“People who say 'I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist' are actually just negative people who think they are always right.”
Nick Kinsella
“When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.”
Carl Rogers
“It was surprisingly negative, well below the low end of the most pessimistic analysts, which is no small feat.”
Pete Hastings
“A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.”
Chauncey Depew
“The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.”
William Arthur Ward
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
“In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.”
Daniel L. Reardon