But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.
Alan Watts

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

But with a rate of return of 1.6 percent or less, or a negative rate of return, our children and our grandchildren, if we do not make changes, will in fact not have a secure retirement. Indeed, they will not have the funds when they go to retire to even minimally get by.
John Shadegg

Consumption may be regarded as negative production.
Alfred Marshall

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!
Donna Karan

Diva has a negative connotation.
Glenn Close

Dull would be the man who should merely tolerate this plan of social industry. Weak would be the position of him who should take an apologetic tone in defending it, or present its claims in a merely negative way, by exposing the evils and perils of the socialistic plan.
John Bates Clark

Either positive or negative comments are good because it shows I am still relevant.
Justin Guarini

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.
Stephen Leacock

Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof.
Mary McCarthy

Even if a woman is abused a very long time ago, it comes out in her life in a negative way.
Catherine Deneuve

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.
Pablo Picasso

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
Kobe Bryant

Evil can be a teacher, if you look at the wisdom of its negative power.
Tom Brown, Jr.

Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
Mencius

Foods high in bad fats, sugar and chemicals are directly linked to many negative emotions, whereas whole, natural foods rich in nutrients - foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes - contribute to greater energy and positive emotions.
Marilu Henner

For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.
Ken Blanchard

For each of us who appear to have had a successful experiment there are many to whom their own experiments seem barren and negative.
Melvin Calvin

For men to be virgins, we think it's negative. We think that there's something wrong with them.
Joyce Brothers

For sure, you don't believe the good stuff. I mean, the good stuff is just insane - wacky. If you don't take it too much to heart, it does help when the negative stuff hits. And you know the negative stuff is coming. It's got to! What comes up must come down.
Julia Ormond