So if you are saying this will put you ahead by 10 %, which
I think is optimistic, you really need to run the numbers actually *.
I think your being optimistic.
I think that's optimistic, but not out of the question, though it will take a while.
By and large, though sometimes hesitant,
I think he was optimistic for his future in all ways.
I think that's optimistic but, hey, even if you're an optimist that's a leap.
Bottom line,
I think you are optimistic on your expenses and maybe forgetting to include some in your estimate.
Not exact matches
But even that may
be too
optimistic an outlook, market watchers
are beginning to
think.
BARNA: Having
been a founder, I
think I
'm more
optimistic because I feel like if I could do it, the person in front of me can make it happen too.
«But I
think customers
are choosing to spend their disposable dollars in different ways, and that
's part of the reason why we
are not more
optimistic about the lower gas prices,» she added, noting that consumers
are spending more on cars, healthcare, electronics and home improvement, leaving little upside for Macy
's.
«It
's one of the things that makes me
optimistic about America because when I look at what we have accomplished using half our talent for a couple of centuries, and now I
think of doubling the talent that
is effectively employed — or at least has the chance to
be — it makes me very
optimistic about this country,» Buffett says.
Despite having previously said he did
think a deal would
be possible by December, he said last night: «After my meetings here in London my main message
is I
am more
optimistic, there
is progress... That
is the most important thing because the perspective from a European point of view towards London
was in the last weeks not so clear.»
For every
think piece that characterizes that cohort (those born starting in 1981) as progressive,
optimistic and innovative, there
is one that describes them as sheltered, entitled and underemployed.
Explaining the industry and what
's going on takes the form of several audiences; one
being the overly -
optimistic entrepreneur who still has aspirations of raising capital to get their company to a liquidity event, another
being the up and coming venture capitalist in training (
think decades long training cycles) who recently finds themselves a free agent as the asset class shrinks and wants to start their own fund, and the final
being ambitious MBA
's switching careers and see venture capital as the preferred destination.
«As a company, we
were too idealistic and
optimistic and didn't focus enough on preventing abuse or
thinking through how people could use the tools our platform provides to do harm,» Facebook said in a statement to Entrepreneur.
Critics of the Fed's
optimistic views of the U.S. economy
are overlooking one critical element in the central bank's
thinking.
For many years when I
was planning a project I
was always overly
optimistic with everything — and the projects rarely produced the numbers I
thought they would.
Covering 16 football fields worth of products (or about 340,000 square feet), I
was foolishly
optimistic when I
thought I could walk the entire show in one day.
And clearly, Canadian entrepreneurs aren't
optimistic for the future: a recent study from PROFIT magazine said that nearly 40 % of small business owners
think another recession will hit by the end of next year.
Equity investors
are feeling very
optimistic right now, even though the problems that plagued their
thinking mere weeks ago
are still there (last year the TSX fell over 11 % —
was that so long ago?).
Bailey remains
optimistic: «We
think there
's plenty of appetite for football in the spring.»
Disney CEO Bob Iger spent much of his time on the earnings call talking about ESPN, and about how he doesn't see much impact from cord cutting for at least the next five years or so — an estimate that at least some analysts
think is absurdly
optimistic.
«I don't
think they
are being overly
optimistic,» he said.
Ask investors for more than you
think you need, because you
're probably
optimistic, and spend slower than you planned, because you
're a realist.
The declaration earned guarded but
optimistic praise from world leaders, including Trump, who said on Friday that only time would tell, but that he did not
think Kim
was «playing.»
«I
think we
're going to see an
optimistic consumer throughout the holiday season.»
He
thinks the Bank of Canada's prediction of a sharp rebound in economic growth over the second half of 2016
is too
optimistic.
Nevertheless, I
think we can
be cautiously
optimistic that universal structures in the physical, biological and social worlds would
be enough to anchor human and alien languages in a common semantic framework.
In fact, it
is thinking of lowering the 6.5 % threshold for a short - term rate hike because it believes the headline number still gives too
optimistic a picture of the situation in the labour market.
Fleming: While I
think it
's pretty robust and
optimistic, there
is an element of caution given how expensive things
are.
Although CEO Nick Woodman would say he
was optimistic about the drone business, he avoided saying when he
thought drone sales would eventually lift the company's overall sales.
Although I don't
think China's economy
is adjusting quickly enough, especially credit growth, I remain cautiously
optimistic that Beijing knows what it must do and will
be able to pull it off.
After such a successful career, how could one not
be optimistic about the future of growth equity investment opportunities; Dick said he
thinks «the future of growth equity
is unbounded, particularly as quality, new companies continually decide to defer IPO's so they can optimize their debut after key strategies
are in place.»
46 percent
thought having a flexible job would improve their sex life, and another 28 percent
were optimistic it would.
Marketers
are optimistic about blogging, but I
think shiny social network syndrome has them distracted from the true value blogging brings to social media success.
Windsor
thinks estimates for Apple to ship 255 million iPhone X units next year
are overly
optimistic and ten million more than what he
is anticipating.
«I do
think there
are some reasons why you could
be somewhat
optimistic about the possibilities for commodities in 2014,»...
«I
think I've
been very resilient and resistant and
optimistic, up until very recently,» said Ellen Pinney, 56, who
was dismissed from a $ 75,000 - a-year job in which she managed procurement and supply for an electronics company in March 2008.
Richard Banks: Carlos»
thoughts, John, seem to
be very similar to yours, and while everyone
is concerned, you also try to
be optimistic.
I
am optimistic enough to
think that, in due course, they will have advanced sufficiently such that stronger growth, accompanied by less extreme central bank policy settings, could
be anticipated.
My love for cryptocurrency
is strong & I
'm optimistic about the future, but I've
been thinking lately... What
is the absolute worst case scenario that could cripple the entire cryptocurrency market?
While Sprint's investors would have
been optimistic about the deal lifting the carrier's fortunes, analysts believe that the deal
is smaller than
thought.
I read these posts and can't help but
think that most of you
are very
optimistic about the future of America and middle - class Americans.
I wish I could
be as
optimistic as you, but I feel like we
are living Mark Twain's A Conn Yankee in King A's Court, where the main character
thinks he has the religious people beaten but they come back and go right back into the stone age.
Optimistic assumptions
are standard components of utopian
thinking, and they have until recently
been voiced by many Western leaders and thinkers.
In the book I explain why I
think Scripture gives us reason to
be optimistic about the future of humanity, but it has become increasingly clear to me over the past few months that this
is a topic people desperately want to talk about.
It also begs the question, «Does someone who does not
think analytically know what they * should *
be optimistic about?»
I
was feeling really
optimistic when I woke up this morning, but after reading that statistic... I
'm thinking that we
are summarily boned.
I
think lots would fall away, but I
am still somewhat
optimistic that the American church would rise up to the challenge, and our light would shine like never before.
Finally, Mr. DeVet
thinks our article had too
optimistic a conclusion, arguing that stem cells «will cause people to
be more prudent in the future about mixing science with politics in general.»
I
think it
's wonderful that you've never heard anyone say those things, it makes me
optimistic for the future.