It might seem that our insight would gain little from such a negative statement.

"I guess there's nothing wrong with a negative statement," he tells himself.

Publications making more negative statements of medical missionaries are also present.

During 12 years of schooling a student is subject to 15,000 negative statements.

Miles tried to work out whether that was a positive or negative statement.

"If someone said, 'You're a good boy,' is that a positive or negative statement?"

"So I had to make negative statements about you in order to get them to believe the positive ones."

Of course, he reflected, no one had wanted to use such a negative statement publicly.

I don't get carried away with negative statements about anything.

It's just not nice to start off this holiday with such a negative statement.