Connotations Quotes

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I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage,… — Tony Campolo
I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with connotations of subjectivity… — David Hurn
My writing just kind of exists out there in the air-it's all sort of intended as spoken, or sung, word. So, to commit them to… — Ani DiFranco
Growing up is something that you do your whole life. I want to always feel that I can be a kid if I want. Growing… — Robert Downey, Jr.
There is a German word, Sehnsucht, which has no English equivalent; it means 'the longing for something'. It has Romantic and mystical connotations; C.S. Lewis… — Julian Barnes
Designing is not a profession but an attitude. Design has many connotations. It is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way,… — Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
The term Hispanic, coined by technomarketing experts and by the designers of political campaigns, homogenizes our cultural diversity (Chicanos, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans become indistinguishable),… — Guillermo Gomez-Pena
Many of us reject all of the inferior meanings and connotations that others project onto femininity - that it is weak, artificial, frivolous, demure, and… — Julia Serano
Is graffiti art or vandalism? That word has a lot of negative connotations and it alienates people, so no, I don't like to use the… — Banksy
Years ago, I thought up the name Queen...It's just a name, but it's very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid...It's a strong name, very universal… — Freddie Mercury
Until the 19th century, the term 'to consume' was used mainly in its negative connotations ofÂ 'destruction' and 'waste'.Â Tuberculosis was known as 'consumption', that… — Petr Skrabanek
There is a tendency for humans to consciously see what they wish to see. They literally have difficulty seeing things with negative connotations while seeing… — Lionel Tiger
Sure, finishing last has negative connotations. But finishing second-to-last or last is still losing. — David Wright
You will find a blissfulness which contains in it sadness also, because that sadness gives it depth. Watch Buddha's statue - blissful, but still sad.… — Rajneesh
How obvious it is that color has its various connotations-hue, value, and intensity - and without the basic understanding of these three determining factors, we… — Van Day Truex
Apophenia means finding pattern or meaning where others donâ€™t. Feelings of revelation and ecstasies usually accompany it. It has some negative connotations in psychological terminology… — Peter J. Carroll
Dharma has several connotations in South Asian religions, but in Buddhism it has two basic, interrelated meanings: dharma as 'teaching' as found in the expression… — Taitetsu Unno
But a problem arises because whenever I use words, those words have connotations in your mind. When I say 'Celebrate', you think one has to… — Rajneesh
...to characterize the import of pure geometry, we might use the standard form of a movie-disclaimer: No portrayal of the characteristics of geometrical figures or… — Carl Gustav Hempel
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. -People who think… — Kenny Smith

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