Quotes About Optimism

I think people have come to expect that in artistic representation; that every work of art should be a work of extravagant hope.

Things usually work out in the end." "What if they don't?" "That just means you haven't come to the end yet.

In 83 I thought we were going to go all the way. We had Roy Smalley, and Steve King, and good players.

Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.

Everyone wants to have a career year, but if I stick to what I'm doing, I like my chances. I'll be fine.

Everything will be okay. I have a sticker on my laptop that says that.

The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.

With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go.

I still believe in a place called Hope.

Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do.

As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in stocks is a very easy and safe and that you're a financial genius.

I see The Stone Roses in '89 as Technicolor: we were all about joy and possibilities of life.

I feel like something magical is going to happen, and I feel like all the stars have finally lined up perfectly for Angie Stone.

With the Stone Roses, I always thought we'd be successful because we had some great songs.

I like George W. At a time when this country was hit hard, he stood up for America. He's been the leader of the free world during the hardest time America's ever had.

If you are not around when Africa truly gets going, it would be much like the sceptics who stood on the sidelines in the 1990s convinced that China was going nowhere. How wrong they were.

Everyone goes through bad days, but that does not mean you should stop enjoying the good days.

I've always been a late bloomer, so I never feel like, 'Oh, I'm gettin' older; I guess everything is gonna stop.' I'm the opposite: 'Oh, I'm just getting started.'

I happen to be a pessimist, and maybe that's a good thing because I don't stop to smell the roses - which is not a good personal thing. I don't stop and enjoy those moments... Always on to the next and never in the moment.

People say I'm such a pessimist, but I always was. It never stopped me from doing what I had to do. I would say I'm a realist.

I never lost sight of my goals. I never stopped thinking I could reach the top.

You've got to dream. You've got to believe, that's what I've done all my life. I'm rolling with it at the minute. It seems like it's not stopping. Who knows where it will end?

If my one hand stops working, I won't stop living my life. I will start using my other hand. Similarly, if one part of my life goes wrong, I won't stop leading my life.

When I was a teeny little girl, I was in dancing school, and I sang. We had to put a dance to a song, so I went to the 10-cent store one day and looked at all the sheet music. It was all laid out, and I picked 'Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries.'