Alan Dundes Quotes

In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

The American is by nature optimistic.

I find that moving keeps me optimistic, the idea of what's going to be down the road a bit or around the next bend.

I'm an optimist about humanity in general, I suppose.

I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films.

Hope makes people good, a lot of the time. You hope for a brighter future, and resentment is outweighed.

You know, this country today, it seems to me - it's about fear. And it shouldn't be about fear. It should be about hope and optimism and creativity and accepting a challenge and being a moral leader and being a great nation.

Hope is a passion for the possible.

People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.

Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.

I tend to be a great optimist when it comes to the United States and the American way of life, I think precisely because I wasn't born into it.

I've always been an optimistic guy, to tell you the truth.

When you get to know me, I don't despair - I just get up, clean up, and start again.

There's a lot of optimism in changing scenery, in seeing what's down the road.

I've had many, many loves. I always feel that something wonderful is going to happen. And it always does.

In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.

Music is able to make a person dream. When you dream, you dream of something good, something beautiful, and when you dream, you always dream of yourself better than you are.

We all have the same destiny. The difference is opening ourselves up to possibilities to joy, hope, and happiness along the way. Give yourself and others a chance to take advantage of what's out there and available.

Most people are highly optimistic most of the time.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

I'm excited about what the future will bring and I think the best is yet to come.

I'm very much inclined to be a next-chapter guy instead of a last-chapter guy.

Sometimes idealism and all that make believe makes the world a better place.

I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!

I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.