Michelle Lujan Grisham Quotes

I'm capable of looking on the bright side. I just don't do it very often.

I don't have a Pollyana attitude toward life that claims everything is lovely.

Cynicism is easy. An optimist is a braver cynic.

An optimist in Canada is someone who think things could be worse

People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and I am very, very skeptical.

Snark describes a cynical position, and I'm not interested in that.

Are you ever not a pessimist?" "Sometimes. But then I wake up.

Cynicism is for lightweights.

Please don't look at the part of the glass that is only half full.

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.

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

I'm not pessimistic about much of anything.

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

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

I have friends who are very pessimistic. They say you can't possibly be an optimist nowadays. But I think, taking the longer view, you can still be as optimistic as you want.

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

You have to try to dismiss the loudness of cynicism. It's certainly going to come.

Every silver lining has a cloud.

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.

The optimist says, ‘this is the best of all possible worlds.’ The pessimist considers that statement for a while and then says, ‘Yes, you are right.’

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

Some people only look at the good stuff and some people only look at the bad stuff.

It's good to be a cynic. I'm a cynic. But the best part of being a cynic is somebody proving you wrong.

I'm annoyingly optimistic.