Quotes by Optimism [on the screenplay for "When Harry Met Sally"] It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and the following quarter century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know, it just might work. Nora Ephron optimismweekendmovie Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time. Norman Cousins optimismoptimisticpositive To talk about the need for perfection in man is to talk about the need for another species. The essence of man is imperfection. Imperfection and blazing contradictions-between mixed good and evil, altruism and selfishness, cooperativeness and combativeness, optimism and fatalism, affirmation and negation. Norman Cousins optimismessencemen Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds. Norman Vincent Peale optimismweeddwelling Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger. Norman Vincent Peale optimismmistakepast Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you. Norman Vincent Peale peace-withinwithin-youoptimism Ceaseless optimism about the future only makes for a greater shock when things go wrong; by fighting to maintain only positive beliefs about the future, the positive thinker ends up being less prepared, and more acutely distressed, when things eventually happen that he can't persuade himself to believe are good. Oliver Burkeman optimismfightingbelieve Optimism is a psychological disorder exhibited by those out of touch with reality Oliver Pell psychological-disordersoptimismreality Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks. Olivia Wilde fearlessoptimismrisk Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up. Orison Swett Marden optimismtearsdone I have always shook with fright before human beings. Unable as I was to feel the least particle of confidence in my ability to speak and act like a human being, I kept my solitary agonies locked in my breast. I kept my melancholy and my agitation hidden, careful lest any trace should be left exposed. I feigned an innocent optimism; I gradually perfected myself in the role of the farcical eccentric. Osamu Dazai agitationagonyoptimism But I'm only a cockeyed optimist. Oscar Hammerstein II optimismoptimist Architecture was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people with optimism, that everyone has a gift. I don’t want anything but general happiness. Why is that bad? Oscar Niemeyer optimismsimplepeople Optimism is cowardice. Oswald Spengler cowardiceoptimism An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be. Oscar Wilde optimismglassesneeds A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. Oscar Wilde optimismcomplainingopportunity Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look round them. Ouida optimismmenlooks If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. Oscar Wilde optimismsarcasticfunny There is always room for Gramsci's "optimism of the will." Noam Chomsky optimismrooms The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole. Oscar Wilde optimismperspectiveinspirational«1617181920212223242526»
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