“I'M NOT A PESSIMIST! I just see the glass half empty even when it's completely full. ...WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!” — Clara deLemos Copy Share Image
The pessimist says opportunities are NO WHERE. The optimist says opportunities are NOW HERE. Both see the same words, but read it… — RVM Copy Share Image
I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism — Roberto Rossellini Copy Share Image
“The pessimist reason that things just happen, where the optimist believe that things happen for a reason.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
People say I'm such a pessimist, but I always was. It never stopped me from doing what I had to do. I… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am… — Vaclav Havel 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
“The Pessimist Sees Difficulty In Every Opportunity. The Optimist Sees Opportunity In Every Difficulty.” — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“I’m a pessimist of the human condition, as a rule, but contemplating the future and how the Carpenter kids could contribute to… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
People, particularly over-moralistic Americans, have often seen me as a pessimist and humourless to boot, yet I think I have an almost… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Contrary to what you may assume, I am not a pessimist but an indifferentist- that is, I don't make the mistake of… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“You control an unruly dog with a chain . . . or a cage. Never underestimate fear”—Heinrich gestured angrily at Roosevelt—“or the… — Larry Correia Copy Share Image
It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
“Use every person's skill set to the fullest. Both optimists and pessimists contribute. An optimist invents the hot air balloon, and a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pathos truly is the mode for the pessimist. But tragedy requires a nicer balance between what is possible and what is impossible.… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
...the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good. — John Corey Whaley Copy Share Image
“Don't degrade your soul to the extent of believing in curses. No man can curse you except your maker.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are. — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
“Still, Fritz was an optimist, and Karl was a pessimist, and that makes all the difference in the world.” — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be. — James Jones Copy Share Image
“No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human… — Tracy Trivas Copy Share Image
I am, by nature, not optimistic: my fellow drag queens would probably describe me as a pessimist. — Violet Chachki Copy Share Image
I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am. — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
A pessimist sees problems in opportunities whereas an optimist sees opportunities in problems. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
There's an old line that goes like this: An optimist is usually happy. And a pessimist is usually right. Maybe so. But… — Joe Posnanski Copy Share Image
Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist--while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist! — Lori Greiner Copy Share Image
“The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned. I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life. — Eugene O'Neill Copy Share Image
Life is a gift for an optimist, punishment for a pessimist, and an opportunity for an opportunist — 5h45hvut Copy Share Image
I came to the conclusion that the optimist thought everything good except the pessimist, and that the pessimist thought everything bad, except… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
People who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old curmudgeon. — James Garner 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
Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart. — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no… — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
