Chris Thile Quotes

There is good news tonight.

A lot of people thought 'Funcrusher' was super dark and hopeless, and I don't think it was hopeless in any way.

I think in 'No Burden' there was a lot of positivity on the record.

I like happy endings in movies. I think life has a happy ending. When it's all said and done, it's all something worthwhile, and I want my movies to reflect that. There are enough things to be sad about. When you pop in a movie, let the message be one that's one of hope.

If today was half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.

My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think.

The old, sad art colors are gone. Now I paint bright colors. I paint paintings which are happy, where children are laughing and playing with animals. I paint paradise on Earth. I still paint sadness sometimes, but there is sadness in the world, too.

If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.

That's what's so cool about 'Once:' There is a layer of darker stuff, but it's balanced by this incredible light.

All things just keep getting better.

Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man.

Basically, I love films where everything is great and life is good.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Even in my stand-up, there's a lot more positivity and enthusiasm rather than negative, I-hate-everything vibes.

The end of bad news is always good news.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing.

I have an unreasonably optimistic view of the world.

A Little Hope' is a song we wrote a couple of years ago and hated the thought of it not getting at least a little attention. It's a song that just makes you smile.

Ultimately, I'm an optimist.

I offer optimism. All my books have happy endings. I don't see any point in letting my readers down at the end. I'm an optimist - people feel that in my books.

Hopepunk is a spirit or a mood. It isn't an actual thing. It is a feeling. It is the Scandinavian concept of 'hygge' or 'coziness' of the mind. It is a warm, happy, charming, uplifting concept that leaves you with a fuzzy feeling in your tummy.

Even if my songs are quite sad or quite dark, I don't want my songs to make people sad. It's very important for me that all my songs have some kind of hope or light.

Optimism is the ability to focus on where we're going, not where we're coming from.

No matter how dark and gloomy it looks in your life right now, if you'll release the weight of those burdens, you will see the sun break forth.

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.