Quotes by Optimistic I always have been optimistic about humanity's future. Always. Even at the most dismaying of times. Patrick Stewart has-beensoptimistichumanity I'm very sunny. You know, I'm always optimistic. Paul Begala sunnysunny-dayoptimistic I find nothing more depressing than optimism. Paul Fussell optimisticdepressingdepression When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren’t pessimistic, you don’t understand data. But if you meet the people who are working to restore this earth and the lives of the poor, and you aren’t optimistic, you haven’t got a pulse. Paul Hawken optimisticoddsorder If you look at the science that describes what is happening on earth today and aren't pessimistic, you don’t have the correct data. If you meet the people in this unnamed movement and aren't optimistic, you haven’t got a heart. Paul Hawken optimisticdataheart Life, when fully lived under a variety of cultural conditions, can be euphoric and optimistic; it can be a joy to experience and a wonder to behold. Paul Kurtz optimisticenthusiasmjoy I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity... to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that. Paul McCartney optimisticrealteamwork Overall, The Population Bomb was probably too optimistic. I was writing about climate change - Anne and I actually wrote the book. We discussed whether or not you'd have to take a gondola to the Empire State Building, and that sort of thing, but we didn't know at the time whether the climate change would be in the direction of heating or cooling. We just didn't know enough about it. Paul R. Ehrlich optimisticwritingbook I'm sort of optimistic about what we could do, but I'm very pessimistic about what we will do. I can't tell you that Al Gore's 10-year plan is impossible. I'm old enough to remember the Second World War - if we had a World War II-type mobilization, we might accomplish Gore's plan. In 1940 we were making tens of thousands of automobiles, and in 1941 we were making tens of thousands of airplanes. We mobilized as a nation. If we get that kind of mobilization as a nation or globally, then we could solve a lot of these problems. Paul R. Ehrlich airplaneoptimisticwar I'm a very optimistic person. I have the chance to listen to so much phenomenal music. Connecting with social networking to create music is a progression of what electronic music does anyway - it connects people. Paul van Dyk networkingoptimisticpeople Remember, when something leaves your life, God is making room for something much better to enter! Get ready! Paula White optimisticfaithgod Often much of my work is very optimistic, or solution-based. I have always believed that art is a tool for transformation, and something that should give people some kind of agency. Pedro Reyes optimisticagencyart You decide for yourself when it will hurt. Per Petterson optimistichurt The key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known. Pete Seeger optimistickeysstories And if you look around, if you listen to some music nowdays, I'm not so optimistic...I have the feeling that some of the young people I've met they think already, before they start playing, they think already about the product: how can we sell it....maybe my view is really very old fashioned nowadays, but I think art at any times needs time for development and this fast food bullshit is not working... younger guys: take your time, music is really a thing of long terms, actually it's a lifelong thing to learn and to develop your own stuff. Peter Brotzmann optimisticmusicart I actually grew fond of her in a nastily superior kind of way. For she was so completely artless and optimistic and clueless, she didn't care that she smelled bad or was fat or wore clothes unlike everyone else's, she had some weird disconnect with life that kept her constantly bubbling, and you knew she would go blithely through her long horribly boring life thinking every thing was just swell (the opposite of me). Peter Cameron cluelessoptimisticthinking Why will someone sell you a dollar for 50 cents? Because in the short run, people are irrational on both the optimistic and pessimistic side. Peter Cundill optimisticrunningpeople I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this. Peter Mandelson optimisticvisionopportunity Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead. Peter O'Toole optimisticactorsthinking Trusting people to be creative and constructive when given more freedom does not imply an overly optimistic belief in the perfectibility of human nature. It is, rather, belief that the inevitable errors and sins of the human condition are far better overcome by individuals working together in an environment of trust and freedom and mutual respect than by individuals working under a multitude of rules, regulations, and restraints imposed upon them by another group of imperfect individuals. Peter Senge optimisticerrorspeople«3031323334353637383940»
