An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
The pessimist says It can't be done. The optimist says It can be done. But the enthusiastic just says I just did… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Optimist Says The Glass Is Half Full. The Pessimist Says The Glass Is Half Empty... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life. — Leni Riefenstahl Copy Share Image
I am an optimist even though I am told everything I do is negative and cynical. — Armando Iannucci Copy Share Image
I consider myself a natural optimist. I like the dark side of things. — Fritz Scholder Copy Share Image
“Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old one… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Optimist: someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it's more like a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Definitely not—you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I am not a fatalist. I have just been reading War and Peace and Tolstoy is such a fatalist. I think people… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
“Of all the pessimistic people, I am the most optimistic. I look forward to looking down on all the people looking up… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
My pessimism (which, by the way, is far from absolute) originated with my despair in the lack of perfection to be found… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It is most important in creative science not to give up. If you are an optimist you will be willing to "try"… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when they are… — David Landes 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
Whether we like it or not, we live in a post-ideological world. That's how a Donald Trump can get through. He has… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
The problem is that people are pulling farther apart, rather than make an effort to get back together. There have been remarkable… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
We grow up as natural optimists as Americans. Catholic priests were so hopeful as we watched the Vatican II experience. Yet, it's… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“My mother likes odd numbers and is suspicious of the even ones. She reads a new book every week and is bewitched… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
Stealing things is everybody's problem. We [Apple Inc.] own a lot of intellectual property, and we don't like when people steal it.… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Find a way to say yes to things. Say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends,… — Eric Schmidt Copy Share Image