Ron Fournier Quotes

That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States - with its unrivaled power and prestige - has begun to restore the country's and the world's faith in America as the land of opportunity.

Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope.

Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.

Mitt Romney has never been resigned to what someone else said was possible. He cut his own path. That's why he believes in his heart that America has a future full of opportunity and hope. And that's why when Mitt Romney looks down the road, he sees a country that's ready for a comeback.

After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world hangs.

Through the potent example of his own life, President Obama enabled us to believe the best about America, and, therefore, about ourselves. That uplifting narrative - essentially equating the promise of America with his extraordinary life story - swept candidate Obama into the presidency.

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

We're waiting for the pendulum to swing back again, which I am absolutely confident it will.

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

I'm a relentlessly optimistic person, and I think 'The Waterhole' is a story of hope and that even though nature goes through cycles, we prevail in the end.

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.

People don't believe in positive changes anymore.

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.

As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note.

I will never be cynical again about people.

Well, let me tell you, after three years of Obama, we are hopeless and changeless, and we need Mitt Romney to bring us back, to bring America back.

I'm a hopeful cynic.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

I don't always expect good from people. I always expect the bad and I am pleasantly surprised when they are nice.

It is always darkest just before the day dawneth.

The end of bad news is always good news.

An idealist believes the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes the long run doesn’t matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

Every so often, you come across a member of the younger generation who makes you think, 'Well, perhaps the future's going to be OK after all.'

I wake up every day trying to hold on to my innocence. That is not a thing that has to do with age. That has to do with the life that you want to have and the perspective that you want to have on life. I do not want to become jaded or cynical.