Humor & Life Quote by Keenen Ivory Wayans

Optimism is rarely sold as certainty; it is sold as a vibe you can trust. Keenen Ivory Wayans' line, "You can kind of feel when things are going to work out", lands because it refuses the grand promise. "Kind of" is doing the heavy lifting: it signals street-level wisdom, not a TED Talk thesis. Wayans isn't arguing that the universe has a plan. He's describing the small, bodily sense of alignment you get when timing, preparation, and people finally stop fighting each other.

Coming from a comedian and builder of cultural machinery (In Living Color didn't just happen; it was forced into being), the subtext is less mystical than it sounds. The "feel" is pattern recognition earned through failure. You bomb, you rewrite, you watch executives flinch, you notice when a room leans forward instead of back. In comedy, you learn quickly that "working out" isn't destiny; it's feedback. You don't control the crowd, but you can sense when the current is with you.

There's also a quiet survival tactic here. For creators from outside the industry default, faith isn't abstract; it's fuel. When the gate is heavy, you need an internal barometer to keep moving before the external validation arrives. Wayans frames that barometer as intuition, which is both more believable and more useful than inspiration. It's permission to keep pushing without pretending you can predict the outcome, only that you can recognize momentum when it finally shows its face.