#optimist

Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where I'm very optimistic. ↗

— Ron Paul

#believe #changes #come #first #going

We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in the same way that outcome of the U.S. elections will change the course of events there and around the world, so too do politics here in Britain. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#around #because #britain #change #course

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way. ↗

— Robert Redford

#audience #big #candy #consciousness #cotton

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

— Jules Renard

#curb #driver #empty #empty space #hydrant

Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history, positive change, was done by optimists. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#done #great #great change #history #optimists

As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up. ↗

— Tom Hanks

#convince #described #faithful #forward #give

I think it's dangerous to be optimistic. Things could go terribly wrong virtually overnight. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#dangerous #go #i #i think #optimistic

In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#cautiously #optimistic #politics #you

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#awake #eyes #morning #open #open your eyes

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