Positive Quotes

"We found out tonight how important and how crucial momentum swings can be. I thought we were playing very well. We were doing a lot of positive things but then we lost the puck two times in our zone and things swung their way. You can't afford to give teams momentum"

Saku Koivu, Athlete

"I wished to go completely outside and to make a symbolic start for my enterprise of regenerating the life of humankind within the body of society and to prepare a positive future in this context"

Joseph Beuys, Artist

"Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic"

Imre Lakatos, Philosopher

"Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be honest, I quite like having positive emotions"

Scott Ian, Musician

"With what all these people are saying, do you think that anybody wants to be around me? They all think that I did this on purpose? That I knew that I was positive, for so many years? I feel now that I'm going to be attacked if anybody sees me or if I go to the office"

Marc Wallice, Actor

"It just happened that the course of the campaign went negative we actually went positive for a little over a week and you do the tracking of poll numbers and it hurt us. So the public responded to those type of ads"

Scott McCallum, Politician

"I'm not here to discuss the past... I'm here to be positive"

Mark McGwire, Athlete

"The only country where you see any positive movement within domestic consumption is Brazil, where you really do have a variety of coffees to make blends with"

Robert Nelson, Politician

"So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you, it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way"

John Newcombe, Athlete

"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"

Sue Wicks, Athlete

"As a person who is not confrontational by disposition I tend to see that the quality of being confrontational is a positive attribute"

John Hall

"I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well"

Yannick Noah, Athlete

"We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business"

Jeff Bezos, Businessman

"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"

Norman Lamm, Educator

"Thus at the beginning of 1906 it seemed to be established that the emitters of the spectral series of chemical elements are their positive atomic ions"

Johannes Stark, Physicist

"I just hope it grows into where it was before because I want my son to see it. I want him to have a positive memory of it going forward, so he can be proud of his daddy"

Scott Stapp, Musician

"As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president"

Dick Morris, Author

"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"

Diane Kruger, Model

"Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to you, he lived them"

Terence Stamp, Actor

"And they said if we help with the crisis, they would do a lot of positive acts. After we helped in those crises, they showed negative acts and the Japanese and Turks were ashamed"

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Politician

"I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive energy out there is important and just staying connected with the people"

LL Cool J, Musician

"The different Ministries have to work more on the promotion of the country, to build Kosovo's public image. Concrete projects must be assembled, in order to activate our businessmen to have more contacts. We have to create a positive image about ourselves"

Ibrahim Rugova, Statesman

"You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out"

Fran Drescher, Actress

"Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback"

Len Wein, Cartoonist

"I had the idea for the show like a year and a half, two years ago. And it was all about the things that I didn't like about TV. I was trying to create a positive solution for it. And it actually worked"

Genevieve Gorder, Designer

"At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents"

Jane D. Hull, Politician

"In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?"

Jamie Foxx, Actor

"I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening"

Daryl Hannah, Actress

"The large ensemble cast and the fact that it was being shot in New York, combined with a lot of strong positive images as far as African Americans are concerned, really turned me on to The Best Man"

Taye Diggs, Actor

"Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain"

Robert A. Cook

"If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way many write, you'd think only bad things were interesting. If we don't think positive, what's the use? It's a lot more fun, you know"

Dorothy Stratten, Celebrity

"College was especially sweet because of the positive, hopeful atmosphere of a college campus"

Jerry Kramer, Athlete

"There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast"

Brian Koslow

"The overall view of the human genome project has been one of great excitement and positive press, but there are people who have concerns that are quite reasonable, and they are frightened of things they don't understand"

Thomas R. Cech, Scientist

"I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual"

Sam Elliott, Actor

"The most important thing is to stay positive"

Saku Koivu, Athlete

"The pace of technological change in recent years has been both impressive and positive for consumers"

Mike Ferguson, Politician

"The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies"

Imre Lakatos, Philosopher

"It's nice to help remember somebody who really made a very positive difference in the world"

Mary Hart, Entertainer

"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"

Tim Reid, Actor

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