I'm no diva but I can be annoying in a recording studio. Of course I try to be a diva in terms… — Nicole Scherzinger Copy Share Image
I think writing is a very political act. I think that any writer who says it's not, is simply a writer who… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
People who use LSD today know how to use it. Therefore, I hope that the health authorities will get the insight that… — Albert Hofmann Copy Share Image
Yazoo is the name of an old blues label and also a town in America. I like it because it doesn't mean… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
Am I conservative? Yes, I am. I would have thought conservative is very much middle of the road, representative of the aspirational… — Eric Abetz Copy Share Image
There's a lot of real unity - and a lot fake unity, sadly. I think a lot of people are going to… — Wale Copy Share Image
How obvious it is that color has its various connotations-hue, value, and intensity - and without the basic understanding of these three… — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
I believe people ought to be treated fairly under the law. I see no reason why if the marriage contract conveys certain… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Millions of people miss meditation because meditation has taken on a wrong connotation. It looks very serious, looks gloomy, has something of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I am a Libertarian. I want to be known as a Libertarian and a Constitutionalist in the tradition of the early James… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Years ago, I thought up the name Queen...It's just a name, but it's very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid...It's a strong… — Freddie Mercury Copy Share Image
At birth we begin to discover that shapes, sounds, lights, and textures have meaning. Long before we learn to talk, sounds and… — Nancy Newhall Copy Share Image
Shadow boxes become poetic theater or settings wherein are metamorphosed the elements of a childhood pastime. The fragile, shimmering globules become the… — Joseph Cornell Copy Share Image
Religion in the West has a very wrong connotation. It has almost reached to a point where the very word 'religion' creates… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In most circles, the idea of economic planning has been in disrepute most of the time and, particularly in America, has almost… — Gunnar Myrdal Copy Share Image
Being blond is definitely a different state of mind. I can't really put my finger on it, but the artifice of being… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The word feminism has negative connotations for men. Rather, we are wanting to celebrate females and their confidence. There is no political… — Nicole Scherzinger Copy Share Image
The word "Witch" carries so many negative connotations that many people wonder why we use the word at all. Yet to reclaim… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
I don't want to use the term 'plus-size,' because, to me, what the hell is that? It just doesn't have a positive… — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
Murana is the name of the mask I have designed for Venini: a volume to wear for filtering the reality through the… — Fabio Novembre Copy Share Image
While the word 'bisexual' was technically correct, I would only slowly come to use it to refer to myself in part because… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
I think 'work' is anything I'm doing with intention and purpose. There is absolutely no negative connotation to the word 'work' for… — Jessica Jackley Copy Share Image
I think you've got to worry when you start flying flags. There's a lot of political connotations that come with waving flags… — Simon Taylor-Davis Copy Share Image
The word 'living' has so many connotations that I'm almost reluctant to try to define it scientifically because it sounds as if… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
In general, the auditions I go up for are very sparse, I guess because of my ethnicity. And the characters are very… — Katie Leung Copy Share Image
The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important connotation is, what is lost and what… — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
I get told I'm a confessional songwriter, which gets on my tits because I think of negative connotations attached to the word… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
One thing that I like to do is use words that have never actually been used in a rap song before. I… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
I think the problem with the term graphic novel is it sounds pompous, it sounds pretentious, whereas on the continent, they call… — Dave Gibbons Copy Share Image
When people talk about people who are optimistic about gold, they call them 'gold bugs.' A bug is an insect. I don't… — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
I like a narrative, even if it's fractured, or kind of psychedelic. But my favorite thing is if I hear words and… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
It's the emotion...each word has got a connotation and symbolism and the thing is finding what's behind the word-what meaning it has… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I'm not oblivious to that connotation of changing careers, so I'm just going in and doing the job. I think that you… — Agyness Deyn Copy Share Image
I prefer to speak of 'interdimensionals' rather than 'extraterrestrials' because the latter has connotations of 'little green men' and all the other… — David Icke Copy Share Image
The mistake we make is to turn upon our past with angry wholesale negation. … The way of wisdom is to treat… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
I don't think that crazy should have a negative connotation - it just means that you're fun. I think that crazy is… — Jenny Mollen Copy Share Image
Apparently, despite my awareness of its pejorative connotation, procrastinating is something I fall victim to quite frequently. I'm not proud of it;… — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
