Being optimistic Quote by Jose Saramago

I can't really see how anybody could be particularly optimistic about the future in general because we are destroying the planet.

— Mike Leigh

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

— Carl Rogers

When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the science about…

— Paul Hawken

Pessimism is a very easy way out because it is a short view of life. If you look at what is happening around us…

— Robertson Davies

When thinking about the future, it is fashionable to be pessimistic. Yet the evidence unequivocally belies such pessimism. Over the past centuries, humanity's lot…

— Bjorn Lomborg

Being a pessimist is just such a gloomy way of looking at things, so I have to hope for the best - life wouldn't…

— Bill Bryson

It is easy to be pessimistic. These are extraordinarily difficult times, and the collective psyche is teetering. But we are closer to righting the…

— Mark Zandi

Only from the perspective of such a utopia is it possible to use the concepts of pessimism and optimism with full justification: an optimist…

— Milan Kundera

How dare we be pessimistic? Maybe the future is better than it used to be.

— Peter Schwartz

Well, some people say I'm pessimistic because I recognize the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history of mankind…

— Wole Soyinka

Pessimism is not only unwarranted, it is also a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you think the cause is lost, it will be. No one works…

— Lawrence Reed

I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.

— Viggo Mortensen