“ Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole! ”
- Mclandburgh Wilson- Copy
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“ Don't ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events. ”
- Robert Anson Heinlein- Copy
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“ A pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun - and neither can stop the march of events. ”
- Robert Anson Heinlein- Copy
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“ The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. ”
- Peter Ustinov- Copy
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“ An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out? ”
- Rene Descartes- Copy
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“ I am a publisher-a hybrid creature: one part stargazer, one part gambler, one part businessman, one part midwife and three parts optimist. ”
- Cass Canfield- Copy
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“ Nuclear war is inevitable, says the pessimists; Nuclear war is impossible, says the optimists; Nuclear war is inevitable unless we make it impossible, says the realists. ”
- Sydney J. Harris- Copy
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“ For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
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“ Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past. ”
- Lewis Mumford- Copy
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“ There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ A writer should be joyous, an optimist… Anything that implies rejection of life is wrong for a writer. ”
- George Gribbin- Copy
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“ The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist knows it. ”
- J. Robert Oppenheimer- Copy
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“ The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ Success is a matter of viewpoint. The pessimist sees the bottle as half empty. The optimist sees it as half full. ”
- Joe Karbo- Copy
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“ Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist. ”
- Sir Terence Conran- Copy
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“ In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you wake in the morning. ”
- Carl Sandburg- Copy
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“ In the long run, the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. ”
- Daniel L. Reardon- Copy
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“ I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will. ”
- Antonio Gramsci- Copy
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“ I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way. ”
- Carl Sandburg- Copy
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“ The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity. ”
- W. Beran Wolfe- Copy
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“ An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
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“ Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be. ”
- Harvey Mackay- Copy
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“ An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ”
- Bill Vaughan- Copy
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“ I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else. ”
- Earl Weaver- Copy
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“ I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present. ”
- Rabindranath Tagore- Copy
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“ An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it. ”
- Jules Renard- Copy
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“ An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice. ”
- John McCarthy- Copy
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“ A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. ”
- Leonard L. Levinson- Copy
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