“I've been fighting my whole career to show a different side and prove naysayers - not prove them wrong, because I don't think you should get your energy from negative people.” PeopleThinkingShouldDifferentWholeShowsFightingEnergySidesCareersProveNegativeNegative PeopleDifferent SidesNaysayersProve Them Wrong Author:Ice Cube
“Sometimes I'm very disappointed at some of the people in our family of communicators, whether it be a songwriter or a rapper that's always talking about negativity or a singer or a columnist or a network that basically gets off on just trying to create the negative.” PeopleTryingSometimesTalkingNegativeSingersOur FamilyDisappointedRapperNegativitySongwritersColumnistsCommunicators Author:Stevie Wonder
“If we begin to stop spewing the negative and really move into using our voices and our pens and our abilities that we have to reach millions of people to the positive, we can make a difference in the world.” PeopleIfsWorldMovingVoiceDifferencesAbilityMillionsNegativeMaking A DifferencePens Author:Stevie Wonder
“The theory is that if you take interest rates negative, people are going to say, "That's a silly game! I'm not going to lend my money to governments who want me to pay them. I am going to go into the stock market where I can get positive returns!"” PeopleIfsWantI CanGovernmentGamesInterestPayTheoryReturnNegativeRateSillyWant MeNegative PeopleInterest Rate Author:Mohamed El-Erian
“People bring flowers and that's pretty memorable. I actually got a rose from one girl. She was so beautiful! I love all the screenings to be honest with you. I don't think I have gone to one single bad screening! Even if negative things happen, I turn it into positive reaction.” PeopleIfsThinkingHappensBeautifulTurnsGirlGoneHonestFlowerNegativeRoseThings HappenReactionsBeing HonestMemorableScreening Author:Tommy Wiseau
“I would rather have people be even cynical about me than to feed the negative vibe.” PeopleNegativeCynical Author:Michael Buble
“Allowing short selling is allowing people to sell - instead of having to buy the stock and then sell it, which doesn't do much; allow them to sell it, and then buy it. In which case they can express that information and the idea is that you would get more accurate valuation of companies by letting people express both their positive information and their negative information through either long or short selling.” PeopleLongIdeasCompanyCasesInformationNegativeSellsSellingAllowingAccurateValuation Author:Robert F. Engle
“There are many people who are so inclined to say "no" that the "no" always precedes whatever we say to them. This negative quality makes them so disagreeable that, even if they do what we want them to or agree with what we say, they always lose the pleasure that they might have received had they not started off so badly.” PeopleIfsWantMightLosesPleasureQualityNegativeAgreeDisagreeable Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
“"If we had not created a set of people against another the world would have been corrupt", and "against" here means two things: Against in the fact that they are challenging you with their diversity, challenging your intelligence and to challenge is not negative, it can be very positive depending on how you are challenged.” PeopleIfsWorldMeanHas BeensTwoFactsChallengesDiversityNegativeTwo ThingsVery Positive Author:Tariq Ramadan
“People who don't know me are so negative about me. When they finally meet me, they change that negative into a positive.” PeopleKnowsNegativeKnow Me Author:Snoop Dogg
“There's a negative connotation to internet trolls, but at the same time this is becoming mainstream. This kind of speech pattern, the way people speak, this is common on the internet.” PeopleWayKindSpeakCommonBecomingInternetSpeechNegativePatternsMainstreamTrollConnotationInternet Trolls Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The aim of promoting low down payments is to push prices back up so that fewer houses are going to be in negative equity and fewer people are going to walk away from the mortgages. That will save the from taking a loss on their junk mortgage loans.” PeopleHouseLossWalksLowsNegativeAimFewerEquityLoanPromotingPaymentJunkMortgage Author:Michael Hudson
“The underlying strategy of the Fed is to tell people, "Do you want your money to lose value in the bank, or do you want to put it in the stock market?" They're trying to push money into the stock market, into hedge funds, to temporarily bid up prices. Then, all of a sudden, the Fed can raise interest rates, let the stock market prices collapse and the people will lose even more in the stock market than they would have by the negative interest rates in the bank. So it's a pro-Wall Street financial engineering gimmick.” PeopleWantTryingValuesInterestLosesStreetsWallNegativeRaisesStrategyRateFinancialFundFedsEngineeringCollapseInterest RateGimmicksHedge Fund Author:Michael Hudson
“People try so hard to let go of their negative behaviors and thoughts, and it doesn't work, or it works only for a short time. I didn't let go of my negative thoughts; I questioned them, and then they let go of me, and so did my addictions and depression.” PeopleTryingHardLetting GoBehaviorNegativeAddictionNegative ThoughtsShort TimeHard To Let GoNegative Behavior Author:Byron Katie
“I think a lot of people who were addicts are actually people who had that strong innate need to experience non-ordinary states of consciousness. But because our society has turned into this destructive culture of these horrible drugs that nullify you, they have that experience in a negative way. And then they lose that capacity forever, to have it in a positive way.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsStatesCultureStrongLosesConsciousnessForeverDrugOrdinaryCapacityNegativeHorribleDestructiveOur SocietyAddictInnateStates Of Consciousness Author:Daniel Pinchbeck
“I deal with negative, nasty comments on a regular basis. It's difficult to digest because I've always been sensitive and it's a slap in the face to have someone respond cruely when you're trying to lift people up. It's been a huge lesson for me.” PeopleTryingFacesDifficultDealsHugeLessonsNegativeBasesLiftsSensitiveCommentNastySlapSlap In The Face Author:Kathryn Budig
“What hurts this person is not the occurrence itself, for another person might not feel oppressed by this situation at all. What is hurting this person is the response he or she has uncritically adopted. It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings.” PeopleFeelsPersonsFeelingsMightCareHurtSituationKindnessNegativeResponseOppressedAdoptedDemonstrationNegative Feelings Author:Epictetus
“I've had very little negative pushback. I think people in the Senate know that I have believed, for a number of years, and have been outspoken that we need to listen to what the American people are telling us, and we need to focus more on the well-being of people who make lower wages, $50,000 and below.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsYearsWellsLittlesHas BeensNumbersFocusNegativeWell BeingSenateWagesOutspoken Author:Jeff Sessions
“We're going to create factory jobs for recent immigrants, and Donald Trump is going to take care of them. That's why his numbers, even right now, in this negative period, are holding pretty strong, because people want a leader that's going to make this country great again and have a strong economy.” PeopleWantCountryCareJobsStrongNumbersLeaderEconomyTrumpPeriodsRight NowNegativeTake CareImmigrantsFactoriesStrong Economy Author:Jeff Sessions
“I know the polling data shows people have a negative view but if you listen to everything out there, you think, my God. We're in such deep trouble. We created more jobs than every other industrial country in the world combined.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldCountryShowsJobsViewsTroubleNegativeDataPolling Author:Joe Biden
“I'm not one of those people that has to look myself up every five seconds to see what people are saying. That's been really helpful. I mean, you get thousands of compliments, and then one person will say something negative - and that's all you'll remember, that one person.” PeopleLooksMeanPersonsRememberFiveNegativeHelpfulComplimentSecondsThat One Person Author:Carmen Electra
“The interests behind fracking are very powerful and they've managed to control the dialogue for a while, because they have forced people to sign disclosure agreements; people who have had negative experiences who are not able to speak out because they've signed disclosure agreements with the gas companies. Things like this. They've managed to strangle the opposing viewpoint, but it does seem like the people who are against fracking have started to gain some traction and the realities of what an environmental nightmare it is are starting to become known.” PeopleDoeRealitySeemsAbleSpeakInterestPowerfulBehindsCompanyKnownGainsNegativeEnvironmentalStartingDialogueGasNightmareAgreementVery PowerfulOpposingViewpointsSpeaks OutDisclosureFrackingTractionNegative Experiences Author:Joan Osborne
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“When people criticize our work, whether that work is a spreadsheet, a coffee, or our children, we take it very personally as if they were attacking us. This response shows how instead of taking criticism in ways that help us in our work, we become easily defensive and negative.” PeopleIfsWayChildrenHelpingShowsNegativeCriticismOur ChildrenResponseCoffeeCriticizeAttackingAttacking Us Author:David Kim
“I don't think it was much of a forum for positive or negative feedback; it was mainly, "How can I make somebody laugh?" It wasn't a serious thing where I needed people to give me feedback.” PeopleThinkingGivingLaughingSeriousNeededNegativeGive MeFeedbackForumsSerious ThingsNegative Feedback Author:Cakes da killa
“I get questions from Richard Sandomir at the New York Times or Michael Hiestand at USA Today about issues .., 'well, there's a blog site that says you root too hard for the Red Sox. Or people don't like you because you're rooting against their team ...'I don't want to say it's bad. There are certainly things you learn from the internet. You certainly learn from people's opinions. I think you're going to get some of the negative a lot more than the positive, but I think you can learn from it.” PeopleThinkingWantWellsHardTodayOpinionIssuesTeamNew YorkLike YouInternetRedNegativeRootsUsaSiteBlogsNew York Times Author:Joe Buck
“It's not a matter of how much you know or can define, or how many millions of mantras or thousands of prostrations you have done, or how many months of wangs you've attended. The important thing is whether or not the mind is really changing, whether our negative emotions are really coming under control, whether we are really beginning to understand ourselves, whether our mind is really improving, and whether in our hearts there is genuine love and caring for other people.” PeopleKnowsMindHeartImportantMatterDoneEmotionMillionsMonthsNegativeImportant ThingsCaringGenuineImprovingMantrasCaring For OthersNegative EmotionsGenuine LoveProstration Author:Tenzin Palmo
“If you don't find that people find you're easier to live with than you were before, if you don't find that your heart is feeling warmer toward others and if your negative emotions are not getting any better, then there's something wrong. That is always the touchstone of the Dharma practice.” PeopleIfsHeartFeelingsEmotionPracticeEasierNegativeDharmaTouchstonesNegative Emotions Author:Tenzin Palmo
“I strongly believe that the more positive my vibration is, the clearer my message will be. I keep my negative thoughts from infiltrating my pathway and my dreams. Other people's thoughts are none of my business.” PeopleBelieveDreamMessagesNegativeVibrationsPathwaysNegative Thoughts Author:Erykah Badu
“We all, we all good people just trying to escape the negative influence that come around us and that's the story of my life, you know? Trying my best to get around the ills and I bumped my head a few times but I think, you know, music is my savior for right now, for me and my whole group.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingWholeStoriesGroupsInfluenceRight NowMusic IsNegativeSaviorGood PeopleStory Of My LifeNegative Influence Author:Kendrick Lamar
“We change people, but oftentimes we get so focused on the negative people and their influence on us, we forget how powerful we are as positive people to influence others.” PeopleForgetPowerfulInfluenceNegativeFocusedNegative PeoplePositive People Author:Michelle Gielan
“My big "double-aha" moment came while anchoring the national news at CBS News. It was at the height of the recession, and on top of the usual negative stories, my newscasts became full of especially heart wrenching stories of people losing their homes, jobs, and retirement savings. Starting the morning off like that could leave even the most optimistic person feeling helpless and hopeless. The lightning bolt came when we changed how we talked about the negative.” PeopleHeartPersonsMomentsStoriesFeelingsHomeBigsJobsMorningChangedNewsLosingNegativeStartingOptimisticSavingHeightHopelessRetirementUsualLightningHelplessSavingsRecessionsBoltsHeart WrenchingLightning BoltsOptimistic PersonAha Moment Author:Michelle Gielan
“When people are talking about manifesting, we can say, "I want a car, I want a car, I want a car," but if the mind is running, "I don't deserve it, I'll never be able to afford it, I'll never be a success" - if all those things are running - then those things are what we're really manifesting. They are exactly what's running our life. And as long as we believe those thoughts, thinking positively is not strong enough to override our negative beliefs.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantMindBelieveLongEnoughRunningAbleBeliefStrongTalkingOur LivesCarDeserveNegativeManifestPositivelyStrong EnoughNot StrongThink PositivelyNot Strong EnoughNegative Beliefs Author:Byron Katie
“I just want you to know that as a southerner, who actually saw discrimination and have no doubt it existed in a systematic and powerful and negative way to the people - great millions of people in the South, particularly, of America - I know that was wrong. I know we need to do better.” PeopleKnowsWayWantNeedsAmericaPowerfulMillionsDoubtSawsNegativeSouthDiscriminationNo DoubtSystematicSoutherner Author:Jeff Sessions
“[Some young athletes] get home, look at social media, and they have thousands of people ripping it out of them, telling them that they're terrible at their profession, they hope they lose their next match or fight.It's hugely negative and unless you can rise above it and pay no attention, it can have a very serious impact on that person's state of mind.” PeopleMindLooksPersonsStatesHomeYoungFightingNextSocialLosesPayAttentionMediaSeriousTerribleNegativeImpactAthleteSocial MediaProfessionState Of MindRise AboveYoung AthletesRise Above It Author:David Haye
“I think people will lie to pollsters. I think the truth of Obama and what people think of Obama is when you ask people about his agenda and then nobody likes anything. They don't like Obamacare. They don't like the Iran policy. They don't like taxes. They don't like anything he's done. But you put him in the question and people get scared to say anything negative because of the racial component.” PeopleThinkingDoneLyingAsksPolicyTaxesNegativeScaredLikesAgendasIranSay AnythingComponentsObamacare Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I don't look to the negative people because the only people who ever tell you that you can't do something are the ones who haven't done it themselves... the ones who failed.” PeopleLooksDoneHavensNegativeNegative People Author:Chris Jericho
“Germany and Turkey are two countries that need each other. As political leaders we will leave our offices one day, but our people will remain and have to get along with each other. So we shouldnt give them negative messages.” PeopleNeedsGivingTwoCountryPoliticalLeaderOne DayOfficeMessagesNegativeGermanyTurkeysPolitical LeadersTwo Countries Author:Recep Tayyip Erdogan
“Labor for a lot of people has a negative connotation. But not for me. I always want to be working.” PeopleWantNegativeLaborConnotation Author:John Darnielle
“I think [testing] has had a profoundly problematic impact on student learning. It must seem to students that their worth as individuals is equivalent to their test score. The stress the high stakes culture has on teachers is also highly negative and must surely impact students in a negative way. It also de-professionalizes teachers because it encourages them to be script readers, followers of rigid schedules, and to disregard the needs of the people they teach in favor of the scripts and schedules.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsSeemsCultureIndividualTeachTeacherStudentsReaderNegativeTestsStressImpactScriptsFavorsScoreFollowersStakesSchedulesTestingDisregardStudent LearningTest Scores Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson
“My attitude affects my actions. So, if I have a negative attitude about it, then it is going to show up in the way I respond, but if I have a positive attitude, then I start looking for the things I can do that will make my life better and make the lives of people around me better.” PeopleIfsWayI CanShowsActionCan DoAttitudeNegativePositive AttitudeMy AttitudeNegative AttitudeHaving A Positive Attitude Author:Gary Chapman
“Surround yourself with supportive people. All the negative people, man you have to push them aside.” PeopleMenNegativeSurroundSupportiveNegative PeopleSurround Yourself Author:Gabriel Iglesias