Randy Pausch Quotes

I have never been a cynical person.

I have no cynicism at all.

Sometimes I feel like I'm lacking a playfulness. I envy guys who are consistently able to maintain a playful, optimistic perspective on things.

I'm not a very dark person.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin or when he sees silver he looks for the cloud it lines. A wise happy person does the exact opposite.

Are you a Tigger or an Eeyore?

If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could see that cynics can be happy, constructive, even fun to hang out with, they might learn a thing or two.

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.

The man who is gloomy, taciturn and lives in a world of doubt seldom achieves more than a bare living. There have been a few who have groaned their way through to a competence, but in proportion to that overwhelming number of souls who carry cheer through life, they are as nothing - mere drops in the bucket.

Everyone in L.A. is very positive and upbeat, whereas London can get quite miserable at times.

I'm always optimistic.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

I can't be optimistic. I can be hopeful.

I always entertain great hopes.

Well, I'm an optimist.

People don't like to follow pessimists.

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

I am not a cynic.

I am an optimist.

I'm a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.

I'm such a fan of the glass being half full.

I'm very much a glass-is-half-full guy.

For me, the more I think about the problems of the world, I feel I have to be positive. I wouldn't like to fall into cynicism or nihilism. That's not in my nature.

I am a very positive person.

Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world.