“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
“In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.”
Daniel L. Reardon
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
William Arthur Ward
“The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.”