Ends Quote by Vaclav Havel

I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure…

— Vaclav Havel

I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.

— Peter Benchley

On one hand, I'm an optimistic pessimist. On the other, I'm a pessimistic optimist. But while there's life, there's still hope, and I wouldn't…

— Helen Caldicott

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

I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.

— Nelson Mandela

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

— Nick Bostrom

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I…

— Studs Terkel

“tell them that both optimists and pessimists die in the end, but the optimist leads a hopeful and happy existence while the pessimist spends…

— Shimon Peres

I am an optimist. I think, as bad as life sometimes gets, there is so much joy and so much good stuff, that there…

— Amanda Holden

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

I'm not a pessimist at all, but I'm not an optimist, either.

— Nate Lowman

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