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For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you.

Optimism is the opium of the people.

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

But before looking to the future, let's glance back at the road we've traveled these past two years because that is the source of much of the optimism we are all feeling about the future.

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

Optimism is inevitably the last hope of the defeated.

I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Always the eternal optimist, President Reagan instilled confidence and optimism at a time both were in short supply in our country.

Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.

There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.

You would have to say his number one accomplishment has been to inspire a sense of confidence in the country. That confidence, that optimism, not only gives President Obama a political cushion, but it could have a real world economic impact.

There is no fun in psychiatry. If you try to get fun out of it, you pay a considerable price for your unjustifiable optimism.

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.