I would not call myself an optimist, even though I would aspire to be. I am innately a skeptic. There's kind of… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
There's a myth among amateurs, optimists and fools that beyond a certain level of achievement, famous artists retire to some kind of… — Mark Matousek Copy Share Image
I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a… — Clay Aiken Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you and know, absolutely know, that the sound in… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Conservatism is pessimistic, with a negative tendency - which we mostly resist - towards despair. Liberals are optimists, with a negative tendency,… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
My favorite optimist was an American who jumped off the Empire State Building, and as he passed the 42nd floor, the window… — John McGahern Copy Share Image
...the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
I am glad I am an optimist. The pessimist is half-licked before he starts. The optimist has won half the battle, the… — Thomas Buckner Copy Share Image
Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
Loneliness has little to do with what we do or where we do it, whether we're married or unmarried, optimists or pessimists,… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
In the cross-over, you get to a point where you realize that you've got all this genetic inheritance, and you've got all… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I am an optimist even though I am told everything I do is negative and cynical. — Armando Iannucci Copy Share Image
An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. — Walter Winchell Copy Share Image
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I am the eternal optimist. I think that, over time, people respond to civility and -- and rational argument. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Lately, a study has suggested that depressed people have a more accurate view of reality, though this accuracy is not worth a… — Anna Funder Copy Share Image
I am an optimist by nature and I reserve the right to be wrong. — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Copy Share Image
Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
