The pessimist looks down and hits his head. The optimist looks up and loses his footing. The realist looks forward and adjusts his path accordingly.
Pessimism isn’t smarter than optimism. In this life, the bravest thing you can be is optimistic.
Nothing is gonna go back to the way that it was. Not really. But it’ll get better. In time.[to Joyce]
Pessimists outlive optimists.
Where the pessimist sees danger hiding behind every back, the optimist sees friendship. Which is why, when we encounter coincidence, we often see conspiracy.
The optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist fears this is true.
Sci-fi movies are so wrong. Technology is our friend.
We have powerful tools: openness, optimism, and the spirit of curiosity. All they have is secrecy and fear. And fear is the great destroyer.[to Rios]
There’s no such thing as false hope. There’s just hope.[to Natalie]
You’ll land on your feet, I’ve no doubt.[John McGarrigle]I’m not so sure.[Enoch ‘Nucky’ Thompson]I was told you’re all optimists over there.[John McGarrigle]Not the Irish ones.[Enoch ‘Nucky’ Thompson]
You think this is a disaster? Dating in LA is a disaster. Thirty-dollar juice from Erewhon, also a disaster. My movie? My movie is an opportunity.
There’s so much good in all of us. The best we can do is to help each other bring it out.
