Jordan Peterson

A properly balanced story provides an equal representation of the negative and positive attributes of, I could say the world, but it's actually a being. 'Harry Potter''s a good example. So Harry's the hero, right. But he's tainted with evil. There's a dark and a light in every bit of that narrative. It's well balanced.

Canadian Psychologist

John Quincy Adams

It is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle. It establishes false estimates of virtue and vice: for what can be more false and heartless than this doctrine which makes the first and holiest rights of humanity to depend upon the color of the skin?

American President

Thomas Pogge

By seeing the problem of poverty merely in terms of assistance, we overlook that our enormous economic advantage is deeply tainted by how it accumulated over the course of one historical process that has devastated the societies and cultures of four continents.

German Philosopher

Daniel Espinosa

When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted.

Swedish Director

Johanna Siguroardottir

A society that does not use the intellectual power of its female population fully is not a wise society. Most women are not as tainted by mistakes in the conduct of the economy as the male population, and now they deserve an opportunity.

Icelander Statesman

Eugene Scalia

Unions and their supporters in Congress claim that when employees vote on whether to unionize, the elections are tainted by employer intimidation. They're wrong.

American Politician

John Kennedy

You're morally tainted if you don't treat both the accuser and the accused with fairness and with respect, and with due process.

American Lawyer

Georges Bataille

Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.

French Writer

Mahatma Gandhi

The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.

Indian Leader

Chade-Meng Tan

Compassion is so pure, I don't think there is any way to taint it.

Businessman

Often used to describe the physical contamination of the environment or objects.

Physical Pollution

Implies that the contamination is harmful and undesirable.

Negative Connotation

Used to suggest damage to someone’s reputation that may be difficult to repair.

Reputational Harm

Suggests that the person’s character or integrity is being questioned.

Moral Implication

Refers to a small amount of something bad, enough to cause suspicion or doubt.

Subtle Presence

Can indicate the beginning of a problem or negative situation.

Hint of Trouble

Shows how personal feelings or opinions can negatively alter something.

Bias Influence

Used to indicate an adverse effect on circumstance or situation.

Negative Impact

 most Madagascar's they believe it to be extremely dangerous so they say it has such a powerful evil spirit but if you merely brush up against one accidentally the only way you can rid yourself of its taint and prevent the dreadful consequences of touching it is to cut

Attenborough Finds a...

 people shouldn't suffer unless they're guilty of something, then to exclude black people you've got to make exceptions, don't you? You have to say, well, blackness of skin, you couldn't suffer just for that. It must be that blacks are somehow tainted.

Why our IQ levels are...

 to enunciation and diction I don't even think of it ‘Cause I’m "articulate" So when my professor asks a question And my answer is tainted with a connotation of urbanized suggestion There’s no misdirected intention Pay attention

Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways...

 Protection Agency estimates that nearly half a million brownfields dot the u.s. these former mining industrial or commercial properties tainted with petroleum metals or other pollutants become ice ores and cleaning them up for

Toxic Land Generates...

 need to realize that our mental struggles do not detract from our virility, nor does our trauma taint our strength. We need to see mental health as important as physical health. We need to stop suffering in silence.

There's no shame in...

 Now, what this, even this brief debate, brings out is something that many economists overlook. Economists often assume that markets are inert, that they do not touch or taint the goods they exchange.

Michael Sandel: Why we...

 You can have ugly faces, beautiful faces in the mirror. The mirror allows that, but the mirror is not tainted, is not modified, is not altered by those images. Likewise, behind every single thought

The habits of happiness...

 often tainted by people's personal ideologies I really hope that this complexity perspective allows for some common common ground to be found it would be really great if it has the power to help

Who controls the world?...

 at engrafting the gift of life at dusk. In my team, the lives of one or two of my colleagues were tainted by this experience. Some of us may have been sublimated,

Susan Lim: Transplant...

 but law-breaking and cover-ups threaten the very fabric the nation is built on. Those who do so may find their entire legacy tainted when history is put on trial.

Taint