Brains Quote by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Most people are highly optimistic most of the time.

— Daniel Kahneman

It is not usually our ideas that make us optimistic or pessimistic, but it is our optimism or pessimism of physiological or pathological origin…

— Miguel de Unamuno

There was the natural human survival instinct to be optimistic.

— Barbara Demick

It turns out that, somehow, there are a tremendous number of things to be optimistic about.

— John Green

I'm a long-term optimist, and I don't think the problems with our society are from being overly optimistic.

— Ken MacLeod

The difference between a pessimistic and an optimistic mind is of such controlling importance in regard to every intellectual function, and especially for the…

— Charles Sanders Peirce

Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they…

— Martin Seligman

We're all born pessimists. It takes effort to be optimistic.

— Rush Limbaugh

I always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves.

— Nick Cannon

Being optimistic is like a muscle that gets stronger with use. Makes it easier when the tough times arrive. You have to change the…

— Robin Roberts

Optimism is the ability to focus on where we're going, not where we're coming from.

— Simon Sinek

Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention.

— Maureen Dowd