Obama learned from Ronald Reagan that it helps to strike an optimistic tone. But genuine optimism deriving from American exceptionalism, it turns... →
John Podhoretz
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
Colin Powell
There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism... →
David Rakoff
The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism... →
Kate Reardon
Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.
Leni Riefenstahl
My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.
Henry Rollins
I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.
Roberto Rossellini
The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.
George Santayana
I have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee of a lot of money.
Anna Deavere Smith
I would hope more people would have optimism about where the Latino has come. How we have emerged, and that there will be more women, women of color... →
Hilda Solis