--- title: "12 Negativism Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 12 Negativism quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Negativism sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/john-w-dean-24242_negativism_they-are-nattering-nabobs-of-negativism_3152076.jpg" --- > [“They are nattering nabobs of negativism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-dean/they-are-nattering-nabobs-of-negativism/) [John W. Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-dean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/john-w-dean-24242_negativism_they-are-nattering-nabobs-of-negativism_3152076.jpg) > [... nattering nabobs of negativism ...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spiro-t-agnew/nattering-nabobs-of-negativism/) [Spiro T. Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spiro-t-agnew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/spiro-t-agnew-12707_funny_nattering-nabobs-of-negativism-3076967_3076967.jpg) > [Nixon's own protection from the assassin's bullet... nattering nabobs of negativism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spiro-t-agnew/nixon-s-own-protection-from-the-assassin-s-bullet-nattering-nabobs-of/) [Spiro T. Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spiro-t-agnew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/spiro-t-agnew-12707_assassin_nixon-s-own-protection-from-the-assassin_106175.jpg) > [To recognize negativism as a force of creation is to give up the creative standpoint altogether.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-twitchell/to-recognize-negativism-as-a-force-of-creation-is-to-give-up-the/) [Paul Twitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-twitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/paul-twitchell-31896_creation_to-recognize-negativism-as-a-force-of-cr_2697656.jpg) > [In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spiro-t-agnew/in-the-united-states-today-we-have-more-than-our-share-of-the-2/) [Spiro T. Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spiro-t-agnew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/967/spiro-t-agnew-12707_more_in-the-united-states-today-we-have-more_3197572.jpg) > [In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism. They have formed their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spiro-t-agnew/in-the-united-states-today-we-have-more-than-our-share-of-the/) [Spiro T. Agnew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spiro-t-agnew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/spiro-t-agnew-12707_clubs_in-the-united-states-today-we-have-more_324454.jpg) > [“Negativism is the most harmful disease in the world. They spread much faster and does not go away. There are no antibiotics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santoshkumar-shukla/negativism-is-the-most-harmful-disease-in-the-world-they-spread-much/) [Santoshkumar Shukla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santoshkumar-shukla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/santoshkumar-shukla-77685_negativism_negativism-is-the-most-harmful-disease-i_756728.jpg) > [Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. Negativism to the pain and ferocity of life is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/opportunities-to-find-deeper-powers-within-ourselves-come-when-life-2/) [Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/joseph-campbell-300_challenges_opportunities-to-find-deeper-powers-with_2327579.png) > [We must remember when we speak of the "negativism" of the toddler that this is also the child who is intoxicated with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-fraiberg/we-must-remember-when-we-speak-of-the-negativism-of-the-toddler-that/) [Selma Fraiberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-fraiberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/selma-fraiberg-26204_anarchy_we-must-remember-when-we-speak-of-the-ne_202789.jpg) > [What I am suggesting is that each of us turn from the negativism that permeates our society and look for the remarkable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-b-hinckley/what-i-am-suggesting-is-that-each-of-us-turn-from-the-negativism-that/) [Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-b-hinckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/gordon-b-hinckley-331_achieve_what-i-am-suggesting-is-that-each-of-us_486246.png) > [“I am drowning in negativism, self-hate, doubt, madness - and even I am not strong enough to deny the routine, the rote,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-plath/i-am-drowning-in-negativism-self-hate-doubt-madness-and-even-i-am-not/) [Sylvia Plath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-plath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/sylvia-plath-149_habits_i-am-drowning-in-negativism-self-hate-do_1942417.jpg) > [“Every observer has noted that the younger the child, the less sense he has of his own ego. From the intellectual point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-piaget/every-observer-has-noted-that-the-younger-the-child-the-less-sense-he/) [Jean Piaget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-piaget/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa2/jean-piaget-4336_children_every-observer-has-noted-that-the-younge_1426028.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/negativism/#itemlist", "name": "Negativism Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They are nattering nabobs of negativism.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John W. 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