Rem Koolhaas Quotes

Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.

I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'

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

I'm an optimist by nature.

You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one.

My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.

I may be an optimist.

Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.

I'm a born, cautious optimist.

There's a bright spot in every dark cloud.

It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

Things could be worse. You remember that, and you go on with your life.

I am an eternal optimist. I always say 'Yihyeh Tov' or 'It'll get better.'

I'm an optimist at heart.

Even when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!'

If your worst fear can come true, and everything can still be OK, then there's really not much to fear at all.

Ultimately, I'm an optimist.

Today, I don't have any psychological scars, because I am a realist and an optimist. After all, I can't lose my legs twice.

You've just got to take things the way they are and accept them and strive.

I've realised that nothing that happens is so grim that life can't go on. Life always goes on, no matter what. Even in the grimmest situation, I see hope.

Things in life just happen and then you make the best of the situation and you keep moving.

For all that has been, Thanks. To all that shall be, Yes.

Hoe while it is spring, and enjoy the best anticipations. It is not much matter if things do not turn out well.

I am of the opinion, and even more so the older I get, that it is more difficult to have hope than it is to despair. And I mean this in the sense that in order to have hope you must acknowledge the despair and then you have to get beyond it. Taken from a radio interview given on BBC Radio 4's Open Book

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.