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Optimism

Sanguinity, buoyancy; gloom, melancholy, defeatism, fatalism

QUOTES

If you build it, he will come.
 From the movie
 Field of Dreams , 1989

I’m king of the world!
 From the movie
 Titanic, 1997

If we see the light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train.
 Robert Lowell
 Since 1939, 1977

All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.
 Voltaire
 Candide, 1759

After all, tomorrow is another day!
 From the movie
  Gone With the Wind, 1939

We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we imagine.
 la Rochefoucald
 1678

Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.
 From the movie
 Forrest Gump , 1994

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears that this is true.
 James Branch Cabell
 Silver Stallion, 1926

Everything's coming up roses.
 Stephen Sondheim
 song, 1959

God's in his heaven - All's right with the world!
 Robert Browning
 Pippa Passes, 1841

Grab your coat and get your hat, Leave your worries on the doorstep. Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street.
 Dorothy Fields
 On the Sunny Side, 1930

Let us go singing as far as we go; the road will be less tedious.
 Virgil
 -40

See Also Idealism Despair

References

History

Arts & Science

  • Movies: Singin' in the Rain, It's a Wonderful Life, The Sound of Music
  • Post-apocalyptic movies: Mad max, Planet of the Apes, Blade Runner, Escape from New York

    Literature

  • Eleanor H Porter: Pollyanna
  • Nevil Shute: On the Beach
  • Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman




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