Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament- it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a… — Krzysztof Kieslowski Copy Share Image
I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
Humorists are always pessimists. They're reactionaries: because they see that every golden cloud has a black lining. — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
I can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Elend shook his head. "We can survive this. But, the only way that will happen is if our people don't give up.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
If I regarded my life from the point of view of the pessimist, I should be undone. I should seek in vain… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
I'm a pessimist by nature, so it's always the worst things that come to mind first whenever you make a decision or… — Domhnall Gleeson Copy Share Image
The phenomenal thing that happened to me is that I was able to create two memorable men: one is the ultimate optimist,… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
There's a difference between being a realist and a pessimist and an optimist. I think I'm way more of a realist. — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
Most people who work with me can tell you I'm a bit of a pessimist about business stuff. Not because I don't… — Ben Rector Copy Share Image
An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I have always had a passion for the beautiful. If the man in me is often a pessimist, the artist, on the… — Jules Breton Copy Share Image
A Pessimist sees the glass as half empty; A Cub Fan wonders when it's gonna spill. — Mike Royko Copy Share Image
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right. — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
I'm comfortably asocial - a hermit in the middle of a large city, a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
