“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“We make the commitment to stop for a moment and look at what the mind is doing, what mind state we are dwelling in. We don't judge it, we just know it. Gradually we'll become more and more accustomed to being conscious of what we're thinking and our various positive and negative states. We'll become more and more the masters of our mind, rather than the slaves.” ThinkingKnowsMindLooksStatesMomentsJudgingMastersConsciousCommitmentNegativeSlaveVariousAccustomedDwelling Author:Tenzin Palmo
“[Donald] Trump will be who it is that changes their names, and if Trump succeeds, and they don't change their minds, then it's hopeless. Then they don't want to change their minds and they don't want to think anything other than negative things.” IfsThinkingWantMindNamesTrumpSucceedNegativeHopelessDon't Change Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The kids now, on "Junior," we educate the parents and it's quite a fascinating turnaround. You can just see the parents thinking, "S - , 10 years ago I was eating so bad, and now I'm seeing it through the eyes of my kids at 9, 10 years of age." There is an upside to that side of reality TV. It's not all negative.” ThinkingYearsRealityEyeKidsAgeParentSidesSeeingTvsEatingNegativeYears AgoFascinatingEducateJuniorsThrough The EyesReality TvTurnaround Author:Gordon Ramsay
“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
“There's a stronger and more kind of controversial element of Plotinus' view of matter, which is that he actually identifies it with evil, or at least the principle of evil, and the reason for this is that he thinks that the the One, the highest principle, can also be thought of as the Good, and that's kind of surprising like, because he has this negative theology which doesn't allow us to say anything about the One. But he believes that it can be seen as the principle of goodness as well as unity, and that if you think about it, goodness and unity sort of go along with each other.” IfsThinkingBelieveWellsKindMatterReasonEvilViewsPrinciplesGoodnessElementsHighestNegativeStrongerUnityTheologySurprisingSay AnythingControversial Author:Peter Adamson
“I think there's often a negative associated with being passionate or geeky about entertainment, but for me, entertainment has always been a greater, psychological escape, so I think it's unfortunate when others don't appreciate the depth of passion entertainment offers.” ThinkingPassionGreaterOffersNegativeAppreciateDepthPassionateEntertainmentPsychologicalUnfortunate Author:Bryan Fuller
“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
“If I had only a negative side of things to present, I think I would have much less of a drive to do it. Because what would be the point?” IfsThinkingWould BeSidesNegative Author:John Edgar Wideman
“I think the negative reinforcement really helped me in my very beginnings.” ThinkingNegativeReinforcement Author:David Copperfield
“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
“The metal press has a certain type of audience, and I think most of them support the magazines' negative focus on me.” ThinkingCertainSupportAudienceFocusTypeNegativePressesMagazinesMetalsFocus On Me Author:Varg Vikernes
“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
“I don't look at obstacles as obstacles. I look at them as things that were put there for a reason. You can approach these things negatively or positively. I think those that approach it with a negative mindset only get a negative outcome.” ThinkingLooksReasonApproachNegativeObstaclesMindsetOutcomesPositively Author:Kevin Hart
“I definitely, at times, felt the pressures of life similar to the pressures anyone would feel growing up. The only difference was that maybe more people were aware of mine. But, if anything, I changed the pressure from negative to positive. So, instead of thinking everybody wanted to see me fail, I decided everybody wanted to see me win, since I wanted to see myself win.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWantedWinningFeltDifferencesGrowing UpGrowingFailingChangedMinesNegativeDecidedPressure Author:Keke Palmer
“I have looked at public opinion polls in France in the late 1940s and early 1950s during the height of Marshall Plan aid. They had a very negative attitude towards the United States then. There were negative attitudes towards the United States because of Vietnam. There were negative attitudes about the United States when Reagan wanted to deploy intermediate range ballistic missiles. I don't think the president should base his foreign policy on American public opinion polls, let alone foreign public opinion polls.” ThinkingShouldStatesWantedPresidentUnitedAttitudeOpinionUnited StatesPlansPolicyLateNegativeAidsFranceRangeHeightVietnamForeign PolicyPublic OpinionPollsMissilesNegative AttitudeOpinion PollsMarshall Plan Author:John Bolton
“In one way, we're on an upward swing, but at the same time there's still a lot of evil that goes on in the world. I think it's definitely heading in a better direction, but it seems to take so long for all the people with the power, who control the negative side of life and all the bad inventions they have like guns and bombs and hate. But there has to be a balance. We've got to all try harder to manifest more love in order to counteract all that.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayTryingLongStillsSeemsHateOrderEvilSidesGoes OnBalanceGunNegativeHarderInventionOne WayBombsManifestSwingsHeadings Author:George Harrison
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“I think the role of comedy in your life should supersede anything and everything negative. Just by virtue of the fact that you have to be funny, you can't afford to focus on the negative. As a comedian, your challenge is to turn negative stuff into positive energy. You should be able to hear anything that sounds bad, that people normally wouldn't laugh at, and make it feel funny to you. No one should be able to deter you, once you have your mind set on comedy. Your survival as a comedian should be as natural as breathing. I need to breathe and I consider my career my air.” PeopleThinkingMindEnergyNaturalChallengesLaughingVirtueComedyFocusSurvivalNegativeBreatheComedianPositive EnergyMind Set Author:DeRay Davis
“It's clear the relationship between China and North Korea has hardly ever been worse. Kim Jong-un has never been to Beijing in his leadership. The Chinese press are saying some amazingly negative things about the north, and about Kim Jong-un. So - so they are weighing in, and they are bringing greater pressure. Whether it will be enough I think remains to be seen.” ThinkingEnoughNegativeChineseNorth Korea Author:Robert M. Gates
“You think you're being given all of these things: phones that can communicate with other devices, car service that's better than a taxi, all of these amazing things that are available to you at any time. It isn't until you've swum across the river that you can start to see the negative aspects of it all.” ThinkingCarNegativeCommunicateTaxi Author:Neil Gaiman
“I try to do as much as I can within myself, with my friends, with my family. Talking to people who are motivated by freedom. I think that sometimes there's something called a negative learning curve where you begin to watch what's happened when the government takes more and more of your life and all of a sudden it's not working so well. I think people may get the idea that they may have bought into some false idols.” PeopleThinkingTryingSometimesNegativeMy FamilyMotivated Author:James Wasserman
“For those saying they live in fear, again, I think they should be part of the conversation. They should reach out and try to not be so presumptively accusatory, frankly, or presumptively negative towards the president-elect, and instead try to build that trusting relationship and try to, frankly, explain their case to him and to his advisers.” ThinkingTryingNegativeReach Out Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I think going public should not be a goal and the more that we make it a goal, the less it will be a goal. It's kind of like, I have three young children and when I tell them to eat vegetables, the last thing they will ever do is eat vegetables. I think it's just this weird thing where entrepreneurs have a reflexive negative reaction when people are pushing for it. I think you have to view going public for what it is, which is a transitional moment where you can consolidate mindshare and win at an even larger scale.” PeopleThinkingKindChildrenMomentsWinningGoalNegativeEntrepreneur Author:Chamath Palihapitiya
“The problem is I think Howie is exactly right, is that Donald Trump would rather be at the center of a media controversy in a negative way than allow the limelight to move to Hillary Clinton and let her actually take heat in the public - in a public arena. And it just sucks up all of the oxygen.” ThinkingProblemMovingNegativeClintonControversy Author:Jonah Goldberg
“I have to say, the other day I was reading some negative comments, and I was thinking they were really funny. So I guess they don't anymore.” ThinkingReadingNegativeComment Author:Kate Upton
“I do believe that our ability to jam the Trump brand is somewhat limited. I think we can chip away at it, but ultimately the way to undermine the Trump brand is a better product in the political marketplace, if you'll forgive the capitalist metaphor. I do think that the negative messaging on Trump is severely limited because he is tapping into a very deep, and in many a rightful, desire for deep change, and a feeling that the whole system is so broken and so corrupt that you might as well raise a middle finger as some kind of act of agency.” ThinkingBelieveKindFeelingsPoliticalDesireAbilityBrokenNegativeForgivingMetaphorCapitalistVery DeepMiddle Finger Author:Naomi Klein
“I like things that are contradictory or seem one way but are another way. I think it's more genuine. It's the way I am. I am very positive in certain ways and extremely negative in other ways. I think it's most appropriate if I can write a super pop-y song singing about killing myself.” ThinkingWritingSongSingingNegativeKillingContradictoryVery Positive Author:Memory Tapes
“In a way, I think that the movie Fight Club [1999] did a weird, negative thing to boxing, culturally. I mean, it is sort of similar to what has happened to the novel. For however many good novels are written, the novel itself has completely lost its place.” ThinkingMeanFightingNovelNegativeBoxing Author:James Toback
“Through my life and my experience, I believe getting "positive mental attitude" is true. Your brain has certain pathways in it, and if you feed those pathways with certain types of thoughts, the blood goes to those neurons and nourishes them, and they grow and develop. That's how you build habits. Physically, I think that's how your brain works. If you have certain habits that are negative and causing you problems that you want to change them, you can actually change the blood flow and stuff in your brain by thinking a different way.” ThinkingBelieveDifferentProblemI BelieveBrainAttitudeHabitNegativeMental Attitude Author:John Porcellino