“You know, anything more negative, anything more disparaging, anything more adversarial than what [Donald Trump] does already. The mystery is how he's gotten as far as he's gotten.” KnowsDoeMysteryTrumpNegativeDisparaging Author:Errol Morris
“Donald Trump really has, truly has motivated the Latino community more than any other presidential candidate, I think, in generations, and motivated them in a negative way.” ThinkingWayCommunityGenerationsTrumpNegativePresidentialCandidatesMotivatedLatinoPresidential Candidate Author:Julian Castro
“Just like self-interest is not selfishness, well, confidence is not a negative. Confidence is not an off-putting thing. It's, in fact, necessary for all good leaders.” WellsSelfFactsInterestLeaderNegativeSelfishnessSelf InterestGood Leader Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There's always gonna be criticisms, no matter what movie you do, no matter what. You can't please everybody, and it doesn't matter what the genre is. There's always gonna be a positive to a negative comment.” MatterPleaseNegativeCriticismNo Matter WhatGenreCommentGenre IsNegative Comments Author:Sam Worthington
“I also believe that when something negative comes out about you in the media, that's only one person's opinion. These guys sometimes believe they've been ordained from on high to give the general opinion of the populace, and that just isn't the case.” GivingBelievePersonsSometimesGuyOpinionCasesMediaNegative Author:Bobby Knight
“I realized that carbs are often talked about in a negative context, like, "Carbs make me fat or bloated." But I think for me, I have to have some sort of carb, whether it's rice or pasta or bread or whatever it is, and not big amounts, but I do need carbs because it makes my brain click on.” ThinkingNeedsBigsBrainAmountNegativeI RealizedBreadFatsRiceClicksPastaCarbs Author:Julianne Hough
“Why not learn from the positive aspect of Canadian populism, which is the way to deal with it? Learn from the negative side, but it's more important to learn from the positive side, because it's an enormous amount of energy.” WayImportantEnergySidesDealsAmountNegativeAspectEnormousWhy NotPopulism Author:Preston Manning
“I think just as armament had a major impact of a negative kind in the world, education is something which has a major impact of a positive kind in the world. And I think the American population, with its humanity and with its concern about the future of the world, has a real reason to think about what it can do to help the world in expanding education.” ThinkingWorldKindRealReasonHelpingHumanityCan DoMajorsConcernNegativeImpactPopulationExpandingArmament Author:Amartya Sen
“There's people that like you and there's people that don't like you. I love it because I love the negative criticism because I always feel I have something to prove.” PeopleFeelsLike YouProveNegativeCriticismNegative Criticism Author:Cormega
“You attract the good and desirable with positive mental attitude. You repel them with negative mental attitude.” AttitudeNegativeDesirableMental AttitudePositive Mental Attitude Author:W. Clement Stone
“Those who believe they can't repel the positive; they use the negative side of their talisman. Those who believe they can repel the negative; they use the positive side.” BelieveUseSidesNegativeTalismans Author:W. Clement Stone
“A man of 25 has before him some 100,000 working hours should he retire at 65. How many of your working hours will be alive with the magnificent force of positive mental attitude? And how many of them will have the life knocked out of them with the stunning blows of negative mental attitude?” MenShouldForceHoursAttitudeAliveNegativeBlowRetiringMagnificentStunningMental AttitudePositive Mental Attitude Author:W. Clement Stone
“Your mind is your invisible talisman. The letters PMA (positive mental attitude) are emblazoned on one side, and NMA (negative mental attitude) on the other. These are powerful forces.” MindForceSidesPowerfulAttitudeNegativeLettersInvisibleMental AttitudePositive Mental AttitudeTalismans Author:W. Clement Stone
“PMA is the right mental attitude for each specific occasion. It has the power to attract the good and the beautiful. NMA repels them. It is a negative mental attitude that robs you of all that makes life worth living.” BeautifulAttitudeNegativeOccasionsWorth LivingMental AttitudeLife Worth Living Author:W. Clement Stone
“Never underestimate the repellent power of a negative mental attitude. It can prevent life's lucky breaks from benefiting you.” AttitudeBreakLuckyNegativeUnderestimateMental AttitudeNever UnderestimateLucky Breaks Author:W. Clement Stone
“Films, media, educational system and arts portray Muslims in a racist and negative way. The more interesting question is who is behind these images.” WayArtFilmInterestingBehindsMediaNegativeEducationalRacistEducational System Author:Ilan Pappe
“That's the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.” WayWantGivingAttitudeApproachNegative Author:Miles Davis
“You can't get back to power by defining your project in negative terms. But it helps to have somebody in office who represents the opposite of what you believe.” BelieveHelpingTermOfficeProjectsNegativeOppositesGet BackDefining Author:Michael Ignatieff
“In some contexts in Pakistan maybe a beard is negative. It depends. And in some contexts in America maybe a beard is positive. I think there's certainly lots of hipster communities where having a beard makes me look a little bit less like a, you know, middle-aged fuddy-duddy. And there's some places in Pakistan where having a beard, you know, certain corporate contexts, certain social contexts, where it's not an advantage to have a beard.” ThinkingKnowsLooksLittlesAmericaCertainSocialBitsCommunityMiddleDependsLittle BitAdvantageNegativeCorporatePakistanBeardMiddle AgedHipster Author:Mohsin Hamid
“We keep the negative stuff because it's the negative stuff that's going to, you know, potentially kill us. That fin in the water - maybe it is a shark. That yellow thing behind the tree - maybe it is a lion. You need to be scared.” KnowsNeedsStuffWaterBehindsTreeNegativeScaredLionsYellowSharksFins Author:Mohsin Hamid
“Contemporary culture in Pakistan, just like in America, is continuously hitting us with scary stuff. And so we are utterly anxious. I think that it's very important to resist that anxiety, to think of ways of resisting the constant inflow of negative feelings, not to become depoliticized as a result but to actually work actively to bring into being an optimistic future.” ThinkingWayImportantFeelingsAmericaCultureStuffResultsAnxietyNegativeConstantScaryContemporaryOptimisticAnxiousHittingPakistanResistingNegative FeelingsScary Stuff Author:Mohsin Hamid
“While gender stereotypes can have negative impacts on men as well, the vast majority of structural gender inequality: socially, politically, professionally and economically, as well as the overwhelming burden of sexual violence is disproportionately borne by women.” MenWellsViolenceNegativeImpactMajorityBurdenGenderInequalityOverwhelmingStereotypeGender StereotypesGender Inequality Author:Laura Bates
“The fact that traditionally 'female' jobs are paid less, that women end up working part-time because they're societally pressured into caring roles, and that having children has a negative impact on women's wages but a positive impact on men's, are all problems that should deeply concern us, not 'explanations' that can be happily accepted.” MenShouldChildrenEndsFactsProblemJobsRolesConcernNegativeFemalePaidImpactCaringAcceptedExplanationWagesHaving ChildrenPart TimePositive ImpactPressured Author:Laura Bates
“The fact is when I get pissed off about something or something awful has happened, I just say, 'You know what? Thank you very much. Thank you for the lyrics. Because that is exactly what you just gave me.' There's no real negative then. So if something happens, I don't cry about it. I just find myself a pen and I figure it out.” IfsKnowsRealFactsHappensHappenedCryFiguresNegativeThings HappenAwfulPensPissed Off Author:Joss Stone
“I have never said a negative thing about anybody, even when the whole world was saying I was gay because Renée Zellweger cited fraud.” WorldSaidWholeGayNegativeWhole WorldFraud Author:Kenny Chesney
“The World Bank is the monopoly provider of poverty data and, partly due to a leadership change there, the World Bank's reporting has been heavily on the rosy side since about 2000. The Bank's cultivation of an upbeat picture affords a very interesting lesson in statistics and how you can, depending on which numbers you present and how you present them, create a more positive or more negative impression of the evolution of poverty.” WorldHas BeensSidesInterestingNumbersPovertyEvolutionLessonsNegativeDuesImpressionDataStatisticsMonopolyVery InterestingCultivationProvidersRosyUpbeatWorld Bank Author:Thomas Pogge
“With Islamophobic tendencies in Europe and North America it is quite possible that Islamic leaders could be charged with 'political genocide'. An extremist American pastor in a small Florida church held a trial that convicted the Koran of encouraging the murder of non-Muslims and of being responsible for the 9/11 attacks. It is this sort of outlook that would be encouraged to claim that Islam embodied 'political genocide', a development that would have many negative effects on inter-civilisational relations within and among countries.” CountryWould BeAmericaPoliticalChurchLeaderEffectsDevelopmentEuropeNegativeClaimsRelationMurderResponsibleIslamTrialsTendenciesIslamicGenocideFloridaPastorOutlookExtremistBeing ResponsibleNorth AmericaBe Encouraged Author:Richard A. Falk
“People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can lead to sorrow, regret, frustration and annoyance - all healthy, negative feelings without which people couldn't exist. But then they add, "I absolutely must succeed and must be loved by significant persons, and if I don't, it's terrible and I'm no good." Those are irrational beliefs. As long as people keep them, they'll be terrified of life and will put themselves down when they get rejected.” PeopleIfsPersonsLongFeelingsBeliefDifficultFailingRegretTerribleSorrowHealthySucceedProjectsNegativeAddSignificantFrustrationRejectedIrrationalTerrifiedAnnoyanceNegative FeelingsIrrational Beliefs Author:Albert Ellis
“Even after the whole democratization process, it's quite clear that the United States are not seen in a positive way in all the Muslim-majority countries - in Egypt, in Libya, even in Tunisia - even though we have now a kind of trying to be recognized as democrats by the Islamists who are running, you know, Tunisia and Egypt. But the popular sentiment is very, very negative.” KnowsWayTryingKindCountryStatesWholeRunningProcessUnitedUnited StatesClearNegativeMajorityDemocratSentimentsEgyptLibyaIslamistsDemocratizationTunisia Author:Tariq Ramadan
“Once I got done with my career, I knew in my soul that I don't have any negative thoughts about myself. I just don't because I know you say you can and you say can't, you are right. I try to keep my mind full of really positive stuff.” KnowsTryingMindSoulDoneStuffCareersNegativeMy SoulNegative ThoughtsReally Positive Author:Diamond Dallas Page
“When you're around negative energy it gets to you if you keep letting it affect you.” IfsEnergyNegativeNegative Energy Author:James Van Praagh
“One thing that I like to do is use words that have never actually been used in a rap song before. I also like to take words that have negative connotations and show their real meaning.” RealUseShowsUsedSongOne ThingNegativeRapConnotationRap Song Author:Kanye West
“First and foremost, I want people on concerts to have a really great experience away from the negative press and negative stuff that you see on the news and Facebook. I don't even like seeing people's cell phones. Let's have a human experience and rub up against each other, you know.” PeopleKnowsWantFirstsHumansStuffSeeingNewsNegativePressesPhonesCellsConcertsReally GreatHuman ExperienceCell PhoneGreat Experiences Author:Mike Dirnt
“Nowadays with the internet, it's an equal opportunity brutal playing field. I mean, everyone is brutal to everybody half the time. People can be unbelievably brutal on the internet, about everything. But they can also be really, really nice. The problem is that human beings like to focus on the negative sometimes, unfortunately.” PeopleHumansMeanSometimesProblemOpportunityHuman BeingsHalfFocusNiceFieldsInternetEqualNegativeBrutalReally NiceEqual OpportunityPlaying Fields Author:Lea Thompson
“I guess what I know now that I definitely didn't know as a child, is that being truest to yourself is the greatest weapon in the war to achieve. That sounds really negative, but in conquering or achieving something. I think, as a child, I thought I had to be somebody else.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenWarSoundAchieveWeaponsNegativeBeing TrueConquerTruest Author:Audra McDonald
“Despite my critical take on the city, I love Delhi, on the whole - love its monuments, love how easily graspable the city's turbulent history is. The negative things I write about are considered normal here.” WritingWholeCitiesNormalNegativeCriticalDespiteMonumentDelhi Author:Karan Mahajan
“I pretty much read reviews and comments only looking for the negative. Literally, when I read positive comments, it's like a zero. I think the issue is if you agree with it or not.” IfsThinkingIssuesNegativeAgreeZeroReviewsComment Author:Bob Odenkirk
“I don't really have the luxury to be bitter. I don't have the luxury of having negative things in my life.” NegativeBitterLuxury Author:Clarence Thomas
“Everything I've done was above board, as an actor I wanted to do two things. I wanted to entertain as well as get a message across. I never did no pimp roles, no negative roles, or anything like that. I had fun, everything I've done I'm proud to take my mother to.” WellsTwoDoneWantedMotherActorsFunRolesProudMessagesNegativeBoardsTwo ThingsPimpHad FunI Had Fun Author:Mr. T
“I believe that a negative statement is poison.I'm convinced that the negative has power. It lives. And if you allow it to perch in your house, in your mind, in your life, it can take you over. So when the rude or cruel thing is said - the lambasting, the gay bashing, the hate - I say, "Take it all out of my house!" Those negative words climb into the woodwork and into the furniture, and the next thing you know they'll be on my skin.” IfsKnowsMindBelieveSaidHateNextHouseI BelieveGayNegativeSkinsConvincedStatementsPoisonClimbsRudeFurnitureNegative Words Author:Maya Angelou
“The response by agribusiness interests has been to back laws that ban animal advocates from taking pictures or videos at these facilities, and ban the media from publishing any that are taken. The laws also make it a crime for animal advocates to seek employment at animal enterprises without disclosing their intentions. 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.” FightingInterestAnimalTakenCrimeNegativeIntentionResponseImpressionEnterprisePublishingTaking Pictures Author:Wayne Pacelle
“Medicine is often conservative and slow to incorporate something that wasn't there before and that we're afraid people are going to laugh at us for. But, the beauty of music is - well, a couple things. There are no side effects that are harmful. Music doesn't do that. It doesn't have any negative effects whatsoever. So I do think it's going to come, but I think it's a new idea for people.” PeopleThinkingLaughingCoupleMusic IsNegativeConservative Author:Neal Barnard
“A certain month or a certain season can elicit a certain emotional response. That is certainly true for anyone who has a negative anniversary on their calendar, the approach of that month brings the feeling of being very much back in another room. It is a time that stands outside the rest of the year.” FeelingsEmotionalNegativeResponseStanding Out Author:Oz Perkins
“I love when people write about something, I learn what I'm doing through the eyes of a good critic, positive or negative. It's still a learning experience.” PeopleWritingEyeNegativeCriticsLearning Experience Author:David LaChapelle
“If you give up on trying to change larger structures and just go off on what some would say is a personal indulgence or being a survivalist, it can be seen as incredibly negative or pessimistic. But the other way to think of it is this: through manifesting the way we live and acting as if it's normal, you're defending yourself against depression and dysfunction, but you're also providing a model that others can copy. And that is absolutely about bringing large-scale change.” ThinkingGivingTryingActingGiving UpNegativeManifestIndulgencePessimisticTrying To Change Author:David Holmgren
“The only negative thing is that I got into acting thinking, "One day I'll be a cowboy, the next day I'll be an astronaut. Maybe I'll be a fireman." It seems that I'm destined to play smart people in suits. I'd rather have that than no niche.” PeopleThinkingActingOne DaySmartNegativeCowboyAstronautNicheSmart PeopleFireman Author:Joshua Malina
“Denial of numerous problems can happen in any organization, and I don't mean this as flip or negative as it's going to sound, but you see it a lot in corporate cultures right before they hit a wall. People tell themselves a story that it can turn around, it's going to turn around, we're doing all the right things, and then that story lasts until it's literally no longer sustainable or believable.” PeopleMeanProblemCultureWallNegativeDenialRight Thing Author:Chris Lowney
“I do care about the consequences of being negative toward people who are powerful. But I'm more afraid of not being taken seriously as a critic - by editors, by readers.” PeopleCarePowerfulTakenConsequenceNegativeCriticsI Do Care Author:Dan Chiasson
“I think that can also be the downfall at the same time in what's really difficult about being kind of in the public eye, you have so much exposure through the Internet, and you can receive a lot of comments, and you get kind of immediate gratification, but also immediate response from people that can either be negative or positive. But I'm really thankful for the internet because it's allowed me to connect with people so much more easily.” PeopleThinkingKindEyeDifficultInternetNegativeResponseBe KindCommentGratificationDownfall Author:Amandla Stenberg