“I don’t believe in optimism. I believe in optimal behavior. That’s a different thing.”
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) American writer
The Paris Review interview (2010)
“Optimism is cowardice.”
Man and Technics (1931)
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German historian and philosopher 1880–1936Related quotes
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.”
Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) Italian writer, politician, theorist, sociologist and linguist
Variant: Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.
“Find optimism in the inevitable.”
Rem Koolhaas (1944) Dutch architect (b.1944)
From the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/arts/design/03kool.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Rem+Koolhaas&st=nyt&oref=slogin article on Koolhaas and Dubai appearing March 3rd, 2008. Available here:
Linus Torvalds (1969) Finnish-American software engineer and hacker
2010s, Audience Q&A following interview panel at Aalto University Center, 2012
“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Perpetual Optimism is a Force Multiplier.”
Colin Powell (1937) Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general
“Optimism is true moral courage.”
Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922) Anglo-Irish polar explorer
Quoted in South with Shackleton (1949) by L. D. A. Hussey; also in The National Geographic Magazine (1998), Vol. 194, p. 90 https://books.google.com/books?id=RflKAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Optimism+is+true+moral+courage%22&dq=%22Optimism+is+true+moral+courage%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uPISVYCTK8_loAT_kYDIBw&ved=0CNABEOgBMCA