Optimist Quotes · Page 22

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

— Jean Rostand

I'm not a glass-half-full optimist. I'm a glass-overflowing optimist.

— Marc Randolph

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

— Albert Einstein

The optimist sees the future as a rabbit sees the oncoming truck - getting bigger, not closer.

— Steve Aylett

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.

— George Bernard Shaw

At 50, a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being an ass

— Mark Twain

I'm a pessimist. But I'm a pessimist with a sense of responsibility.

— Maynard James Keenan

I'm an optimist about the power of technology to transform lives for the better.

— Julius Genachowski

“To a pessimist, losing bobby pins is as hopeless as losing hair. To an optimist, losing hair gives hope to get the…

— Munia Khan

I would say that Barack Obama has always been a real optimist about what can be accomplished. He believes that government can…

— Jodi Kantor

“Job is an optimist. He shakes the pillars of the world and strikes insanely at the heavens; he lashes the stars, but…

— G.K. Chesterton

I'm actually an optimist about what lies ahead. Are wikis reliable? It depends on the specific business. Is Wikipedia reliable? You bet.…

— Paul Saffo

Nuclear war is inevitable, says the pessimists; Nuclear war is impossible, says the optimists; Nuclear war is inevitable unless we make it…

— Sydney J. Harris

To be a member of the Labor Party is to be an optimist - optimistic about the future of Australia, optimistic about…

— Kevin Rudd

My father is undoubtedly one of the nicest, kindest, smartest, and warm-hearted people I know. He is truly a light that shines…

— Jenna Morasca

I'm an optimist - that's why I try to invent different systems; otherwise, I may as well stop right now. Sometimes I…

— Julie Gayet

“To the issues of friendship, love, business and war, "surprise" is the optimistic solution.”

— Amit Kalantri

I really believe in hopefulness and respect people that are hopeful. I think I'm at my best when I think hopefully.

— Lucy Dacus

I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.

— Carlene Carter

Failure yesterday, failure today, failure tomorrow, at least I am a success at being a pessimist.

— Vikrant Parsai

I've always been optimistic - I always expect the sun to come out.

— Ian Gillan

I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a…

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.

— Eric Sevareid

I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.

— Viggo Mortensen

I always call myself either an optimistic pessimist or a pessimistic optimist - I'm not sure which way it goes.

— Nathan Englander

Christians should not be optimists; we know too much about sin. We should also not be pessimists, for we know the living…

— Timothy Keller

I found my way to street level and into what optimists call 'fresh air

— Gunnar Staalesen

I'm very optimistic, but I'm optimistic about individuals, not institutions.

— Heather Brooke

I'm a very optimistic, happy-go-lucky person, but I definitely know what I want and I'd do anything to get to that point.

— Fearne Cotton

I'm one of the more pessimistic cats on the planet. I make Van Gogh look like a rodeo clown.

— Dennis Miller

Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.

— Thomas Friedman

I can be very pessimistic and very dark, but there is also a part of me that's very determinedly optimistic.

— Alison Sudol

“I am an optimist and when I am too sure of something or someone, well, of course it turns out that I…

— Sanhita Baruah

I was an optimist, a great champion of the human spirit. And I lost that for a time. I feel like I've…

— Jude Law

I'm an optimist. I hope if a movie's good that it will be a success, but as we know, that's not always…

— Willem Dafoe

“Despite their grim predictions, I am hopeful. I can no longer pretend that things won’t be fine. I am already seeing the…

— Bhuwan Thapaliya

The phenomenal thing that happened to me is that I was able to create two memorable men: one is the ultimate optimist,…

— Sylvester Stallone

Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like…

— Michael Morpurgo

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist.…

— Harvey Mackay

I tend toward the pessimistic end of the spectrum, and unfortunately there's little in human history to convince me that pessimism is…

— Ron Currie Jr