I'm a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.

There is a sense that things if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done do work out.

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive constructive optimistic kind.

We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in the same way that outcome of the U.S. elections will change the course of events there and around the world so too do politics here in Britain.

In politics you also have to be cautiously optimistic.

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

President Bush offers the American people an optimistic vision and a clear choice in November. The President has provided steady leadership in remarkably changing times. He knows exactly where he wants to lead this country and he has complete confidence in the American people.

You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door.