#negative

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#concentrate #expulsion #merely #must #negative

My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#based #definition #destroy #discrimination #does

The name 'reservation' has a negative connotation among Native Americans - an intern camp of sorts. ↗

— John Russell

#camp #connotation #intern #name #native

And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#believer #best #ever #giving #happened

The rate of return on Social Security for people nearing retirement is about 1.5 percent. By the time young children like mine are ready to retire, that rate of return will be a negative percentage. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#by the time #children #like #mine #nearing

When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#flawed #invisible #negative #our #perfect

Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy? ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#concept #into #introduce #introduced #kant

I adore John Mayer. I don't see how anything that surrounds John could be negative. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#anything #could #how #i #john

I hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums. ↗

— Ricky Skaggs

#hate #i #matter #million #more

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense. ↗

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

#concentrating #generation #ignoring #immense #negative