Andie MacDowell Quotes

I always focus on the negatives.

I think a lot of people spend a lot of time talking about what they hate rather than what they love. I don't want to get trapped in that.

I don't personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isn't having a particularly balanced day anyway. But negative attitudes just amuse me more than positive ones.

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy.

I only take the positives, and I don't take the negatives.

Bad things happen everyday but you're not going to be any happier thinking about them. So I don't think about them.

I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you.

I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that.

I try and stay positive; being negative isn't good for my personality. I don't just bring myself down, I bring everyone around me down. It's like a dark cloud, 'Uh oh, here we go,' and have to snap out of it.

Negativity doesn't help me.

I don't think the world focuses on the positive things enough.

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.

I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract by being positive. That is an artificial duality.

I have met so many people who are negative, and it tells on their attitude towards life and towards everything.

When things don't go our way, we get to choose how we will respond. We get to choose our perspective. Will you focus on what you didn't get, or what you did get?

I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.

I don't have time to be negative.

I couldn't find it within me to focus on the positives. I just keep focusing on the negatives.

There's just as much positivity as there is negativity, but for some reason, people focus on the negative things. And I used to be that person, but I'm not that person anymore.

I don't feed into negativity. I thankfully don't. That's just me.

It's easy for especially NBA players to get caught up in the stress of the job, to get caught up in negativity and in what other people think, and it's hard, but the best way to live is to keep things simple and enjoy every day.

Only allow yourself to think negative thoughts and/or complain about anything for three minutes, three times a day.

I choose to focus on the positive.

People think it’s easy to be cynical and pessimistic, but it’s incredibly hard work. It’s much easier to be hopeful.