Optimism : (32) " ‘Gloria’ is a film about a fifty eight-year-old woman who is quite alone in life; however, she is quite optimistic. Nobody has much time for her, and so she regularly goes to these single adults’ parties where she is looking for someone. By the end of the film, she doesn’t necessarily find love, but she does find something else. " - Sebastian Lelio " An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out? " - Rene Descartes " Basically I wake up in the morning and I think everything’s going to be great. I’m really kind of optimistic, and I look forward to a new day. I pick up ‘The New York Times,’ and I look at the front page and realize that once again I’m wrong. I start to fixate on stuff. " - Lewis Black " I am an optimist, and I try to think that the light will always prevail in any situation, so it doesn’t really make me sad about humanity because I think, deep down, everybody is full of love and light. " - Thomas Gibson " The simple reason I like every idea is that I’m an optimist. " - Marc Randolph " I’m generally an optimistic person. " - Roberto Di Matteo " Here’s the thing – if you want to do good things in the world, there’s just only so much time that one can spend being glass half empty. " - Chamath Palihapitiya " All my books are optimistic! " - Malcolm Gladwell " Be the optimist in the room. " - Adena Friedman " With the sole exception of President Bill Clinton, whose ‘bridge to the 21st century’ evoked the vision and optimism of other great Democratic presidents of the 20th century, such as FDR and John F. Kennedy, pessimism about America’s economic future has been the hallmark of modern progressivism. " - Bernard L. Schwartz