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I always have an optimistic view, no matter what it is.

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.

I'm pretty positive, optimistic, so I always expect the best.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing.

Well, optimism's a good thing. It - makes people go out and - you know, start businesses and spend and do whatever is necessary to get the economy going.

Optimism is an expectation that good things are going to be plentiful. The wealthy generally have the sense that life will bring good rather than bad outcomes. That doesn't mean they believe that good things will be omnipresent, but that they will outnumber the not-so-good.

In essence, the optimistic style involves taking credit for successes but little blame for failures.

I'm a generally optimistic person.

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

We are optimistic, but we are optimistic in a cautious fashion.