Villani often expressed an optimistic viewpoint in his writing; this changed with the short-lived regime of Walter VI of Brienne, a despot invited to Florence and granted signoria.

The song is sung from an optimistic viewpoint during the IGY, and features references to then-futuristic concepts, such as solar power (first used in 1958), Spandex (invented in 1959), space travel for entertainment, and undersea international high speed rail.

Scott Shetler of PopCrush pointed out the song's optimistic viewpoint, with the lyrics: "I'm alive, I can breathe, I can feel, I believe."

She has a bright and optimistic viewpoint on the world.

In an attempt to get the worried staff under control, Michael Scott (Steve Carell) and Jim call a meeting to provide optimistic viewpoints, despite the steadily worsening news.

Still, at the end of three hours of discussion, he returned to an optimistic viewpoint - a position that clearly fits his nature.

Since he kept the optimistic viewpoint of a child, experience seemed to teach him little.

Despite the gravity of the situation, Tobin discusses his optimistic viewpoint of the situation with correspondent Eric Sevareid, believing that, "Reasonable people, once they've looked the Devil in the face, aren't going to shake hands with him."

If correct, this allows the optimistic viewpoint that the complex interplay of vertical gene descent and LGT can be deciphered to yield correct evolutionary histories, provided that sufficiently detailed studies are done.

Either I'm a big idiot or I must have a pretty optimistic viewpoint on things.