...to characterize the import of pure geometry, we might use the standard form of a movie-disclaimer: No portrayal of the characteristics of… — Carl Gustav Hempel Copy Share Image
To some people, surrender may have negative connotations, implying defeat, giving up, failing to rise to the challenges of life, becoming lethargic,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
One of the great triumphs of the nineteenth century was to limit the connotation of the word "immoral" in such a way… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
There's a negative connotation to internet trolls, but at the same time this is becoming mainstream. This kind of speech pattern, the… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I realized that Eastern thought had somewhat more compassion for all living things. Man was a form of life that in another… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Writing is more than just the making of a series of comprehensible statements: it is the gathering in of connotations; the harvesting… — Fay Weldon 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
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
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
Apophenia means finding pattern or meaning where others don’t. Feelings of revelation and ecstasies usually accompany it. It has some negative connotations… — Peter J. Carroll Copy Share Image
And Hale was devoted to President Kennedy, and there was some talk following the assassination that Hale had warned the President not… — Lindy Boggs Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, every time someone said “debriefing,” the entire flock had one image: someone’s tighty-whities disappearing in a flash. We were smothering our… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
The term girl not only serves to avoid certain anxiety-arousing connotations inherent in the word woman regarding aggression, sexuality, and reproduction, it… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
There was sort of a negative association with the military. Maybe growing up in the South or being in a family with… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
You rely on a sentence to say more than the denotation and the connotation; you revel in the smoke that the words… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
When you say 'comic book' in America, people think of Mickey Mouse, and Archie. It has a connotation of juvenile. — Mark Hamill Copy Share Image
But a problem arises because whenever I use words, those words have connotations in your mind. When I say 'Celebrate', you think… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Good things are associated with blue, like clear days, more than singing the blues. Just the word 'blue' in the singular is… — David Carson Copy Share Image
The word religion has such bad connotations for me, that it's been responsible for wars, and it shouldn't be that way at… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
Even the word depression itself was the terminological product of an effort to soften the connotation of deep trouble. In the last… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
I have several books I can read over and over. With fiction, it's 'The Stand' by Stephen King, which is my favorite… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I don't like the label 'plus-size' -- I call it 'fiercely real.' On 'Top Model,' we call it fiercely real. I don't… — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
There is absolutely no difference between religion and politics at all in Jesus' time. In other words, every seemingly religious word that… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
