A Quote by Alan Cohen

Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.

Alan Cohen

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Alan Cohen
American - Businessman
Born: October 5, 1954

When action is needed, optimism, even of the mildly delusional variety, may be a good thing.

Daniel Kahneman

I know I am delusional at times, but I'm not completely-out-of-touch delusional.

Adam Rippon

I was also built from delusional optimism and folly.

A.S. King

Sin? Sin is a delusional sickness spawned to peddle a delusional treatment.

C. J. Anderson

You have to believe in yourself. But you know what? There's a fine line between believing in yourself and being delusional. And I'm sure there were a lot of people who thought I was being delusional when they saw me attempting to become a big shot in the world of pro wrestling. Luckily, it worked out: it doesn't work out for that many people.

Mick Foley

If you are delusional, sometimes the reality catches up with your delusion, and then all of a sudden you are a genius.

Jason Calacanis

I've always had a bit of delusional confidence.

Simu Liu

I have always believed that scientific research is another domain where a form of optimism is essential to success: I have yet to meet a successful scientist who lacks the ability to exaggerate the importance of what he or she is doing, and I believe that someone who lacks a delusional sense of significance will wilt in the face of repeated experiences of multiple small failures and rare successes, the fate of most researchers.

Daniel Kahneman

Science fiction always has had strains of pessimism and optimism weaving through its historical development, sometimes one dominating and then the other, usually depending on the state of the world.

James Gunn

I used to be so delusional. I always imagined I could be more than I was, and eventually I grew and evolved into that person.

Lady Gaga

Sometimes pessimism or optimism gets popular, and it's contagious.

Edward C. Prescott

Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it causes us to sugercoat problems, discount risks, and exaggerate the upside. Pessimism, on the other hand, is criticized as too downbeat, de-energizing, and generally damaging in its impact. This crown prefers realism as the neutral and objective middle ground.

Price Pritchett

When I'm writing, I can always play around with tense. I can always make past present. I can always kind of manipulate, and I can always be delusional in a way that's completely self-serving. With film, it's like, the camera can't really lie. It can manipulate to a certain extent.

Jose Antonio Vargas

Bull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell.

John Templeton

You have to be delusional to be a comedian.

Mike Birbiglia

I'm always amazed when I hear people saying, "That George Bush, he's a great leader". And I wonder, where can one find a drug that would make one so delusional?

Lewis Black

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