Optimism Quotes

"I think the optimism is based on reality."

"An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out."

"What we really need is to get back some of the optimism we had five years ago (in the Middle East peace process) and I'm sure there's going to be a change in the climate within a week."

"Japan's economic revival is finally becoming self-sustaining. That has been the key to investor optimism on Japanese stocks, and I don't expect a let-up any time soon."

"The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose"

"You'll see strengthened consumer optimism across the range of indices that we'll see over the next few days."

"There's a lot of optimism that this stimulus is going to work."

"There is cautious optimism that things are going to work out in a favorable light,"

"Main Street optimism has backed down from the mountain top and is resting on a high plateau. The general view is that things have been going well for so long, they're bound to ease back a bit. Small-business owners aren't painting a doom-and-gloom scenario here. They just sense that the red-hot economy will cool by a degree or two."

"Someone's going to have to tell us what's different politically, and if there's nothing different, there's no reason for optimism. We've been on a treadmill for 10 years. If nothing changes politically, the result will be the same."

"I do have some reason for optimism this year. The fact we've had a relatively mild spring bodes well for the season."

"I think he is mistaken in his optimism,"

"There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism."

"I think there was a lot of optimism (in February) that peace was at hand, and people could get on with their lives, but I think this optimism has been shattered now in the last few days because of the actions of the RUF and the inactions of the United Nations peacekeeping forces."

"It gives us a lot of optimism because we know that he's here. All of that other stuff is behind us, and it's a shot of adrenaline for him to be here."

"I am sure to rediscover the dynamism and optimism of the Taiwanese people, which has made this one of the most vibrant places in the Asia-Pacific region."

"I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat"

"The place where optimism flourishes most is the lunatic asylum"

"It's the first time in six or seven years that there's been this sense of optimism and that's been reflected in the season ticket sales."

"Consumer optimism climbed higher in December after soaring in November. This followed huge back-to-back declines in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the associated surge in energy prices."