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• Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right.

  J. Robert Oppenheimer

  Thinking, World, Pessimist

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• Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

  Lewis Mumford

  Past, Tradition, Pessimist

  Lewis Mumford (1940). “Faith for living”

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• I am an optimist by nature and believe strongly that technology can be brought to bear to create alternatives, even in crisis situations.

  Vinton Cerf

  Believe, Technology, Alternatives

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. I am talking about a gung-ho attitude that says 'we can change things here, we can achieve awesome goals, we can be the best. 'Spare me the grim litany of the 'realist;' give me the unrealistic aspirations of the optimist any day.

  Colin Powell

  Change, Attitude, Talking

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• The pessimist is the man who believes things couldn't possibly be worse, to which the optimist replies: 'Oh yes they could!'

  Vladimir Bukovsky

  Believe, Men, Statistics

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• To be pessimist is to amputate one's own legs and arms! Only an optimist man has the ability to move!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Moving, Men, Arms

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• I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism. Despite the general pessimistic attitude in the world today, I am nothing but an optimist.

  Hans Hofmann

  Attitude, Healing, Optimism

  "The Artist's Voice: Talks with Seventeen Artists". Book by Katharine Kuh, p. 119, 1962.

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• I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.

  Zig Ziglar

  Pragmatic

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• Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.

  Zig Ziglar

  Two, People, Dollars

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• An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.

  Jules Renard

  Attitude, Thinking, Empty Rooms

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• I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

  Henry Rollins

  Blood, Want, Things Change

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• I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that was strangely heartening.

  Kay Redfield Jamison

  Suicide, Bipolar, Temperament

  Kay Redfield Jamison (2011). “Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide”, p.309, Vintage

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• One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

  Randy Pausch

  Worst Case Scenario, Risk, Management

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist.

  Randy Pausch

  Rage

  Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.27, Hachette UK

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