Connotation Quotes

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In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The fact is that… — Jorge Luis Borges
The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A… — Napoleon Hill
Faites de beaux rÃªves, monsieur," she called as she put out the light. Switters had always loved that expression, "Make fine dreams." In contrast to… — Tom Robbins
I have studiously tried to avoid ever using the word 'madness' to describe my condition. Now and again, the word slips out, but I hate… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Unfortunately, every time someone said â€œdebriefing,â€ the entire flock had one image: someoneâ€™s tighty-whities disappearing in a flash. We were smothering our giggles, but it… — James Patterson
a connotation of infinity sharpens the temporal splendor of this night when souls which have forgot frivolity in lowliness,noting the fatal flight of worlds whereto… — E E Cummings
To each individual the world will take on a different connotation of meaning-the important lies in the desire to search for an answer. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
And Hale was devoted to President Kennedy, and there was some talk following the assassination that Hale had warned the President not to go to… — Lindy Boggs
The supposed inferiority of a constructed language to a national one on the score of richness of connotation is, of course, no criticism of the… — Edward Sapir
Compromise has a negative connotation. — Abdolkarim Soroush
The word Witch carries so many negative connotations that many people wonder why we use the word at all. Yet to reclaim the word Witch… — Starhawk
The name 'reservation' has a negative connotation among Native Americans - an intern camp of sorts. — John Russell
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
( After controversy over her song 'Ur So Gay' )It's not a negative connotation. It's not 'you're so gay', like 'you're so lame', but the… — Katy Perry

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