I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic.
![I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/studs-terkel/i-think-its-realistic-to-have-hope-one-can-be-a-perverse-idealist-and-say-the-easiest-thing-i-despair.jpg)