By downplaying clear targets and frameworks, ... the Prime Minister is ignoring calls from UK companies who want a clear framework to operate within now. There has been a lot of discussion about the false choice between targets and technologies, but the reality is that without both we cannot achieve either.
Quotes about downplaying (7 Quotes)
It's a great accomplishment. We're not downplaying it, but they are not passing out any trophies tonight. We've got a long way to go.
The Beijing Games are just tantalizing for corporations. I'm not sure if they're downplaying Turin, but they certainly are shifting their focus. It does seem like there's a disproportionate amount of attention being paid to Beijing.
You know they had all the hype coming into the (last) game and we felt they didn't deserve it. And I think again, (they have) a lot more hype than they should, and we're going to continue to play as hard as we can. I'm not downplaying the Carolina Panthers, but I'm up-playing us.
We can't have Homeland Security publicly downplaying the danger of the threat while privately tipping off their friends,
The report said The US military appears to be systematically downplaying the hunger strike in order to avoid international criticism, ... In July they denied the existence of a hunger strike two weeks after it had started. Now they seem to be understating the number of detainees involved and the gravity of the medical condition of several of the detainees. This policy once again demonstrates the lack of transparency around all US detention practices and policies in the 'war on terror'.
We joked about it often, but it really was just by downplaying ourselves and changing our hair color and such,