590 private quotes tagged positive

“If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in landscape restoration, we would be in a far more positive position. It may get a little dire before we pull together, but I think when the prosperous nations, and in particular the U.S., realize they're wrecking their own kids' lives, there will be a mass change in value.”— Kim Stanley Robinson

“When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that, not gloss over them.”— Michael Morpurgo

“For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements of civilization.”— Terry Eagleton

“I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.”— Emma Bonino

“I'm out there arguing the Labor case. I will do it anywhere and everywhere that I can. I do it within various communities across Australia where I am able to make a positive contribution. And let me tell you, my voice won't be silenced in the public debate because the issue at stake for Australia are so stark.”— Kevin Rudd

“I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.”— Jamie Redknapp

“Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere.”— Charles Rangel

“I've always kind of lived my life to be as much as possible a positive role model for children.”— Corey Feldman

“It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true.”— Ivor Novello

“The wonderful Mozambican people have endured tremendous misery without losing their dignity and their positive outlook on life. Moreover, they have not lost their will to progress and develop. Mozambique is a country where the people never surrendered.”— Henning Mankell

“Sometimes a good love song can change the world and create positive energy more than any political song can.”— Serj Tankian

“So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.”— Alan C-----g

“I'm concentrating on the positive, on all the wonderful things I'm doing now.”— Tia Carrere

“I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way.”— Anthony Horowitz

“But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative can you have the positive print. What I'm trying to get to is the positive value of negation.”— Godfrey Reggio

“There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures.”— Arabella Weir

“Generally, I'm a pretty positive, but like any other working person, if the jobs aren't coming in, I do get depressed.”— Britt Ekland

“No matter who you meet in life, you take something from them, positive or negative.”— Gary Allan

“You might think the thinner version of yourself is going to be the most positive or confident, but that's not how it is for me. When I'm over 200 pounds, that's when I'm the most confident version of myself.”— Garrett Hedlund

“More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model.”— Kiana Tom

“Since turning professional at 18, I have travelled the world playing the game that I love and consider myself a global player. As the World No.1 right now, I wish to be a positive role model and a sportsperson that people respect, and enjoy watching.”— Rory McIlroy

“I think everyone goes through chapters in their life and there was a time when I wasn't feeling terribly positive about what I was contributing to film, or wasn't feeling as if I was going in the direction I wanted and I re-evaluated what I was doing.”— Jude Law

“And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity.”— Nolan Ryan

“There is slow growth, but it is positive slow growth. At the same time, ratios of debt-to-incomes go down. That's a beautiful deleveraging.”— Ray Dalio

“I think I make films to help bolster and feed the part of me that wants to remain in a positive relationship with the world and to engage in it. So hopefully in non-sentimental ways, I'm trying to make something that helps make me happy.”— Mike Mills