Connotation Quotes

74 quotes by 70 authors

Whenever I hear someone describe something as a 'kids movie' or a 'family movie,' it immediately has a negative connotation in my mind because I… — Steve Carell
The abbreviations (e.g. NATO, UN, USSR - E.W.) denote that and only that which is institutionalized in such a way that the transcending connotation is… — Herbert Marcuse
Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture. — Dario Fo
When you say 'comic book' in America, people think of Mickey Mouse, and Archie. It has a connotation of juvenile. — Mark Hamill
To some people, surrender may have negative connotations, implying defeat, giving up, failing to rise to the challenges of life, becoming lethargic, and so on.… — Eckhart Tolle
The mistake we make is to turn upon our past with angry wholesale negation. â€¦ The way of wisdom is to treat it airily, lightly,… — John Cowper Powys
Murana is the name of the mask I have designed for Venini: a volume to wear for filtering the reality through the glass of its… — Fabio Novembre
In general, the auditions I go up for are very sparse, I guess because of my ethnicity. And the characters are very similar: shy, innocent… — Katie Leung
In the critics' vocabulary, the work 'precursor' is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemics or rivalry. — Jorge Luis Borges
I have an addictive personality. Sport is my drug of choice these days. It's one of the best drugs there is. It keeps you fit… — Chrissie Wellington
You always have to try to move forward with a positive connotation in the future. — Miesha Tate
I think that there are excellent and poor thinking habits just as there are healthy and unhealthy eating habits; and when a man really knows… — Criss Jami
Even the word depression itself was the terminological product of an effort to soften the connotation of deep trouble. In the last century, the term… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important connotation is, what is lost and what is gained in… — Marilyn Hacker
I prefer to speak of 'interdimensionals' rather than 'extraterrestrials' because the latter has connotations of 'little green men' and all the other cliche responses. Nor… — David Icke
Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star has always been blonde. — Marina and the Diamonds
Apparently, despite my awareness of its pejorative connotation, procrastinating is something I fall victim to quite frequently. I'm not proud of it; I'm just being… — Rachel Nichols
I think the reason that swearing is both so offensive and so attractive is that it is a way to push people's emotional buttons, and… — Steven Pinker
I'm no diva but I can be annoying in a recording studio. Of course I try to be a diva in terms of confidence of… — Nicole Scherzinger
The word 'living' has so many connotations that I'm almost reluctant to try to define it scientifically because it sounds as if I'm then downgrading… — Francis Collins

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