Ancient greece Quote by Howard Jacobson

I've never been an optimist, but that's fine because pessimists have the possibility of being agreeably surprised.

— Roger Scruton

I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a…

— Steve Jobs

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

— Antonio Gramsci

I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.

— William Golding

I personally don't think of myself as either an optimist or a pessimist.

— Nick Bostrom

A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.

— Mark Twain

“An optimist is someone who thinks that on planet number five the history of mankind will be less bloody. A pessimist is one who…

— Milan Kundera

It is better to be an optimist (a positive-minded person) because being a pessimist will get you nowhere.

— Melchor Lim

It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right

— Anonymous

I am glad I am an optimist. The pessimist is half-licked before he starts. The optimist has won half the battle, the most important…

— Thomas Buckner

I'd rather be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right.

— Drake

An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice.

— John McCarthy