Alain de Botton Quotes, Laughter Quotes, Optimistic Quotes

I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day to day take on things. The bare facts of life are utterly terrifying. And yet, one can laugh. Indeed, one has to laugh precisely because of the darkness: the nervous laughter of the trenches.

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I'm known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.

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Rage is caused by a conviction, almost comic in its optimistic origins (however tragic in its effects), that a given frustration has not been written into the contract of life.

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Except when you're marching to war, it's not a very optimistic thought, is it? In other words, it's the opposite of optimistic when you're thinking you're going to war.

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With God, I can do all things! But with God and you, and the people who you can interest, by the grace of God, we're gonna cover the world!

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I do think that I am generally optimistic.

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The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.

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Learn to cultivate your own garden.

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Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person.

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Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

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Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness.

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The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

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You have to be optimistic about golf. I mean it's physically demanding, particularly if you're on one leg. But it's psychologically demanding regardless of your physical infirmities. I mean, it's a tough sport. You've got to be disciplined and optimistic. And if you have a bad hole, you've got to be optimistic that you'll do well on the next hole.

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...fry me an optimist for breakfast.

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I think revolution is always a little bit possible. I think it won't look or sound anything like what we would expect. But I think revolution is very difficult, and I'm not optimistic for any kind of dramatic change.

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Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

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I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly where the discussion should be. So, I would say I'm more optimistic than pessimistic.

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Optimistic lies have such immense therapeutic value that a doctor who cannot tell them convincingly has mistaken his profession.

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He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

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And I am an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find something to be pessimistic about, you can find it, no matter how hard you look, you know?

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