Upbeat Quotes

48 quotes by 47 authors

If you listen to the news, read the news, you'd think we were still in a recession. Well, we're not in a recession. We've had… — Dan Quayle
Every novel presents a slice of life. A noir policier for example presents one slice, one that perhaps addresses social dysfunction or some sort of… — Alexander McCall Smith
Generalists, people with moderately strong attachments to many ideas, should be hard to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have weaker, shorter negative reactions since they… — Karl E. Weick
That something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. Advertisers like to be… — Casey Kasem
I suppose there must be some way in which I'm compelled to show some side of myself - or of people - that's paranoid and… — Paul Giamatti
The songs, if I write alone in a room, end up being a little more quiet, a little more subdued. If I play with other… — Marketa Irglova
I always have music. I love it to be very upbeat. When you're having drinks, I like something like Cesaria Evora. During dinner, I like… — Ina Garten
I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody. — Zooey Deschanel
So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests. — Barbara Ehrenreich
I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly… — Naomie Harris
I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus. — Tommy Shaw
He was uncomplicated and upbeat and easy. At one point, I might have thought these traits made him a simpleton, but now I think they… — Emily Giffin
I have never been able to understand the complaint that a story is "depressing" because of its subject matter. What depresses me are stories that… — Tobias Wolff
Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss." "What?" I ask. "The time it sticks. Maybe we are witnessing the evolution of the human… — Suzanne Collins
Everyone in L.A. is very positive and upbeat, whereas London can get quite miserable at times. — Sienna Miller
Upbeat is for people who want to feel good about their cause: the reformers, the progressives, the revolutionaries, the utopians, the collectivists, and the rest… — P.J. O'Rourke
I tend to write a pretty half and half split of, like, slow, morose things and then sort of more upbeat stuff. — James Mercer
I like being upbeat, positive, happy, enjoying family. — Jamie Lynn Sigler
My parents loved music, and my father would come home with cassette tapes of Chic and the Village People and Barbra Streisand. We had all… — Marjorie Gubelmann
I think for me, the thing that gets me in the right mindset is just watching something funny, something light, something that makes me feel… — Derek Hough

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