A Pessimist sees the glass as half empty; A Cub Fan wonders when it's gonna spill. Votes: 3
Mike RoykoThe optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. Votes: 3
J. Robert OppenheimerA pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. Votes: 2
George Bernard ShawI never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am. Votes: 1
Christopher Nolan[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant. Votes: 0
Rex StoutA pessimist sees problems in opportunities whereas an optimist sees opportunities in problems. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillA pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist. Votes: 0
Elbert HubbardAn optimist expects his dreams to come true; a pessimist expects his nightmares to. Votes: 0
Laurence J. PeterSometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you. Votes: 0
Laurell K. HamiltonNo Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. Votes: 0
William Ralph IngeI am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. Votes: 0
Lesslie NewbiginI'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen. Votes: 0
James LovelockI guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal. Votes: 0
Peter BenchleyI'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow. Votes: 0
Eric SevareidBetter to be an optimist who gets disappointed than a pessimist who has no hope. Votes: 0
Robin SharmaI'm not a pessimist by nature. I'm not someone who sees things in a bleak way. Votes: 0
Nouriel RoubiniWhen hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing. Votes: 0
Matthieu RicardThe opposite of a leader isn't a follower. The opposite of a leader is a pessimist. Votes: 0
Marcus BuckinghamA pessimist finds the darkness around the light but an optimist becomes the light in the darkness. Votes: 0
Debasish MridhaWhat a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide. "That is because I know what life is," said Martin. Votes: 0
VoltaireI don't want to be a pessimist. I'm a realist. One man's realist is another man's pessimist. Votes: 0
Bill MaherIt's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right Votes: 0
Mark TwainI am not a pessimist, but I am not an optimist about the future of American democracy. Votes: 0
David SouterI have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist. Votes: 0
Jacques BarzunI don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. Votes: 0
Spike LeePeople who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old curmudgeon. Votes: 0
James GarnerWhen I look at history, I am a pessimist...but when I look at prehistory, I am an optimist. Votes: 0
Jan SmutsI am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism Votes: 0
Roberto RosselliniI'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way. Votes: 0
Nick CaveA pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are. Votes: 0
Chauncey DepewA pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are. Votes: 0
Chauncey Mitchell DepewIn the long run, the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. Votes: 0
Daniel ReardonEin Pessimist ist ein Mensch, der sich über schlechte Erfahrungen freut, weil sie ihm recht geben!
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