History Quote by Milan Kundera

Only from the perspective of such a utopia is it possible to use the concepts of pessimism and optimism with full justification: an optimist…

— Milan Kundera

“The world belongs to optimists. Pessimists are only spectators.”

— Francois Guizot

“the reason why pessimists are recruited among former optimists, since in order to have a black picture of the world it is necessary to…

— Ernesto Sabato

“Optimists and pessimists differ only on the date of the end of the world.”

— Stanisław Jerzy Lec

“Our notion of an optimist is a man who, knowing that each year was worse than the preceding, thinks next year will be better.…

— Anonymous

A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are.

— Anonymous

A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.

— Elbert Hubbard

A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.

— Chauncey Depew

“Of course we here on earth (planet number one, the planet of inexperience) can only fabricate vague fantasies of what will happen to man…

— Anonymous

“Winston Churchill once quipped, “The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” He went on to…

— William Ury

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

A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.

— Mark Twain