Famous quotes containing the words optimist and/or creed:
“I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
—Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937)
“When I was young ... there never was any question about right and wrong. We knew our catechism, and that was enough; we learned our creed and our duty. Every respectable Church person had the same opinions. But, now if you speak out of the Prayer-book itself, you are liable to be contradicted.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)