Optimist Quotes

362 quotes by 270 authors

I've been depressed many times in my life. But under it all I'm an optimist. — Janet Fitch
By nature, I am not an optimist, though I try to act as if I am. — Howard Gardner
If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could see that cynics… — Julian Baggini
Progress is more of a challenge for the cynic but also more important and urgent, since for the optimist things aren't that bad and are… — Julian Baggini
I've been thinking about disowning some of my genes lately. I have a few healthy, happy, long-living optimists in my family tree - most of… — Ariel Gore
I'm an optimist about humanity in general, I suppose. — Tim Berners-Lee
In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist. — Abbie Cornish
I believe we can prevent or delay most disease until the 9th or 10th decade. The goal is to prevent anything that can affect your… — David Agus
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 true, just because… — Willem Dafoe
Here's hoping all the days ahead, won't be as bitter as the one's behind you. Be an optimist instead, and somehow happiness will find you. — Ray Davies
I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an optimist and things… — Nicholas Hoult
I'm an optimist, so I think everything can be worked out and fixed. But from having cancer I learned that even if you're even an… — Hoda Kotb
I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. — Lesslie Newbigin
I'm a serious optimist. I come from a country where you have little to be hopeful for, and so you have to always be an… — Leymah Gbowee
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds… — Leonard Louis Levinson
RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no better off. For… — Ambrose Bierce
I've always been an optimist. — George Clooney
I'm a pessimist about probabilities; I'm an optimist about possibilities. — Lewis Mumford
I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure that… — Vaclav Havel
To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe, in the face of the evidence, the optimists who have been wrong in… — Walter Cronkite

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