“During a lecture the Oxford linguistic philosopher J. L. Austin made the claim that although a double negative in English implies a positive meaning, there is no language in which a double positive implies a negative. To which Morgenbesser responded in a dismissive tone, "Yeah, yeah."”

— Sidney Morgenbesser

The Independent, The Independent, Professor Sidney Morgenbesser: Philosopher celebrated for his withering New York Jewish humour http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-sidney-morgenbesser-550224.html, 6 August 2004. The Times, Sidney Morgenbesser: Erudite and influential American linguistic philosopher with the analytical acuity of Spinoza and the blunt wit of Groucho Marx https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sidney-morgenbesser-5cz8gg8qfvm, September 8, 2004. (Some have quoted it as "Yeah, right.") Block, Melissa (August 2, 2004). " The Witty Professor: Sidney Morgenbesser https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3810783". NPR.org. Baum, Devorah (2017). The Jewish Joke: An essay with examples (less essay, more examples) https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Jewish_Joke.html?id=vwD0DQAAQBAJ. Profile Books. ISBN <bdi>9781782831938</bdi>.

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American philosopher 1921–2004

Sidney Morgenbesser (1921–2004) American philosopher

“In life two negatives don't make a positive. Double negatives turn positive only in math and formal logic. In life things just get worse and worse and worse.”

Robert McKee (1941) American academic specialised in seminars for screenwriters

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“J. L. Austin; James Opie Urmson, Geoffrey James Warnock eds. (1979) Philosophical Papers, 3rd ed. New York: Oxford.”

J. L. Austin (1911–1960) English philosopher

Philosophical Papers (1979)

“Use the negative to get into the positive, don't wait for the positive to get you out of the negative.”

- Goa

“Negating negatives with positives is a form of toxic positivity.”

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher

“It’s a minority position, yeah”

Rand Paul (1963) American politician, ophthalmologist, and United States Senator from Kentucky

21 March 2017 https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/rand-paul-senate-backlash-obamacare-russia-236272 when blocking John McCain from bringing up a treaty to ratify Montenegro's membership in NATO <br class="br">2017