Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing. — David Wright 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
I wouldn't go so far as to say I am a feminist, that can come off as a negative connotation. But I… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative… — Laura Kightlinger Copy Share Image
Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history. — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
You and I might define a 'soul mate' differently. For most people, a soul mate has some kind of sexual connotation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“A life well-lived or a life lived well? The placement of words really does change the connotation.” — Carol Morgan Copy Share Image
People want to evolve the idea of the word "mini-series." Mini-series has an '80s connotation to it. — Bridget Carpenter 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
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
The 'Weston' is actually my middle name. I hyphenated it because I really wasn't willing to go out in the acting world… — Tom Weston-Jones 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The poet's discourse can be compared to the track of a charged particle through a cloud-chamber. An energised field of association and… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
The public examination of homosexuality in our contemporary life is still so coated with distasteful moral connotations that even a reviewer is… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Until the 19th century, the term 'to consume' was used mainly in its negative connotations of 'destruction' and 'waste'. Tuberculosis was known… — Petr Skrabanek 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
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
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
I am a fierce supporter of domestic-partnership and civil-union laws. I am not a supporter of gay marriage as it has been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Dharma has several connotations in South Asian religions, but in Buddhism it has two basic, interrelated meanings: dharma as 'teaching' as found… — Taitetsu Unno Copy Share Image
a connotation of infinity sharpens the temporal splendor of this night when souls which have forgot frivolity in lowliness,noting the fatal flight… — Anonymous 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
We were very - we were a working family, and my father had this very simple philosophy, simple working class approach. If… — Warren Mundine Copy Share Image
“It is characteristic of poetic language that it gives us not simply the denotation of a word, but a whole cluster of… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Let’s begin with capitalism, a word that has gone largely out of fashion. The approved reference now is to the market system.… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The music of all the different media of life-memories, images, feeling-tones, poetic-musical connotations of phrasing-is kaleidoscopic and doesn't repeat itself or recur.… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
I'll always have songs with a farm connotation on my albums. It's in the fabric of my music, and I plan to… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star has always been blonde. — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
The word " philosophy " carries unfortunate connotations: impractical, unworldly, weird. — Simon Blackburn Copy Share Image
I think sometimes there are negative connotations for those who have a business mind as well as a creative side. — Alexander Wang Copy Share Image
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