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Quotes from Human Options — Norman Cousins

1915–1990 United States

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Optimism doesn’t wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

Human Options (1981)

Most men think they are immortal--until they get a cold, when they think they are going to die within the hour..

Human Options (1981)

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

Human Options (1981)

Inevitably, an individual is measured by his or her largest concerns.

Human Options (1981)

Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It enhances respiration. It is an igniter of great expectations..

Human Options (1981)

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

Human Options (1981)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Norman Cousins (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.