John Perry Barlow Quotes

We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair.

In optimism there is magic. In pessimism there is nothing.

Well, I'm an optimist.

No matter what, I've always been an optimistic person.

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

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

there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

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

Let us never yield to pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil offers us every day.

The hopeful man sees success where others see failure, sunshine where others see shadows and storm.

The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.

Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair.

Invincible is never how I felt, but optimistic... yes.

I understand that being optimistic in this age is challenging, but I am optimistic nonetheless.

You can't get down and think things won't get better or they definitely won't.

It is important to possess a short-term pessimism and a long-term optimism.

But you have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.

There was the natural human survival instinct to be optimistic.

I really think positive and hope that everything works out. Because you can't really change anything.

It's a lot better to hope than not to.

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.

most people lose the ability to see silver linings or even though they are always there above us.

And I am an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find something to be pessimistic about, you can find it, no matter how hard you look, you know?

If you're not optimistic on some level, then you've given up.

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.