Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it, while every pessimist would keep the worlds at a standstill. The consequence of… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist--while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist! — Lori Greiner Copy Share Image
Optimists, by contrast, look for specific, limited, short-term explanations for bad events, and as a result, in the face of a setback,… — Paul Tough Copy Share Image
The most radical political act there is is to be an optimist. The most radical political act there is is to believe… — Colin Beavan Copy Share Image
In the long run the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A pessimist looks at his glass and says it is half empty; an optimist looks at it and says it is half… — Josiah Stamp Copy Share Image
A dangerous fire retardant chemical is being found in women's breast milk. My wife's breastfeeding, but you know, you gotta be an… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out? — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
On one hand, I'm an optimistic pessimist. On the other, I'm a pessimistic optimist. But while there's life, there's still hope, and… — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
Christianity is the religion of melancholy and hypochondria. Islam, on the other hand, promotes apathy, and Judaism instills its adherents with a… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The pessimist waits for better times, and expects to keep on waiting; the optimist goes to work with the best that is… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist. — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
“There may be clouds in the sky, and rain may be falling, but this doesn't mean the sun has stopped shining.” — Connor Chalfant Copy Share Image
I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow. — Eric Sevareid Copy Share Image
Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you… — Ehud Olmert Copy Share Image
I am a personal optimist but a skeptic about all else. What may sound to some like anger is really nothing more… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I consider myself a natural optimist. I like the dark side of things. — Fritz Scholder Copy Share Image
I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I am always an optimist. The pessimists are the liars who refuse to admit what is happening. And I'll give you three… — Charles Bowden Copy Share Image
