#negative

Political leaders in Illinois kicked the can down the road, raised taxes, and ignored fiscal realities. Now, they're realizing the consequences of their actions: credit downgrades and negative outlooks. ↗

— Scott Walker

#consequences #credit #down #down the road #fiscal

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#does #express #feel #foundations #keep

When you act dramatically in that way it often has a consequence that is very negative. ↗

— George Woodcock

#consequence #dramatically #negative #often #very

In life two negatives don't make a positive. Double negatives turn positive only in math and formal logic. In life things just get worse and worse and worse. ↗

— Robert McKee

#life #math #life

In neo-classical economic theory, it is claimed without evidence that people are basically self-seeking, that they want above all the satisfaction of their material desires: what economists call "maximising utility". The ultimate objective of mankind is economic growth, and that is maximized only through raw, and lightly regulated, competition. If the rewards of this system are spread unevenly, that is a necessary price. Others on the planet are to be regarded as either customers, competitors or factors of production. Effects upon the planet itself are mere "externalities" to the model, with no reckoning of the cost - at least for now. Nowhere in this analysis appears factors such as human cooperation, love, trust, compassion or hatred, curiosity or beauty. Nowhere appears the concept of meaning. What cannot be measured is ignored. But the trouble is that once our basic needs for shelter and food have been met, these factors may be the most important of all. ↗

— Carne Ross

#consumerism #cooperation #economics #freedom #laissez-faire

Positivity can be a negative," I tell her, "if it's used to diminish events that should be cause for concern. Saying 'bad things happen to good people' or "God doesn't give anyone more than they can handle', for instance, isn't necessarily helpful to the person to whom something bad happened--it is much more beneficial to those who wish to be dismissive- who don't really care to think about the why or how or who. And if we cease to see the real human part in events--if instead, we relegate human experiences to some sort of mystical concept like karma, destiny or everything happens for a reason, and consider more realistic views to be negative--then we diminish compassion and empathy, as well as the possibility of positive change. ↗

— Jane Devin

#compassion #empathy #negative #positive #realistic

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#equilibrium #faith #find #helps #me

I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place. ↗

— Kendrick Lamar

#had #i #majority #negative #place

Maybe it's because I'm English, but in terms of how people perceive us I only pick up on the negative side of it. ↗

— Chris Martin

#english #how #i #maybe #negative

A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do. ↗