That prospect is deeply troubling, because infectious illness is a genie that can be very hard to put back into its bottle. It may kill fewer people in one fell swoop than a raging flood or an extended drought, but once it takes root in a community, it often defies eradication and can invade other areas.
Quotes about genie (15 Quotes)
The issue is, once you've involved politics in the drug approval process, there's no way to put that genie back in the bottle.
Aladdin rubbed a lamp and a genie appeared. With my luck if I rubbed the lamp, I'd probably get an IRS auditor.
Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the genie been a gorgeous woman, so that idea really appealed to me, and I created the series based on that premise.
Core inflation has accelerated over the past three months, suggesting that the Fed has not yet completely corked the inflation genie. The present inflationary environment will continue to push the Fed further down the path of interest rate hikes.
Advertising is the genie which is transforming America into a place of comfort, luxury and ease for millions.
I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so he needed to be a person of integrity and honor - which is why I made the male lead an astronaut. The rest, as they say, is history.
This is too big the genie is out of the bottle and consumers are embracing music over the Internet.
Even though its a flawed system, the fact we have labor peace has created this incredible era of prosperity for everybody involved. If we pull the genie out of that bottle (by abolishing the cap), I dont know that it ever comes back.
To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the genie out of the bottle. It is to start a new train of events that is beyond your control...
The sets are big The apartment houses lining the Manhattan street set stand between 46 and 48 feet tall. They're so tall that the lights couldn't be hung with conventional Genie lifts that reach 40 feet. Instead, a track had to be hung from the ceiling grid, 58 feet up. We fly a man up to the track, ... and there's a little seat and he can push himself along the track and focus the lights.
It is a national trend, that students suffer from drug and alcohol abuse and depression nationwide. By being dry, there's a certain impression you leave. What we do, we need to be very thoughtful -- we will not be able to put this genie back in the bottle.
History tells us that the Fed has always overshot its tightening goal -- central bankers like to know the cork is firmly implanted in the bottle so that the inflation genie doesn't sneak out. The worst thing a central bank can do when fighting inflation is fall behind the curve. Therefore, we are fairly comfortable with our Street-high estimate.
One does not wait long in life to be greeted by the call, 'New lamps for old ... give up what you have for something with more glamour.' This is particularly true for members of the Church, who have something of greater worth than Aladdin's lamp, genie and all. Ask to see the genie before you trade your old lamp.
I don't have any illusions that what we are doing is sticking the the bottle. I don't think that's what we are doing. We are trying to make sure that the genie has friends, has food to eat, a way to grow.