Quotes About Perspective

I am very optimistic, and I always think positive, but within reason and never getting too far ahead of the game.

I actually think I'm still quite childishly optimistic in a certain way, which is maybe why I find life quite shocking.

Inside, I'm optimistic.

I've always been a positive, optimistic person who loves life, and I've got a lot to be positive about.

I assume that the worst will happen. So I'm never optimistic.

I would say that, between us, I tend to be a little bit more philosophically optimistic. Jonah, I think he sees things as more finite.

It's important to have a life with optimistic thoughts.

There is too much cricket being played. You need time away to get your mind in order to reach the optimum level.

There is no such thing as an optimum life.

But I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older.

And, coaching has never been an option for me.

I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older.

My parents are from Ghana. Until I was 17, I thought you had to go to college. I had no idea. I didn't know it was not an option.

White Americans have the option of not having to think about race on a daily basis. People of color don't. Race is a major deciding factor in their lives and the histories of their families.

Sometimes when you look at somebody else's career or choices or family, there's almost a comfort in knowing there's another option.

Plays were really my last option. The reason I didn't write plays initially was because I thought theatre was the worst of all the art forms.

Short-termism is no longer an option. We have to envisage humanitarian action with a medium- and long-term perspective.

Many guys seem to think that his thoughts and feelings are always right and always the best option. I think I am the same kind of guy.

At some point, you realize your parents are human. They make the best decisions they can with the options available to them.

You can't compare an apple to an orange. It will cause a lot of self-esteem issues.

It's too easy to say that orange is happy and black is sad. To me, black is perfect. You can fill it with the emotion you want to express.

Crazy Arms' is one of those songs that can get crushed beneath its own weight. It's kind of like 'Orange Blossom Special' or 'Rocky Top' or 'Crazy.' But when you go back to the original interpretation, you hear it in a new way.

The Righteous Brothers got so heavy because of the dramatic hit records like 'Lovin' Feelin.' Bobby and I just felt like we were a couple of Orange County guys who were just having a great time singing rock n' roll, and then, boy, it became something else.

Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines.