Eugene Wigner Quotes

I'm a pessimist about probabilities, I'm an optimist about possibilities.

to hope was to expect

I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful.

I would say I'm an optimist by nature.

I'm a born, cautious optimist.

I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself.

But Valentine, why despair, why always paint the future in such sombre hues?" Maximilien asked. "Because, my friend, I judge it by the past.

I'm an eternal optimist with a small degree of cynicism.

If you're not being pessimistic, you're not being very realistic. But I think one must always have hope, and when you have children, of course, you have no choice but to work your tail off to try and protect the future for your children. And that is infused by hope in the end.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

I'm not pessimistic about much of anything.

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

People are optimistic about the future.

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.

From where I sit now, I like the looks of tomorrow.

I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films.

I'm very hopeful. I am very optimistic about the future.

I've always been optimistic - I always expect the sun to come out.

I try not to be too realistic. It's better to be over-positive.

I don't think 'bleak' is a bad thing.

I'm a natural optimist.

The future is something I'm looking forward to.

I am, if nothing else, an optimist.

Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come.

What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.