Able Quote by Robert Mueller

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

— Jim Leach

I have about an equal amount of optimism and pessimism.

— Carey Price

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

— Arnold Bennett

There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking.

— David Rakoff

Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.

— Alan Cohen

Pessimism comes from the temperament, optimism from the will.

— Emile Chartier

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

— Anonymous

I have friends who are very pessimistic. They say you can't possibly be an optimist nowadays. But I think, taking the longer view, you…

— Edwin Morgan

Optimism and Pessimism are but two sides of the same coin.

— Isaiah Harden (Me

Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.

— Orison Swett Marden

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

— Norman Cousins

I tend toward the pessimistic end of the spectrum, and unfortunately there's little in human history to convince me that pessimism is unwarranted.

— Ron Currie Jr