Determine which is higher, and you get some sense of how optimistic people are.

Even the most optimistic people here concede that the problems are enormous.

Americans are seen as very positive and optimistic people.

"I'm probably one of the few optimistic people around," she said.

It has become a commonplace here in Brazil that we are an optimistic people.

Or are people overly optimistic about the values of their homes?

Nigerians are still the most optimistic people in the world.

Fortunately, we have a lot of optimistic people on our team and they might view it as wrong.

Even the most optimistic people involved with the industry have little clue about when a turnaround might come.

Haitians are, in my experience, and against the odds, an optimistic people.