Long Quote by Ken MacLeod

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

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed…

— Nelson Mandela

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

One downside of being an optimist is that optimistic people tend to forget yesterday's trauma in the belief that everything will turn out well.…

— Amy Dickinson

I am a very optimistic person. I don't know if it is because I've come up right from the bottom, but I am someone…

— David Villa

I know I sound overly optimistic, but you know me, I've always been an optimistic guy.

— Ron Rivera

I've never been an optimist, but that's fine because pessimists have the possibility of being agreeably surprised.

— Roger Scruton

No, I'm not that optimistic, I'm just less pessimistic than most of my peers.

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

I personally don't think of myself as either an optimist or a pessimist.

— Nick Bostrom

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…

— Nicholas Hoult

No, I'm not that optimistic, I'm just less pessimist than most of my peers.

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

Pessimists see a problem behind every opportunity. Optimists see an opportunity behind every problem.

— Denis Waitley