Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

positive

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

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

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

Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.

To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers.

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

I want always to be positive.

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images.

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year.

Play like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now.

Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation it is a specific form of interaction.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

Shapes that contain no inner components of positive/negative relationships will function better with other shapes of the same nature.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.

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