The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.

Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral.

Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral.

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really read more

I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.

In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else