Sentence examples for complacent optimism from inspiring English sources
Europe's politics lies somewhere between inevitable doom and complacent optimism.
Durkheim was one of several young philosophers and scholars, fresh from their École Normale training, who became convinced that progress was not the necessary consequence of science and technology, that it could not be represented by an ascending curve, and that complacent optimism could not be justified.
Least likely to say: "We see well only with the heart" (Saint-Exupéry) Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) A caustic and playful writer whose Candide savaged the complacent optimism of his age; his prolific oeuvre embodied the 18th-century ideals of enlightened despotism, cosmopolitan elitism and cultural elevation; he campaigned vigorously for religious toleration.
But that sweet spot between paralyzing fear and complacent optimism is a small one.
Whenever Plaschke voices optimism, the team gets complacent and goes into a funk.
Despite his optimism, Sir Jonathon remained far from complacent that the world would be able to limit global warming to the United Nations' goal of 2°C – the point beyond which the consequences are expected to become increasingly devastating.
This is cause for cautious optimism, but we cannot afford to be complacent".
"The Navy can be faulted for excessive optimism and deficient realism, but AT&L was either complacent or complicit," he said.
It warns against "the perils of optimism," and suggests that if we become too complacent about the prospect of better times, it will "hinder recovery and block policies to protect against a further plunge into the depths".
Harry's patriotism -- reflexive and sometimes complacent -- was, like Updike's, the expression of an embattled, stubborn optimism.
