Pessimist Turned Optimist Pillows

'Cheer-up, buddy! I'll just betcha after bankruptcy and restructuring, your iconic snack cake will be back in that vending machine.'

'Half-empty, yet I can't complain...'

'Try and be negative in a positive way.'

"Of course this'll be a great year. The data, sales projections, customer surveys, and my mom all think so."

"I feel like that I've been given a unique oppurtunity to speak out on issues."

'Oh for heaven's sake, you're a cow. Just eat grass and be happy.'

One man's obstacle is another man's stepping stone.

Optimist

Six Thinking Hats

"This year I resolve to embrace change."

"I think I can". (train)

"Using worst case scenario as a baseline, I consider this data quite encouraging."

'Actually, my mom was the first to notice he'd lost that new boyfriend smell!'

"Well, so much for my lucky hat! I've worn it to five interviews and not ONE callback!"

"Don't you worry about me. I always land on my feet."

'We had no contingency plan for things going right.'

Always expect the best

'The good news is that from now on I belong to a very rare species. There aren't many personnel managers who create their own pink slip.'

"I just think things will work out for the best, and by the best I mean me."

"How am I supposed to unleash my full potential when I'm always on one?"

"I hate weddings. They make me feel a momentary lapse of cynicism."

'Wow, that is a really big goal!'

Pollyanna, the Hamster

"Today stocks rose on the news that 'down' is a temporary state of mind."

Doug reasoned that things could be worse...but just how much worse...he wasn't sure??

"Oh, don't mind us... We just want to make sure it's really dead."

Flower growing from a bomb.

'Every day son, I feel on top of the World!'

Man replaces tank sign with deer sign

Ahhh, spring baseball.

"His face may be in the gutter, but his bum's looking up at the stars."

"Look on the bright side, you never know what's round the corner."

"I've tried to keep one in the past, but it always flew away when my husband came home. So I thought I'd try this method!"

"Well, this must be as big as I'm supposed to get."

Tom's last day.