Negative Quotes

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I don't think this debate is negative, it is enriching — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Tax increases appear to have a very large sustained and highly significant negative impact on output. Since most of our exogenous tax changes are in… — Christina Romer
Geologists and paleo-climatologists know that in the past the Earth's temperature has been substantially warmer than it is today, and that this warming has occurred… — Greg Benson
This treaty [Kyoto] is, in our opinion, based upon flawed ideas. Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is… — Frederick Seitz
I have one great political idea. . . . That idea is an old one. It is widely and generally assented to; nevertheless, it is… — Frederick Douglass
Ninety-nine percent of all surprises in business are negative. — Harold Geneen
TertÃ¶n Sogyal, the Tibetan Mystic, said that he was not really impressed by someone who could turn the floor into the ceiling or fire into… — Sogyal Rinpoche
The revolutionary artist does not only focus on the negative aspects of capitalist lives, but also creates visions of a revolutionary future. — Pablo Picasso
Regarding mutual tolerance: It is negative in one sense, but positive in another. It absolutely forbids us to be forward in pronouncing on the meaninglessness… — William James
We don't become angels merely by the instrument of death. If we are angels now, we will be angels in the hereafter. If we are… — Paramahansa Yogananda
You cannot teach a child any more than you can grow a plant. All you can do is on the negative side - you can… — Swami Vivekananda
Your reaction to a situation determines whether it will be positive or negative. If you're determined to label a situation positive, no matter how it… — Rhonda Byrne
It's impossible to feel sad or have any negative feeling when you're grateful. If you're in the midst of a difficult situation, look for something… — Rhonda Byrne
A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethical automaton. A clerical prig is, in general, a very dangerous as well as… — William Hazlitt
there ought always to be a constitutional method of giving efficacy to constitutional provisions. What for instance would avail restrictions on the authority of the… — James Madison
The entire purpose of our existence is to overcome our negative habits. — Vilna Gaon
I think people who make checklists are the most miserable and alone because they are looking for the perfect Entenmann's that is delicious and has… — Paul Rudnick
Exceptionally hard decisions can deplete your energy to the point at which you finally cave in. If you mentally crumble and degenerate into negative thinking,… — John C. Maxwell
In their public statements (but not necessarily in their private statements), scientists express a generally negative attitude towards the UFO problem, and it is interesting… — Peter A. Sturrock
It is a negative sort of achievement, she thinks, to have spent a life warding something off. — Adam Haslett

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