Connotation Quotes

Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation. - Laura Kightlinger

Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history. - Michael Scheuer

We work very hard for that negative connotation to disappear. - Joanne Dumm

We live in a period where these symbols are taking on very strong connotations and very divisive ones. - Antonella Notari

We felt that [recycling] was getting kind of a negative connotation and people were getting turned off, so part of Linda's idea was [the Recycling Rewards] program, which I think was a good one. Let's create a positive approach here. We do want people to recycle. - Karen Fiedler

Usually on tour, each night, we'll call a random song and we'll end up playing it in a way we hadn't thought of before, songs that we had not thought of touching or had sworn off, because they have a connotation of oldness. We're like all right, whatever, we'll just do it, and it'll sound fresh and new. It's a sign of three dudes who like to play together. - Marc Friedman

The word feminism has negative connotations for men. Rather, we are wanting to celebrate females and their confidence. There is no political agenda behind my work. I'm just trying to make music that makes me feel good and confident. We've got a cool message. - Nicole Scherzinger

The word "Witch" carries so many negative connotations that many people wonder why we use the word at all. Yet to reclaim the word "Witch" is to reclaim our right, as women, to be powerful; as men, to know the feminine within as divine. - Starhawk

The widespread contamination of fish with mercury has given its reputation as 'brain food' a new and disturbing connotation. Mercury is toxic to the developing fetal brain, and exposure in the womb can cause learning deficiencies and delay mental development in children. - Jane Houlihan