Coats Quote by George Meyer Download Open image “I'm a pessimist, but I have many painstakingly applied coats of optimism.” — George Meyer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Coats Coats Optimism Optimism Optimist Painstakingly Applied Pessimism Pessimist Pessimist Painstakingly
There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism. — Jim Leach Copy Share Image
No one has ever been able to convince me that optimism is not preferable to pessimism. — Robert Mueller Copy Share Image
It is important to possess a short-term pessimism and a long-term optimism. — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking. — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I can be very pessimistic and very dark, but there is also a part of me that's very determinedly optimistic. — Alison Sudol Copy Share Image
I have friends who are very pessimistic. They say you can't possibly be an optimist nowadays. But I think, taking the longer view, you… — Edwin Morgan Copy Share Image
Most people think that I am too optimistic, but my optimism is based on the thought that negative thinking is a luxury that we… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
I resisted parenthood for a long, long time. But having a daughter has given me a sense of hopefulness that I didn't have before. — George Meyer Copy Share Image
Experience as much as you can and absorb a lot of reality. Otherwise, your writing will have the force of a Wiffle ball. — George Meyer Copy Share Image
I guess I started to realize that being an agnostic was such a wimpy position. — George Meyer Copy Share Image
I don't like the antagonism that most religions have for science, and freedom and, frankly, individuality. I do like the Dalai Lama. — George Meyer Copy Share Image
There's absolutely no way that something I do on my own is going to be seen in Malaysia. — George Meyer Copy Share Image
I had a bumper sticker on my car for a long time that said, "Kill your television." People helpfully pointed out that I was… — George Meyer Copy Share Image
The only rule was that the stuff had to be funny and pretty short. To me, the quintessential Army Man joke was one of… — George Meyer Copy Share Image
I want to be tolerant of other people's beliefs. I have wonderful friends who are religious, and I don't want to say that they're… — George Meyer Copy Share Image
Every joke can't be dazzling. And if you think you spotted an inconsistency, you did! — George Meyer Copy Share Image
I find that the creative side of my brain and the archival side of my brain don't work well together. When I've done my… — George Meyer Copy Share Image
Launching a new TV show is probably one of the most difficult things that a writer can do. — George Meyer Copy Share Image
I don't remember a lot of what I write. I try to release it after it's out there so that I can be fresh… — George Meyer Copy Share Image
I got Mary pregnant and man that's all she wrote. And for my 19th birthday, I got a union card and a factory coat. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
'You spin in the sky, the world spins under you, and you step from land to land, while we . . .' She turned… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
I do believe at the end of the night when you're with your family, the character gets hung up on the door like a… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
'The Matrix' is a movie that is all about glamour. I could do a whole talk on 'The Matrix' and glamour. It was criticized… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Today at school I will learn to read at once; then tomorrow I will begin to write, and the day after tomorrow to cipher.… — Carlo Collodi Copy Share Image
Characterization is not divorced from plot, not a coat of paint you slap on after the structure of events is already built. Rather characterization… — Nancy Kress Copy Share Image
By a man's finger-nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boots, by his trouser-knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by his expression,… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Dan Coats, retiring senator from Indiana, a mild-mannered man, a former United States ambassador to Germany, former congressman, said of Ted Cruz he's the… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
You must have had such a great childhood with a man like that for your father. (Delphine) Yeah. All puppy dogs and rainbows and… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I’ve always been a sort of self-imposed outsider, not a geeky outsider or a snobby outsider but, I just have a natural desire to… — Sara Quin Copy Share Image
Randall laid his hand on Stella's, but only to remove it from his sleeve. "My precious, you really must have some regard for my… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
