An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel and the light - and the next tunnel.
Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament- it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing the risks you can't avoid. This permits you to play out the game untroubled by the certainty of the outcome.
Realism is for pessimists. An optimist creates his own reality.
I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.
I always look on the black side of life. That way, you won't be disappointed and I'm cheerful if it doesn't work out. I'm a cheerful pessimist.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars.
That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.
I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure that everything ends badly. I just carry hope in my heart.
I'm not a pessimist by nature. I'm not someone who sees things in a bleak way.
I am such a pessimist that every project has surpassed what I envisioned.
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.
A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.
Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right.
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
Nothing of any importance has ever been accomplished by a pessimist.
I'm a pessimist about probabilities; I'm an optimist about possibilities.
I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
The optimist is right. The pessimist is right. Point of view is the determining factor in the life of each.