Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Ward

The pessimist borrows trouble? the optimist lends encouragement.

Andrew Zimbalist

I think the press has been sucked in by the rhetoric of brinkmanship. I've been optimistic all along.

Beth Martin

We're optimistic that we'll restore the rest of them tomorrow.

Ray Green

We're optimistic that we'll get back on track.

Mike Cox

We're optimistic that there's going to be a peaceful outcome to all this.

Russ Granik

I don't have any reason to be optimistic here.

William McDonough

Design is inherently optimistic. That is its power.

Sara Blakely

Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. And if you do things without knowing how they have always been done, you're guaranteed to do them differently.

Ronald Reagan

Now, I happen to be an optimist.

Zig Ziglar

Everyone, including you, just naturally feels better when exposed to a cheerful, optimistic individual, regardless of the nature or length of the contact.

Joni Eareckson Tada

Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.

Nate Silver

The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.

Mark Twain

A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.

Mark Twain

Pessimist: The optimist who didn't arrive.

Eugene Ionesco

Nothing makes me more pessimistic than the obligation not to be pessimistic.

Bill Vaughan

There is not a single pessimistic note anywhere in the New Testament after the resurrection.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.

David Eddings

If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own.

Colin Mochrie

I am such a pessimist that every project has surpassed what I envisioned.