Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
~By Charles Darwin ~
From what we've heard about George W., he has a lot issues that he wants to run on. They're positive. They're good. He thinks he's got a good vision for America.
~By Barbara Olson ~
What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive.
~By Jay Alan Sekulow ~
I've been looking at companies that are on a positive path vs. a negative path and I've come to use the language of sports, winning streaks and losing streaks.
~By Rosabeth Moss Kanter ~
The most important thing is to stay positive.
~By Saku Koivu ~
Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results.
~By Laura Miller ~
There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
~By John Burroughs ~
You don't need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change.
~By Nicholas D. Kristof ~
If I can inspire someone to go in a positive way and pursue a dream, it can only be good.
~By Parminder Nagra ~
It was a very emotional dinner... Everyone shared personal stories about her and gave her words of encouragement and inspiration. Everyone tried to remain positive.
~By Lil' Kim ~
Well, I think the president is going to do well in terms of his influence for positive change here in the Congress, making sure that we don't overspend, making sure that we spend for only those programs that are justified.
~By Thad Cochran ~
Nobody could've ever known I was positive because I didn't know.
~By Marc Wallice ~
There are not enough people out talking about the President positively.
~By Robert Teeter ~
This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump.
~By Charles Barkley ~
I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport.
~By Sue Wicks ~
More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model.
~By Kiana Tom ~
When the media defines something, you have to question: Is it the definition that you want applied to your culture? I'm trying to determine who's leaving the legacy, and if the legacy that is being left is a positive one.
~By Tim Reid ~
I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up!
~By Jenny Agutter ~
Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass.
~By Ron Jaworski ~
Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain.
~By Robert A. Cook ~
It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one.
~By Trevor Rabin ~
As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note.
~By Seamus Heaney ~
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
~By Robert H. Schuller ~
One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar's health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue.
~By Mary Antin ~
This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.
~By Anatoly Karpov ~
Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state.
~By Norman Lamm ~
Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
~By Tim Allen ~
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.
~By John Ruskin ~
I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.
~By Luther Allison ~
Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.
~By Martin Yan ~
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
~By Wade Boggs ~
The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
~By Garrett M. Graff ~
When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away.
~By Andy Roddick ~
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.
~By Ivor Novello ~
Music is pretty much the lifestyle, not the music itself. The lifestyle really pulled me off the street. Made me want to do something organized and positive.
~By Brandon Thomas ~
Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.
~By Pablo Picasso ~
It just seems that you were talking positively about McDonald's, that they are... attempting this healthy lifestyle, and yet when we're talking right now... it seems that you're saying they need to make more responsibility.
~By Maria Bartiromo ~
I did this role in Life Goes On as an HIV positive character and so emotionally that was the most challenging.
~By Chad Lowe ~
The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!
~By Dante Hall ~
I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.
~By Penelope Ann Miller ~
I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.
~By James A. Baldwin ~
That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.
~By Linus Torvalds ~
I've come to understand that there's always something positive, even in a negative situation.
~By Leif Garrett ~
From reading over the notes for each session it was apparent that there had been improvement by more or less regular steps from almost complete terror at sight of the rabbit to a completely positive response with no signs of disturbance.
~By Mary C. Jones ~
Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.
~By King Edward VIII ~
There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, without which there would be no activity, no motion.
~By John McDonald ~
One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.
~By Philip Emeagwali ~
The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq.
~By Bill Richardson ~
You can't live a positive life with a negative mind and if you have a positive outcome you have a positive income and just to have more positivity and just to kind of laugh it off.
~By Miley Cyrus ~
Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.
~By Matt Cameron ~
And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way.
~By John Boehner ~
The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
~By Thomas J. Peters ~
By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all trying to help the world... make it a better place to live. We're actually still changing the world, aren't we?
~By Rick Danko ~
Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!
~By Donna Karan ~
Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.
~By Bill Hybels ~
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
~By Zig Ziglar ~
Aside from all that, we recall that antibodies to malaria and other diseases prevalent in Africa show up as HIV-positive on tests.
~By Serge Lang ~
We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. We're doing a better job planning. We're closer - more closely aligned with the Department of Defense. These things would be positive things if we were to have another attack.
~By Michael Chertoff ~
I thought we were going to win the game but we won't take the disappointments, we will take the positives.
~By Graham Roberts ~
If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.
~By Manuel Puig ~
Everyone I have spoken with so far recognises the need for the IRA to respond positively and every has said sooner is better than later and I think there is some concern if it does continue to delay much longer that the situation isn't going to remain the same.
~By Mitchell Reiss ~
I think positive. I always think we're going to score. Two minutes is a lot of time if you have timeouts and you're throwing every down. You have to make the right decisions. I've always had great receivers, which helps. It's not just me doing it.
~By Dan Marino ~
College was especially sweet because of the positive, hopeful atmosphere of a college campus.
~By Jerry Kramer ~
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.
~By John Perkins ~
Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober.
~By Jamie Lee Curtis ~
The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional location, and above all of course, as a highly capable economic location.
~By Franz Beckenbauer ~
Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.
~By Stephen Vizinczey ~
The world is really figuring BSE out, and that's positive.
~By Mike Johanns ~
Players should know that if you can't make the contribution of the winning shot, that your attitude every day when you come to practice, or the positive contribution you make through cheering and keeping up team morale, is just as important in the overall picture.
~By Sue Wicks ~
I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.
~By Jamie Redknapp ~
That something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. Advertisers like to be associated with those qualities.
~By Casey Kasem ~
I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results.
~By Tipper Gore ~
The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits.
~By Dick Wolf ~
I've received a lot of positive feedback from both the secular and Christian markets. People seem to be receiving it with open arms and hearts, and are interested in the stories I want to share about my relationship with God and my faith.
~By Brian Littrell ~
I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial.
~By Charles Baudelaire ~
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
~By Arthur Schopenhauer ~
To have someone to relate to and hopefully enjoy the music and get a positive message out of it, to make the best music that we possibly could, those were the goals.
~By Janet Jackson ~
I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
~By Barry Williams ~
Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for man to return to a positive relationship with Him.
~By John Clayton ~
The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.
~By Albert J. Nock ~
Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.
~By Richard M. DeVos ~
There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday.
~By John Clayton ~
For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.
~By Lisa Leslie ~
Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed the great majority of both the positive and negative particles to possess unit electric charge.
~By Carl D. Anderson ~
People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.
~By Raoul Vaneigem ~
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.
~By Chen Shui-bian ~
I'm concentrating on the positive, on all the wonderful things I'm doing now.
~By Tia Carrere ~
That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
~By Taylor Dayne ~
A lot of victims, for example, have become addicted to alcohol and drugs. It seems to me that the church's healing ministry is going to be enhanced through this in much broader strokes. That's good, it's all positive.
~By Roger Mahony ~
Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through.
~By Lesley Gore ~
Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images.
~By Lance Loud ~
The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.
~By Dorothy Thompson ~
The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
~By B. F. Skinner ~
We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that.
~By Barbara Jordan ~
Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any positive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people will look and see and believe in that hope of love, that hope of freedom, even if it was just for a limited time.
~By Diane Kruger ~
In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?
~By Jamie Foxx ~
I'm getting positive feedback for my acting so we'll see if any other interesting parts come up.
~By Johnny Vegas ~
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.
~By Herbie Mann ~
I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it.
~By Justin Bieber ~
It was great fun. We had gone on tour in between the sessions and reconnected with the audience and got a lot of energy back from them, a lot of positive energy.
~By Roger Andrew Taylor ~
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