Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andrew Zimbalist

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

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

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

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

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.

Zig Ziglar

I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.

Zig Ziglar

When you plan and prepare carefully, you can legitimately expect to have success in your efforts. An optimistic, positive mind is far more likely to come up with creative solutions than a mind that dwells on setbacks and difficulties. Bottom line: expect success and you can achieve it!

Zig Ziglar

I'm so Optimistic I'll take my last 2 dollars and buy a Money Belt.

Zig Ziglar

Surround yourself with optimistic people.

Zig Ziglar

Today is the tomorrow you were optimistic about yesterday. What are you doing today to make tomorrow as rewarding as you had hoped today would be?

I'm very optimistic on the long bond. The fundamentals are there and the technical underpinnings are still positive.

I'm trying to be optimistic but it's hard.

I'm cautiously optimistic that it will work out well for the industry.

I'm an optimistic person. I think about it, but I'm not paralyzed by fear.

Harold Wilson

I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat.

Andre Agassi

I really, really want to. I plan on it. I'm optimistic about it.

I'm quite optimistic on how much support will be given.

I'm possibly more optimistic than I was the first time.

I'm probably the most optimistic person in the country, ... The only way for me to go is up.

Jacques Chirac

I'm optimistic we'll get the resolution vote tomorrow, I'll put it to you that way.

In his career, he's cautiously or guardedly optimistic when he does new things. He's not a pie-in-the-sky idealist. He's one of the most realistic assessors of what's really going on that you'll meet.

I'm not as optimistic as I was, but it's not all over. The parties are still talking,

I'm not optimistic we can somehow diplomatically get them to give them up.

Milan Kundera

Optimism is the opium of the people.

Mike Leigh

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

Joseph A. Schumpeter

Pessimistic visions about almost anything always strike the public as more erudite than optimistic ones

Jose Saramago

I'm not pessimistic. It is the world that is terrible. How can we be optimistic in the face of a planet where people live so badly, nature is being destroyed and the dominant empire is money?

Khalil Greene

I've always been optimistic. When things come together and I feel comfortable, I know I can be a productive player with an impact.

Khaled Hosseini

I returned to Afghanistan because I had a deep longing to see for myself how people lived, what they thought of their government, how optimistic they were about the future of their homeland.