Optimistic Quotes - Page 29

• Desire is this absurdity that holds open the infinity of possibility. Ever optimistic, ever resourceful, desire tells us what it sees as it speeds ahead on its divine wings. What we cannot see, desire describes, and then it goads us to travel on until we have given birth to Joy.

  Wendy Farley

  Wings, Joy, Desire

  Wendy Farley (2005). “The Wounding and Healing of Desire: Weaving Heaven and Earth”, p.16, Westminster John Knox Press

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• Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world.

  Cate Blanchett

  Children, World, Moments

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• I was an optimistic person, really bossy, gregarious and outspoken.

  Mamie Gummer

  Outspoken, Gregarious, Persons

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• And uh, so, I'm running for a reason. I'm answering this question here and the answer is, you cannot lead America to a positive tomorrow with revenge on one's mind. Revenge is so incredibly negative. And so to answer your question, I'm going to win because people sense my heart, know my sense of optimism and know where I want to lead the country. And I tease people by saying, "A leader, you can't say, follow me the world is going to be worse." I'm an optimistic person. I'm an inherently content person.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Running, Revenge

  "Bush, in his own words" by Jacob Weisberg, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2000.

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• The BJP is an optimistic party. Our strength and our democratic values are such that even a poor person from a backward section - like me - has been nominated as a Prime Ministerial candidate.

  Narendra Modi

  Party, Bjp, Empowerment

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• Except when you're marching to war, it's not a very optimistic thought, is it? In other words, it's the opposite of optimistic when you're thinking you're going to war.

  George W. Bush

  War, Thinking, Opposites

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• I think in life, you have a choice. You can either be optimistic or pessimistic, and I go for the optimism.

  Jon Anderson

  Thinking, Optimism, Choices

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• I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic.

  Jacqueline Woodson

  Thinking, Without Hope

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• We are not, of course, optimistic about our chances of success. Some form of ecocatastrophe, if not thermonuclear war, seems almost certain to overtake us before the end of the century. (The inability to forecast exactly which one - whether plague, famine, the poisoning of the oceans, drastic climatic change, or some disaster entirely unforeseen - is hardly grounds for complacency.)

  John Holdren

  War, Ocean, Inability

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• We're still as confident, as optimistic as we ever were. You know we hit a little stumbling block here, but I think it's going to be good for us because we can learn from it.

  Joey Harrington

  Block, Thinking, Littles

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• I've always been optimistic. When things come together and I feel comfortable, I know I can be a productive player with an impact.

  Khalil Greene

  Player, Impact, Together

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• The boom produces impoverishment. But still more disastrous are its moral ravages. It makes people despondent and dispirited. The more optimistic they were under the illusory prosperity of the boom, the greater is their despair and their feeling of frustration.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Frustration, People, Feelings

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• We're America, and we have to stop worrying about what happens overseas, and to be optimistic, even though nobody should think we're not going to have some difficult times.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Thinking, America, Worry

  Interview with Fareed Zakaria, globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com. November 2, 2008.

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• We're all born pessimists. It takes effort to be optimistic.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Effort, Pessimist, Born

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• Although sometimes I might sound sometimes idealist or too optimistic but I think my father used to say to me in everything bad there's something good that is going to come out of it and there will always be a tomorrow.

  Saad Hariri

  Father, Thinking, Sound

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• What is it like being single? I like it! I like starting each day with a sense of possibility. And I'm optimistic, because everyday I get a little more desperate. And desperate situations yield the quickest results.

  Michael Scott

  Being Single, Yield, Desperate Situations

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• This is a collection of dexterous, loving, beautifully optimistic work that left me breathless and delighted.... Hannu Rajaniemi's magnificent science fiction - as is paradoxically appropriate - is pure magic.

  Amal El-Mohtar

  Magic, Fiction, Breathless

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• In some ways, I am actually quite optimistic - I believe in the possibility of redemption and forgiveness.

  Jesse Michaels

  Believe, Redemption, Way

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I'm eternally optimistic about the future. I believe that if we are committed towards it and if we continue to educate people and get the whole world community to implement green features and aspects in not just the built environment not just in their lifestyles but in their businesses in their industries then we're heading towards a green future.

  Ken Yeang

  Believe, People, Community

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• Yes, I am optimistic about the environment. If you assume business is exerting the most negative influence on the environment and also has the possibility to impact it positively, there are a bunch of forces that are impacting business that are fundamentally different from the situation 3 or 4 years ago.

  Jeffrey Hollender

  Business, Impact, Years

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• I am much more optimistic about consumer-driven change than I am governmental change. Anything can happen in government, but I do think we consumers can drive true change.

  Robert Kenner

  Thinking, Government, Driven

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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• I can't really see how anybody could be particularly optimistic about the future in general because we are destroying the planet.

  Mike Leigh

  Destroying, Planets, I Can

  Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.

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• I think you need optimism. I believe that's incredibly important that you be optimistic that you can do things different and still do them just as well. That's very important to success - just to have a positive outlook. I know it's not easy to do that.

  Jim Abbott

  Believe, Thinking, Optimism

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I'm a bit obsessive. I've just bought this Wi-Fi radio, which can pick up 7,500 stations from all over the world. I'm boring my wife to death with it. I've got a thing about technology, so I've got four sat-nav systems and loads of gadgets, including a 100% accurate watch. Any new development and I'm there buying it. My best trait is that I'm happy and optimistic.

  Tony Blackburn

  Technology, Wife, World

  "Interrogation: Tony Blackburn". Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. November 25, 2007.

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• I sincerely believe that everything - everything - is grace, and you have to stick around long enough to see it through. I'm a very optimistic person.

  Martin Sheen

  Believe, Long, Grace

  Source: www.pbs.org

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