“I'm a parent. I have kids, and what's happening with our waters, and our oceans, and what's happening with deforestation, and all these things that human beings are having negative impacts on at this time, are concerning to me. I wanted to do whatever I could to be a part of the solution and not just be a part of the problem.” HumansProblemKidsWantedParentWaterHuman BeingsOceanSolutionsHappeningsNegativeImpactDeforestation Author:Don Cheadle
“It was only in university I was told that I was dyslexic. It kind of gave me the confidence to be able to pursue academia in the way that I always thought I could. I guess that was a bit of battle and just my own kind of negative thoughts about what I can achieve.” WayKindI CanAbleBitsMy OwnAchieveBattleNegativeUniversityPursueAcademiaNegative ThoughtsDyslexic Author:Erin Richards
“When there's something negative in my life, be it in the art or the music world or in my personal life, I really just want to face it as immediately as possible. I don't run from it. I just want to immerse myself in it, get through it as quickly as possible, understand it, and look into what is positive about it.” WorldWantLooksArtRunningFacesLife IsNegativePersonal Life Author:Girl Talk
“Reminding myself of all that I have to be thankful for really helps ground me and keeps me from tipping over into that negative place.” HelpingNegativeBeing ThankfulRemindingTipping Author:Nikki DeLoach
“I learned from my parents to do my best to not react to negative emotions. I try to think about what has happened and find the lessons that can be learned from these difficult experiences. I try to deal with these negative emotions right away because, if they stay inside, they can hurt and do a lot of damage. I release them as soon as possible so I can be free.” IfsThinkingTryingI CanParentDifficultHurtDealsEmotionHappenedLessonsNegativeReleaseDamageNegative EmotionsDifficult Experiences Author:Yanni
“Complications take many forms, including an imbalanced lifestyle, toxic relationships, hidden emotional debts, resistance, indecision, addictions, and negative conditioned beliefs. When our life is overly complicated, we're weighed down by superfluous things at every level.” FormLife IsBeliefLevelsOur LivesEmotionalNegativeAddictionIncludingComplicatedDebtLifestyleResistanceToxicSuperfluousComplicationIndecisionToxic Relationship Author:Deepak Chopra
“I've had plenty of negative reviews. I have my entire life.” NegativePlentyReviews Author:David Cross
“I want to represent the street, not in a negative sense, but in the sense that when I was growing up, that's what I grew up on.” WantGrowing UpGrowingStreetsGrewGrew UpNegative Author:Fred Foster
“Media coverage of the legislative fights is overwhelmingly negative for agriculture interests. The impression left among consumers is that the proponents had something to hide.” FightingLeftInterestMediaNegativeImpressionConsumersAgricultureCoverageMedia Coverage Author:Wayne Pacelle
“I try to look at things in a positive way. If someone says something negative to me, I'll just turn it around into a positive.” IfsWayTryingLooksTurnsNegative Author:Teresa Giudice
“The need for growth - what we might call immaturity - is not a negative state of being.” NeedsStatesMightGrowthNegativeImmaturity Author:John Dewey
“When you see big people, they expect them to wobble or something. The whole feeling of bigger people in this country is so negative. This works for me.” PeopleCountryWholeFeelingsBigsNegativeBigger Author:James Monroe Iglehart
“There've been times it's been just impossible to find a negative or whatever. But I'm basically just a one man operation, and so things get messed up. I don't have a filing system that's worth very much.” MenImpossibleNegativeOperationsOne ManMessed UpFiling Author:Garry Winogrand
“At no time in the past, now or in the future has or will Russia take any part in actions aimed at overthrowing the legitimate government. I'm talking about something else right now - when someone does this, the outcome is very negative. Libya's state is disintegrated, Iraq's territory is flooded with terrorists, it looks like the scenario will be the same for Syria, and you know what the situation is in Afghanistan.” KnowsLooksDoeStatesGovernmentActionPastTalkingSituationRight NowNegativeIraqTerroristRussiaOutcomesTerritoryAfghanistanSyriaScenariosLibyaLegitimate Government Author:Vladimir Putin
“Probably not a surprise that, among the people of Mexico, just 4 percent say that they have a positive opinion of [Donald] Trump. Seventy-five percent say they have a negative opinion.” PeopleOpinionFiveTrumpPercentNegativeSurpriseMexicoSeventies Author:Steve Kornacki
“I think it's obvious why someone wouldn't personally want to see these words on their feed, but I'm also concerned about the overall negative environment created when the comment section becomes a battleground for people to bully each other. I signed up for this.” PeopleThinkingWantEnvironmentConcernedNegativeObviousCommentSectionsBullyBattleground Author:Chrissy Teigen
“The point is Hillary Clinton's campaign is the first one to ask about Barack Obama legitimity because all she does is engage in negative campaigning against Barack Obama and against Donald Trump.” FirstsDoeTrumpNegativeAskingClintonCampaignsBarackCampaigning Author:Rudy Giuliani
“In most cases, negative comments from others are their own fears or insecurity being projected onto you. If you allow them to, these doubts will seep in and throw you off your path. It is important to have positivity around you during this time. Only share your dream with people that you know will support your endeavors.” PeopleIfsKnowsLifeImportantDreamCasesSupportPathDoubtShareNegativePositivityYour DreamsInsecurityEndeavorCommentNegative Comments Author:Allison Maslan
“The world is your mirror and your mind is a magnet. What you perceive in this world is largely a reflection of your own attitudes and beliefs. Life will give you what you attract with your thoughts think, act and talk negatively and your world will be negative. Think and act and talk with enthusiasm and you will attract positive results.” ThinkingWorldLifeGivingMindBeliefResultsAttitudeThis WorldReflectionNegativeMirrorsEnthusiasmPerceivePositive AttitudeMagnetPositive Results Author:Michael LeBoeuf
“Self-body hate, like any hate or other strong negative emotion, contributes to unneeded weight gain by triggering junk-food cravings.” SelfBodyHateStrongEmotionGainsNegativeWeightCravingBody ImageJunkJunk FoodNegative Emotions Author:M.J. Rose
“Self-pity is the most negative quality of the human spirit. Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.” HumansSelfSpiritQualityNegativeDifficultyPityBitterHuman SpiritSelf Pity Author:Jon M. Huntsman Sr.
“A mind that is positive cannot be controlled. For the purposes of occult dominion, minds must therefore be rendered passive and negative in order that control may be achieved. Minds consciously working to a definite end are a power, and power can oppose power for good or for evil. The scheme for world dominion might be doomed by the recognition of this principle alone, but, as it is unfortunately unrecognized, it remains unchallenged.” WorldMindMayEndsMightPurposeOrderEvilPrinciplesNegativeRemainsRecognitionControlledPassiveSchemesDoomedDefiniteDominionOccult Author:Edith Starr Miller
“I always tell people that my creativity lies in the belly of the beast and that's exactly what it is. A lot of people think that 'dark' is a bad concept, but I think it's a beautiful thing because that's mostly where your best work comes from. You can say it's dark, but you splash so much colour on it from what's inside you. Everybody always puts negative connotations on the idea of darkness.” PeopleThinkingIdeasBeautifulLyingDarkCreativityDarknessConceptsNegativeBeastColourBeautiful ThingsBellyBest WorkConnotation Author:Jlin
“You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly pleased most of the time, they're mildly tired a lot of the time, and they wish they were somewhere else a substantial part of the time - but mostly they're mildly pleased.” PeopleKnowsStatesWishEmotionStandardsNegativeTiredPleasantSomewhere ElseNegative EmotionsPositive Emotions Author:Daniel Kahneman
“The other thing is that it's really hard to separate out the harassment from everything we do. When we started creating Tropes, we were hyper-aware of the intense scrutiny, the intense harassment, and the intense pressure to do something meaningful given the attention both positive and negative. That's carried over in terms of making sure that I produce the best work that I can, that's the most accurate, the most sensitive and engaged.” I CanHardGivenTermAttentionProduceCreatingNegativePressureMeaningfulIntenseSensitiveEngagedAccurateBest WorkScrutinyHarassmentHyperTropes Author:Anita Sarkeesian
“I think the main reason for staying positive is because if I walk out this door and get hit by a car and I have 10 seconds to live, in those 10 seconds, am I gonna sit there and regret being having been negative and bored my whole life?” IfsThinkingReasonWholeWalksDoorsCarRegretNegativeWhole LifeBoredStayingSecondsStay Positive Author:John Newman
“I think positivity also brings determination and wanting to explore more and wanting to do more with your life. Because if you come to that point of having to think about your life in that way you don't want it to be negative.” IfsThinkingWayWantNegativeDeterminationPositivity Author:John Newman
“I didn't experience the negative side of [Adolf] Hitler. My sister [Eva Braun] did, that's a big distinction.” BigsSidesNegativeDistinctionMy Sister Author:Gretl Braun
“CO2 from air can replace petroleum: it can produce plastics and acetate, it can produce carbon fibers that replace metals and clean hydrocarbons, such as synthetic gasoline. We can use CO2 to desalinate water, enhance the production of vegetables and fruit in greenhouses, carbonate our beverages and produce biofertilizers that enhance the productivity of the soil without poisoning it. Carbon negative technology is absolutely needed now.” UseWaterTechnologyAirProduceNeededNegativeCleanFruitProductionsProductivitySoilVegetablesMetalsPlasticCarbonFiberPoisoningGreenhousesGasolineCo2SyntheticBeveragesPetroleumHydrocarbons Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“Carbon negative power plants can provide energy while they overcome poverty and change economic values in the right direction.” ValuesEnergyPovertyEconomicNegativeOvercomingPlantCarbonRight DirectionPower PlantsEconomic Value Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“They are involve in producing products and there are different kinds of people running them, but the principle is the same. A corporation shouldn't have the right. Under American law as its developed over the past century, corporation do have personal rights, but I think that's a very negative development.” PeopleThinkingKindDifferentRunningPastLawPrinciplesRightsCenturyProductsDevelopmentNegativeCorporationsDifferent KindsOver The PastAmerican LawPersonal Rights Author:Noam Chomsky
“When consequentialist theories are developed in terms of an equally shallow psychology of the good - such as a crude form of hedonism - the results can sometimes strike sensible people as revolting and inhuman. People can be reduced to simple repositories of positive or negative sensory states, and their humanity is lost sight of entirely.” PeopleSometimesStatesFormHumanityLostTermSimpleResultsPsychologyTheoryNegativeSightStrikesSensibleShallowCrudeSensoryInhumanHedonism Author:Allen W. Wood
“Addiction is when you fall in love with a drug instead of a child or a lover and the learning that takes part in that part of the brain is designed by evolution to get us to persist despite negative consequences to do what we need to do - because I don't know anybody who could survive a relationship or parenting if not for the ability to persist despite negative consequences. The problem is when that gets misdirected to a drug and then you can find yourself in some very negative and potentially deadly situations.” IfsKnowsNeedsChildrenProblemFallAbilityBrainSituationEvolutionLoversDrugConsequenceNegativeFalling In LoveAddictionDespiteFinding YourselfPersistNegative Consequences Author:Maia Szalavitz
“Any artist will tell you that when they get negative criticism of their work, it's personally hurtful to them.” ArtistNegativeCriticismWorking ItHurtfulNegative Criticism Author:Peter Clewes
“I've heard Donald [Trump]s ay this at his rallies, and it's really unfortunate that he paints such a dire negative picture of black communities in our country.” CountryBlackCommunityHeardTrumpNegativePaintOur CountryUnfortunateBlack Community Author:Hillary Clinton
“There were a lot of times where I didn't get any shows and even until recently got a lot of kind of negative commentary from social media about my runway walk.” KindShowsSocialWalksMediaNegativeSocial MediaCommentaryRunway Author:Gigi Hadid
“I cant think of any negative [aspects of working in the wrestling industry]. The positive are the money, the comradery, the prestige, the notoriety. A lot of pluses.” ThinkingI CanIndustryNegativeAspectWrestlingPrestigeNotorietyComradery Author:Ric Flair
“I'm healthy, I have beautiful children and a beautiful life. I don't want to go toward negative stuff because I'm scared.” WantChildrenBeautifulStuffHealthyNegativeScaredBeautiful Life Author:Molly Shannon
“Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!” FashionDesignPositiveHairNegativeAccentuate Author:Donna Karan
“Wages for the ninety-nine percent have gone down, steadily, since 2008. They've gone down especially for the bottom twenty-five percent of the population. This means that they've gone down especially for Blacks and Hispanics and other blue-collar workers. Their net worth has actually turned negative, and they don't have enough money to get by.” MeanEnoughGoneFivePercentNegativeTwentiesBlueWorkersBottomPopulationNineWagesNinetyTwenty FiveCollarsNinety NineBlue CollarNet WorthBlue Collar Workers Author:Michael Hudson
“I understood more what Nancy Reagan and Ronald Reagan, what they were coming from. Kind of the horrors of their childhoods that they were coming from. When you experience such pain early on, some people really interface with that pain and try and unpack it, and some people just take it and squelch it down and try and be as successful as they can. And, you know, encourage everybody, "Don't dwell on the negative! Come on, buck up!"” PeopleKnowsTryingKindPainSuccessfulChildhoodHorrorUnderstoodNegativeDown AndBucksNancyInterfaces Author:Cynthia Nixon
“Even in Kitty Kelley's book, which is so negative, they talk about, as with all first ladies, that Nancy Reagan is constantly around to take photo ops with kids.” FirstsBookKidsNegativeFirst LadyNancyKitties Author:Cynthia Nixon
“It just feels to me like the death throes of an America that had many great things about it, but had many negative things about it. I don't want to go back.” WantFeelsAmericaNegativeGreat Things Author:Cynthia Nixon
“Now a days, I don't think these things scare kids. I think that kids are so desensitized to violence and I don't mean this in a negative way what so ever, but, I just think it's the reality that I think that it's just all changing so I don't know.” ThinkingKnowsWayMeanRealityKidsViolenceNegativeScare Author:Mila Kunis
“Understanding what is going on in the world today inspires me in a negative sense because there's so much about it that I don't like - political stupidity, environmental degradation, etc. And that makes me want to change it, to make a difference in the world.” WorldWantTodayPoliticalUnderstandingDifferencesInspireNegativeEnvironmentalStupidityMaking A DifferenceEtcWorld TodayDegradationEnvironmental Degradation Author:Theodora Goss
“I think the changes that have happened, there have been come positive, but by and large, you have to say the changes have been negative. The situation has reached a fairly critical stage in Afghanistan.” ThinkingHas BeensSituationHappenedStageNegativeCriticalAfghanistan Author:Khaled Hosseini
“When there's so many haters and negative things, I really don't care.” LifeCareSuccessNegativeDon't CareMy Haters Author:Kim Kardashian