Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eugene O'Neill

I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.

Frederick Wiseman

I think my movies aren't sentimental. I think my movies are funny and sad and realistic. Not realistic in the sense that they're documentaries, but realistic in the sense that they're not idealistic, they're not optimistic, not pessimistic, and not propagandistic. They're an analysis of a situation. I call it as I see it, so to speak.

Freeman Dyson

The thing that makes me most optimistic is China and India - both of them doing well.

Everything remains challenging in telecom. I'm not optimistic in the near-term.

Everything remains challenging in telecom, ... I'm not optimistic in the near-term.

It would be optimistic to say we'd get to 2 million.

We are cautiously optimistic that we can secure more MK services in the future.

We're very optimistic that it will be, but you have to go through the process.

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

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 quite optimistic on how much support will be given.

It's tracking very strong. We feel very optimistic about this season.

This is the most optimistic manufacturing survey we've seen in some time.

Sterling Marlin

This is the most optimistic I've been in a long time. I've got some unfinished business.

They're optimistic about the second half, and I think that's reasonable.

Buzz Aldrin

Knowledge of the past and an optimistic view of the present give you great opportunities.

Jane Roberts

In terms of earthly life as you understand it, it is overly optimistic to imagine that eventually all illnesses will be conquered, all relationships be inevitably fulfilling, or to foresee a future in which all people on earth are treated with equality and respect.

Joel Coen

I think when you watch the dailies, the film that you shoot every day, you're very excited by it and very optimistic about how it's going to work.

Jenny Holzer

Usually going places makes me feel optimistic. And I'm a hillbilly, so heading to the countryside made sense a number of ways.

Gilda Radner

It's such an act of optimism to get through a day and enjoy it and laugh and do all that without thinking about death. What spirit human beings have!

Greg Rusedski

My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person.

Cassandra Clare

Look on the bright side," said Simon, "If they need a human sacrifice, you can always offer me. I'm not sure the rest of you qualify anyway.

Mike Royko

Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn't the faintest idea what the heck is really going on.

Kevin Cramer

I am a joyful conservative, unafraid to articulate big ideas with an optimistic smile.

Mohsin Hamid

There really still is a deep wound, you know, in the collective psyche of Pakistan. And the violence has left enormous human and emotional and psychic damage. That's not going to go away. But that said, I think I'm cautiously optimistic that we're looking at a better future.

Milton Friedman

Hong Kong is the bellwether. If the Chinese stick to their agreement to let Hong Kong go its own path, then China will also go that way. If they don't, that is a very bad sign. I'm optimistic.

Ivan Krastev

The Church of TED is very optimistic. Bulgarians are some of the most pessimistic in the world. There are the Happy, the Unhappy and the Bulgarians.

Greg LeMond

I'm more optimistic about cycling right now than I've ever been.

Grace Paley

Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world.

Gloria Gaither

God walks with us. He scoops us up in His arms or simply sits with us in silent strength until we cannot avoid the awesome recognition that yes, even now, He is there.

Glenn Reynolds

One reason that a lot of people see me as cheerful and optimistic is that my expectations are really rather low.

Jim Cramer

We are all wrong so often that it amazes me that we can have any conviction at all over the direction of things to come. But we must.