A Quote by Joan Wickersham

There is also something deeply lovely about uncertainty: the possibility of optimism.

Joan Wickersham

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Joan Wickersham
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Born: 1957

Change is all about motion, motion is all about uncertainty and we are deeply uncomfortable with uncertainty.

Elizabeth Gilbert

I think Americans expect optimism in their leadership. The most popular and effective leaders, whether it was Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan or Jack Kennedy, brought to it a sense of optimism and possibility.

David Brooks

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

There's something deeply satisfying when it succeeds, but I'm not going to do another book just to put my name on something and make some money if it's not something I deeply care about.

John McEnroe

I like music that not only has a pop melody to it but is also deeply about something.

Coy Bowles

When you fall in love, love deeply. Be tough but also be open to the possibility of forgiveness.

Nicholas Sparks

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism.

Bernard Beckett

Uncertainty about sales impedes business planning and could harm capital formation just as much as uncertainty about inflation can create uncertainty about relative prices and harm business planning.

Janet Yellen

You really need to love something or someone in order to work hard enough to be very successful. You have to believe in something and have a certain optimism. Faith and optimism come from love.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

There's nothing illogical, it seems to me, about saying, 'I am going to care deeply about my work and my writing. I'm also going to care deeply about my family and my child.'

Martha Nussbaum

I choose optimism. I hope to be a catalyst not only by providing financial resources but also by fostering a sense of possibility: encouraging top experts to collaborate across disciplines, challenge conventional thinking, and figure out ways to overcome some of the world's hardest problems.

Paul Allen

Religion is not something I like to talk about publicly. One reason is the politics, but also I think spirituality is deeply personal.

Mohsin Hamid

Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.

Bill Crawford

I really have a deep sense of caring about the air that we breathe and the water that we drink. I want to be able to say that I was trying to protect that. And I also care deeply about children. My children, all children. And I care deeply about giving back.

Christie Brinkley

The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty.

Rachel Naomi Remen

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