A Quote by Jewel

Optimism is a choice. Cynicism isn't smarter - it's just safer.

Jewel

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Jewel
American - Musician
Born: May 23, 1974

Cynicism isn't smarter, it's only safer. There's nothing fluffy about optimism.

Jewel

Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.

Shonda Rhimes

So don't get cynical. Cynicism didn't put a man on the moon. Cynicism has never won a war, or cured a disease, or built a business, or fed a young mind. Cynicism is a choice. And hope will always be a better choice.

Barack Obama

There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.

Ramez Naam

There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says "don't worry - everything will be just fine" and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.

Ramez Naam

Cynicism can be funny. But it's the easy way. You'll forget to enjoy anything. I try to make the evolving choice, the forward-moving, life-giving choice. Just keep living, man.

Matthew McConaughey

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

Tom Hanks

We should celebrate when optimism and hard work triumph over cynicism, lethargy, and fatalism.

Sadiq Khan

Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as a people.

Barack Obama

For me, being in shape means, like, not having cynicism out-weigh optimism on a daily basis.

Carrie Brownstein

Public broadcasting makes our nation smarter, stronger and, yes, safer.

Stanley A. McChrystal

Everyone is on a fair playing field. It's safer for athletes, it's safer for the fighters - it's just a safer thing for fighters. So I think the USADA thing is good.

Chuck Liddell

It's like in most parts of America, where there was industry and there is no longer; there is cynicism mixed with sarcasm and some optimism. That's how my background influenced my comedy.

Jim Gaffigan

I'm an optimistic person, and I tend to bury my cynicism in what I read and the movies I watch. My optimism holds that the good guys eventually come out on top.

Brad Feld

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