590 private quotes tagged positive

“We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.”— Janet Reno

“Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture.”— Christopher Dawson

“In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.”— James Anthony Froude

“I have nothing to lose and think that it's a positive thing that I am young and playing on a good level.”— Caroline Wozniacki

“And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.”— Feist

“Any kind of anthemic song, for the most part, they're on the positive side of things. It's not hard to identify when a melody is just one degree too complicated or one degree too simple and where that line of pop memorability lies.”— Feist

“But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year.”— Georg Brandes

“But I think there was a sense amongst the House Republicans especially that we didn't just want to be opposed to Bill Clinton that we wanted to tell the country what we were for and to brand ourselves in a more positive manner.”— Ed Gillespie

“There's no such thing as an actor giving positive criticism to a director. The minute you say 'Don't you think it would look nicer...', that director's going to hate your guts. Particularly if it's a good idea.”— Peter Mullan

“While only about half of the voters feel they know very much about Reagan or what he stands for, the Republicans who do have a very positive perception of him.”— Robert Teeter

“Celebrity means that I can affect people in a positive way.”— David Hasselhoff

“The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative with the CIA posted abroad. I could write a book about all the things I was sure about.”— Tucker Carlson

“Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold.”— Dannii Minogue

“We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people.”— Chen Shui-bian

“However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy.”— Chen Shui-bian

“I had a great first year and Mr. MacDonald was my biggest supporter. He gave me the encouragement I needed that first year to get my career started on a positive note.”— Jim Evans

“The world is really figuring BSE out, and that's positive.”— Mike Johanns

“The only way that we're going to feel secure in this country again and that we're going to feel good about ourselves is if we use these systems we've put into place to create positive change around the world. I really believe we can do that.”— John Perkins

“It's useless to try and make rhyme or reason of it, because one guy thinks one thing and the other guy sees a whole other thing. So I try not to take them too seriously. Lately I have them screened so I only read the positive ones.”— David Zucker

“I'm not the most positive person.”— Penny Marshall

“I feel blessed to be here representing our country and carrying out th research of scientists around the world... I hope you could feel the positive energy that beamed to the whole planet as we glided over.”— Laurel Clark

“The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.”— Taryn Manning

“Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay.”— John Schlesinger

“But when I first got cancer, after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that goes with cancer - that word means to most people ultimate death - I decided to see what I could do to take that negative and use it in a positive way.”— Herbie Mann

“I want my life to effect the balance to the positive.”— Mira Sorvino