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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.

G. B. Stern

It's always been a dream of mine to be involved in the America's Cup. I remember when I was a kid sailing Optimists down in Cornwall and there was a British America's Cup challenge that was training in Falmouth.

Ben Ainslie

Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.

James Reston

A pessimist is a person who has to listen to too many optimists.

Don Marquis

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

Lewis Mumford

They (the Optimists) have this organized so well. They really have this down.

Rebecca Jones

Even the incurable optimists, as some of us are, are deeply worried. Six years down the line in the attempt to build democracy this is what we get: violence in the land, and a government in breach. The only thing happening is politics. It is motion without movement.

Kayode Fayemi

Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.

Rudy Giuliani

Most are extreme optimists, who see opportunity all over, especially in their field. Often, their success prevents them from being conservative and protecting their downside.

Kacy Gott

Rising oil prices have been a major concern and there are some optimists out there who say earnings growth will be able to weather the current prices.

Takashi Miyazaki