A Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.

P. J. O'Rourke

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P. J. O'Rourke
American - Comedian
Born: November 14, 1947

Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side.

Samuel Smiles

Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side. Dr. Johnson has said that the habit of looking at the best side of a thing is worth more to a man than a thousand pounds a year. And we possess the power, to a great extent, of so exercising the will as to direct the thoughts upon objects calculated to yield happiness and improvement rather than their opposites.

Samuel Smiles

Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.

Allen Klein

To everything there is a bright side and a dark side; and I hold it to be unwise, unphilosophic, unkind to others, and unhealthy for one's own soul, to form the habit of looking on the dark side. Cheerfulness is to the spiritual atmosphere what sunshine is to the earthly landscape. I am resolved to cherish cheerfulness with might and main.

Lydia M. Child

Looking on the bright side of life never killed anybody.

Jenny Han

I'm capable of looking on the bright side. I just don't do it very often.

Morrissey

There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking at the bright side of things.

Joyce Meyer

No person ever ended his eyesight by looking on the bright side.

Zig Ziglar

From the dark end of the street - To the bright side of the road - We'll be lovers once again on the - Bright side of the road

Van Morrison

I've never been this wet in my life, " said Kira. "Even immersed in a bathtub I swear I was dryer than I am now. " "Look on the bright side, " said Marcus. Kira waited. "This is the point at which you would traditionally suggest a bright side. " "I've never been a real traditional guy," said Marcus. "Besides, I'm not saying I know a bright side, I just think this would be a great time to look at one.

Dan Wells

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.

Samuel Johnson

When you are on the bright side of life, do not forget the people who are on the dark side and remember that man can easily slip from one side to the other!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side.

Khalil Gibran

Autism, like a rainbow, has a bright side and a dark side and even though it can mean rough weather, it can be beautiful!

Stuart Duncan

I would say what's really interesting about me personally is that I've taken my transgender experience, and I've looked at it on the bright side, on the positive side.