Talk:Optimism

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 * People ask me, "Are you an optimist?" I say "I hope so!"
 * Bill Bailey, "Part Troll" stand-up tour (2004)


 * The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.
 * Havelock Ellis


 * I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
 * Paul Fussell


 * Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.
 * Helen Keller


 * Optimism is true moral courage.
 * Ernest Shackleton


 * Humans are, on net balance, builders rather than destroyers.
 * Julian Simon


 * Optimism is cowardice.
 * Oswald Spengler


 * The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.
 * Peter Ustinov


 * Optimism is not a choice, it's a belief.
 * August Burns Red (band)


 * A positive attitude might not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
 * Herm Albright


 * Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
 * Alphonse Karr


 * I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.
 * Max Lerner


 * Optimists think badly, but live well.
 * Maty Rubin


 * Jerry boy, why do you have to paint everything so black? Suppose you got hit by a truck. Suppose the stock market crashes. Suppose Mary Pickford divorces Douglas Fairbanks. Suppose the Dodgers leave Brooklyn!
 * Some Like It Hot


 * The Doctor: Where's your joy in life? Where's your optimism? Romana: It opted out.
 * Doctor Who, "The Armageddon Factor", Episode One.


 * K9: Optimism: belief that everything will work out well. Irrational, bordering on insane.
 * Doctor Who, "The Armageddon Factor", Episode One