#opt

What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error. ↗

#error #intellectual #most #often #optimism

But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#comes #eyes #good #just #leaders

There certainly is a lot of political pressure for states to adopt the new federal tax codes. But there is no law that requires them to do so. ↗

— John Barry

#certainly #codes #federal #federal tax #law

I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#find #helicopter #i #job #nice

I'm optimistic because I'm pragmatic: Neither of the two sides, the military government nor the Islamic front, is capable of winning. If they continue to fight, they will both bleed to death. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#bleed #both #capable #continue #death

I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal. ↗

— Peter Benchley

#guess #hopeful #i #optimist #pessimist

I have always been of the mind that good work is good work, whether performed on stage, on television or in film and, like any reasonable actor, I keep my options open. ↗

— Benjamin Bratt

#always #any #been #film #good

We've been in a war and a recession. That's why acccent colors with yellow and purple are popular. They're optimistic and flirty and happy colors. ↗

— David Bromstad

#colors #happy #optimistic #popular #purple

It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation. ↗

— Earle Brown

#creation #creative #degree #general #generosity

I thought that in general we in the United States were too optimistic in believing that the Soviets might alter what had been for a long time, as a matter of fact for centuries, fundamental Russian policies in respect to the rest of the world. ↗

— David Bruce

#been #believing #centuries #fact #fundamental