Optimistic Quotes
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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
Carl Rogers -
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
Walt Disney
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I was told once by a leftwing scholar that as a Marxist, you have to do two things: always be optimistic and always have a view about everything. That advice still sounds good to me.
Yanis Varoufakis -
I was an optimistic person, really bossy, gregarious and outspoken.
Mamie Gummer -
I'm an optimistic guy. I'm one of those big dreamers. I'm one of those kids with that annoying imagination.
Tyler, The Creator -
So I am, in fact, very optimistic about the future of my federal party.
Dalton McGuinty -
I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
Viggo Mortensen -
My mom is positive and optimistic.
Lindsey Vonn
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I see kids who are complete cynics. They're not dreaming. They're out there with high-powered weapons, smoking crack behind the 7-Eleven. They've seen it all. These kids are going to take us into 2000 and beyond. That's scary, man. I wouldn't say I'm pessimistic or optimistic. I'm more realistic, I guess. But not cynical. I look. I watch.
Johnny Depp -
I'm not optimistic.
David A. Siegel -
I'm a relatively optimistic kind of guy.
David Means -
There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.
Martin Seligman -
I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
Gavin Newsom -
Talking about income inequality, even if you're not on the Forbes 400 list, can make us feel uncomfortable. It feels less positive, less optimistic, to talk about how the pie is sliced than to think about how to make the pie bigger.
Chrystia Freeland
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The problem is not that this optimistic view is wrong. By economic accounting, the optimistic view is mostly right.
Didier Sornette -
Optimism is normal, but some fortunate people are more optimistic than the rest of us. If you are genetically endowed with an optimistic bias, you hardly need to be told that you are a lucky person - you already feel fortunate.
Daniel Kahneman -
Whether I'm speaking to conservative or liberal audiences, I don't find that people are close-minded about the things I say. I'm still optimistic that we can bridge a divide between these various bubbles. But I do think that it requires a little bit of effort.
J. D. Vance -
The voice of the intellect is soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endless rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points in which one may be optimistic about the future of mankind.
Sigmund Freud -
I'm the most optimistic guy about VR out there. I have crazy visions of what we'll be doing in the future.
Palmer Luckey -
The United States is the ultimate land of optimistic promise, but it also gave birth to quintessentially pessimistic tragedy: 'Moby-Dick.'
A. N. Wilson
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My own nature hovers between neurotic and paranoid. I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.
Martha Beck -
I'm confident and really optimistic.
Saku Koivu -
While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments.
Jimmy Wales -
Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me.
Jack Layton