begin substantive negotiations immediately and therefore it would be unwise to start the process ticking by triggering Article 50.

– Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The mission I have is we’ve got a clock ticking, this technology is coming. Ready or not, it’s coming.

– Transportation Secretary Foxx

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They need to take credible action to move forward more quickly. In politics there is a clock ticking, one of economic expectations, especially since December 2014 when normalization with the United States began.

– Raul Hernandez

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

High yield isn't cheap anymore, we view the risk of a recession as low, yet acknowledge default rates are ticking up.

– Richard Turnill

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They're almost ticking off major hotels within Francophone West Africa, specifically hotels that are quite popular with French citizens.

– Ryan Cummings

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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