optimist

Ever the optimist, Huang has used his presentations—to investors and developers—to push back on the bear case.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

"I was born an optimist," he told me.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

While accepting the inaugural award for best podcast at last Sunday’s Golden Globes, Amy Poehler — perennial optimist and the mind behind some of contemporary culture’s most feel-good media — made a rare off-color joke.

From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2026

But despite her comparisons to pessimistic comedians like Larry David, Hoffman remains an optimist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

Dad was a perpetual optimist, confident that brains someday would triumph over inanimate steel; bolstered in the belief that he entered the fray with clean hands and a pure heart.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

AI optimists are confident the technology is just being tested and monitored enough that humans can prevent it from consistently causing catastrophes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

He and other optimists believe the old ways will fuel a return to healthier, smaller-scale, more sustainable food production across the US.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Hopefully, I don’t sound as naive as those early internet optimists, who thought new shifts would usher in a golden age of humanity.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

“The optimists who say we are turning the corner, and the people who say, ‘Well maybe if we had done this 10 or 15 years we’d be OK,’ but now, they’re not so sure.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Henry and Esme are always calling themselves optimists and telling Olive to not be such a pessimist.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt