Optimist Quotes

362 quotes by 270 authors

I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story. — Viggo Mortensen
I'm an optimist by nature, myself, I think. — Emily Mortimer
A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and you're overwhelmed… — Dee Dee Myers
An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out. — George Jean Nathan
In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right. — Jack Nicholson
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. — J. Robert Oppenheimer
I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in… — Robert Redford
An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it. — Jules Renard
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer. — Will Rogers
I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and… — Henry Rollins
In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning. — Carl Sandburg
Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind. — Albert Schweitzer
Which is, I'm an optimist that two people can be together to work out their conflicts. And that commitment, I think, might be what love… — Garry Shandling
I find, when you're an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you. — Simon Sinek
I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this… — Iain Duncan Smith
I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling… — Octavia Spencer
The phenomenal thing that happened to me is that I was able to create two memorable men: one is the ultimate optimist, Rocky, and then… — Sylvester Stallone
I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait… — Cat Stevens
With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have… — Studs Terkel

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