Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.
I'm a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black,. . . an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive.
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.
That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.
Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information.
A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.
I'm a pessimist about probabilities; I'm an optimist about possibilities.
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
No one really knows enough to be a pessimist.
[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.
A pessimist is a person who is always right but doesn't get any enjoyment out of it, while an optimist, is one who imagines that the future is uncertain. It is a duty to be an optimist, because if you imagine that the future is uncertain, then you mu
The optimist is right. The pessimist is right. Point of view is the determining factor in the life of each.
A pessimist doesn't see the sunset outside, he sees the dirt on the window.
An optimist is presented with a problem and sees an opportunity. A pessimist is presented with an opportunity and sees a problem.
I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. . . or maybe even a pessimist.
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.
I am glad I am an optimist. The pessimist is half-licked before he starts.
A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.