Optimistic Quotes

• I always believe that my films should give some hope to the man who comes to watch them for those three hours. If he goes home on an optimistic note, I would feel satisfied at having done my duty.

  

  Yash Chopra
  • Believe
  • Done
  • Home

• People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes to enemies. They like boldness and despise the appearance of timidity and protracted doubt.

  

  Daniel Kahneman
  • People
  • Friends
  • Doubt

• My view is that the U.S. market will eventually join the emerging markets on the downside because if you take a bearish view about emerging economies, you cannot be too optimistic about the U.S. because for many U.S. corporations, 50 percent or more of their profits come from emerging economies.

  

  Marc Faber
  • Optimistic

• I'm a very hopeful person. I mean, I'm an optimistic person, sometimes stupidly optimistic.

  

  John Lithgow
  • Optimistic

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

  

  Mike Leigh
  • Optimistic
  • Planets
  • Destroying

• I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's optimistic, cheerful side is doing a good job, which is what I hope I'm doing.

  

  Jo Brand
  • People
  • World
  • Good

• I try to be optimistic, but in this business it's so hard. The craziest stuff can happen.

  

  Eliza Coupe
  • Business
  • Optimistic

• It's more in my nature to be optimistic, I think. I'm one of those people who gets up on the right side of the bed in the morning.

  

  Dick Van Dyke
  • People
  • Up
  • Nature

• Actually, we chose the name Sun Cellular because we believe the name 'Sun' is bright, forward-looking and optimistic. It is my sincere hope that the whole Philippines will share our positive outlook, optimism and faith in the country's future.

  

  John Gokongwei
  • Believe
  • Country
  • Hope

• I don't think I've been too optimistic. The government believes the contraction will be around 1.5 per cent, as the central bank said. However, we're waiting to see the Commission estimate.

  

  Luis de Guindos
  • Waiting
  • Optimistic

• My job is to look out on that world that I write about and be as honest as I possibly can about that world. If that's optimistic and uplifting, OK. If it's not, OK.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • World
  • Job
  • Write

• In times of uncertainty, employees crave clarity. As a leader, you won't always have all of the answers - no one expects you to - so you must be open to listening and learning from others. Once you understand a particular challenge and outline the options, you have to be confident in making bold and optimistic decisions.

  

  Marillyn Hewson
  • Learning
  • Challenge
  • Listening

• I want to be optimistic because I don't think man is intrinsically violent.

  

  Bruce Kent
  • Optimistic

• I love America - I'm not saying that I love Americans. I don't know. It just seems a bit more optimistic. I don't know - in England, if you do something successful, people hate you. Whereas in America, if you do something successful, people will pat you on the back and say, 'Hey, well done.' People are jealous and negative in England.

  

  Andy Rourke Pretenders
  • People
  • Done
  • America

• We should be optimistic about the future even though we have a complicated present.

  

  Mauricio Macri
  • Future
  • Present
  • Optimistic

• Rage is caused by a conviction, almost comic in its optimistic origins (however tragic in its effects), that a given frustration has not been written into the contract of life.

  

  Alain de Botton
  • Life
  • Optimistic
  • Frustration

• Some of us shorten our names or our noses or both... We Jews can be extremely neurotic and are inclined to become easily depressed. Most Jews seldom say, 'Have a nice day' or even have one. To be honest, I've never heard a Jew say that. We're just not that optimistic. Life is neither a bed of roses nor a bowl of cherries.

  

  Gene Saks
  • Life
  • Nice
  • Optimistic

• The Australian has a characteristic which is primarily optimistic, I would think.

  

  R. M. Williams
  • Optimistic
  • Characteristic
  • Australian

• What's hard to do is describe why you like something. Because ultimately, the reason things move people is very amorphous. You can be cerebral about things you hate, but most of the things you like tend to be very emotive. It's really hard to do a literary reproduction of what makes you happy. That's what I try to do. If nothing else, it seems like there's enough people out there telling the world what isn't cool, or what's terrible, or what's depressing. I think there's an element of cynicism in my writing, but I'm an optimistic cynic.

  

  Chuck Klosterman
  • People
  • World
  • Writing

• I've always been an optimistic guy, to tell you the truth.

  

  Antonio Banderas
  • Truth
  • Guy
  • Optimistic

• I believe the conditions are very favorable for Mexico to grow. I'm very optimistic.

  

  Enrique Pena Nieto
  • Believe
  • Optimistic

• For electric power generation, we are very optimistic about solar-thermal technology, and we’re intrigued by the potential of enhanced geothermal energy to replace coal-based power generation. Traditional carbon capture and sequestration-based coal power generation is somewhat unlikely to be competitive.

  

  Vinod Khosla
  • Energy
  • Technology
  • Electric

• I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?

  

  Drew Barrymore
  • People
  • Life
  • Fun

• How do you come back? It's one step at a time. I'm optimistic because I don't know what else to be.

  

  Paula Poundstone
  • Time
  • Optimistic

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