Realism Vs Optimism Quotes

#1. Hysterical optimism will prevail until the world again admits the existence of tragedy, and it cannot admit the existence of tragedy until it again distinguishes between good and evil ... Hysterical optimism as a sin against knowledge.

Richard M. Weaver

#2. Being realistic encompasses the negative, but it by no means excludes the positive.

T.K. Coleman

#3. Blending hard-bitten realism with long-view optimism, Obama said that every 20 or 30 years brings a new cycle of pessimism in America.

Ron Fournier

#4. Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of all.

Stephen King

#5. In our effort to be honest about our problems, it is not necessary that we cease to be mindful of our potential.

T.K. Coleman

#6. The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life.

Timothy Keller

#7. Push the needle into some middle range of guarded optimism.

Ron Suskind

#8. Optimism was for children. Once you reached adulthood then you had to join the rest of the world as a realist - life was a bag of shit you were expected to pay for.

NikNak

#9. Nothing wrong with a little optimism, long as it doesn't set policy ...

James S.A. Corey

#10. Some people are optimists. Some people are pessimists. I'm just a realist who believes that some things are worth fighting for.

C. JoyBell C.

#11. Success is found balanced between optimism and realism, where it is unhindered by the weight of pessimism.

Wes Fesler

#12. Negativity is often looked upon [in the USA] as a kind of thought crime. Not since the advent of socialist realism has the world witnessed such pathological upbeatness.

Terry Eagleton

#13. Some people see the liquid and thing half full. Others only see the air and think half empty. Sometimes I get the sense Chatham sees it all, which is kind of terrifying. I don't know if I want him to see me--the real me.

McCall Hoyle

#14. Optimism is a much more enabling mindset than hard-core realism, and it's far superior to pessimism ... [because] Hope helps move us in the direction of our goals and ambitions.

Price Pritchett

#15. I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise.

Criss Jami