Quotations on Optimism | Quotations: 16 | Pages: 2
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Be an optimist at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral. |
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Few cases of eyestrain have been developed by looking on the bright side of things. |
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by Sir Winston Churchill
(November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965) |
For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else. |
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by Albert Camus
(November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960) |
If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man. |
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by Milan Kundera
(April 1, 1929 - ) |
Optimism is the opium of the people. |
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by Ambrose Bierce
(June 24, 1842 - 1914) |
Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly. |
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by Ambrose Bierce
(June 24, 1842 - 1914) |
Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white. |
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by Jonathan Swift
(November 30, 1667 - October 19, 1745) |
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced. |
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by Oscar Wilde
(October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900) |
The basis for optimism is sheer terror. |
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Authors with quotations on topic Optimism:
Bierce, Ambrose (2)
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Cabell, James Branch (1)
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Camus, Albert (1)
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Churchill, Sir Winston (1)
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Faulkner, William Cuthbert (1)
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Johnson, Samuel (1)
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Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1)
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Kundera, Milan (1)
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Swift, Jonathan (1)
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Twain, Mark (1)
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Unknown (2)
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Ustinow, Sir Peter (1)
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Wilde, Oscar (2)
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