Kurt Andersen Quotes

I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.

Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.

I want to talk about hope. Are we going to be completely lambasted by things we don't see coming? Yeah. Is it going to damage the human race and hurt us? Probably many times. Are we going to get over it? Absolutely. Are we going to move through it? Yes.

Sometimes things feel hopeless. Not always within my own life - but looking outward, it seems like rough times lie ahead of us. The world seems to be kind of caving in on itself in a lot of ways. But I try to look on the bright side.

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today

If it makes you feel any better, this isn't my first apocalypse. There is hope.

I'm not as optimistic as Gene Roddenberry was. I fall somewhere in the middle. But as a romantic, I like to think things are going to get bigger rather than worse.

It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

It's almost as difficult to believe that someone with so many trials could harbor such hope, as that there are those with so much advantage who harbor such hopelessness.

Tonight is not a setback. It's just a learning experience.

Life must go on, even if it's no joke...just pretend to believe in the future.

I still believe in Hope - mostly because there's no such place as Fingers Crossed, Arkansas.

If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!"

That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse.

When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress.

The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.

When the TV version of Annie came on, I was drawn to it. It was the struggle of this poor kid in this environment and how her life changed. It immediately resonated.

We've gotten through a lot of tough times, and we're going to keep working to make them better. I wish the record was better.

I think most people, no matter what their situation, manage to find joy and comfort in their daily lives. I also think things fall apart.

In this world you've just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends.

Every pessimist who ever lived has been buried in an unmarked grave. Tomorrow has always been better than today, and it always will be.

How do you come back? It's one step at a time. I'm optimistic because I don't know what else to be.

Optimistic people generally feel that good things will last a long time and will have a beneficial effect on everything they do. And they think that bad things are isolated: They won't last too long and won't affect other parts of life.