Don't Ever Become A Pessimist, Ira; A Pessimist Is Correct Oftener Than An Optimist, But An Optimist Has More Fun -- And Neither Can Stop The March Of Events.

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Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener
than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun -- and neither can
stop the march of events.
-- Robert Heinlein, Time Enough For Love

Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist.
Neither an Optimist nor a Pessimist-- Only a Realist.
Pessimist: An optimist with experience...
An optimist invented an airplane; a pessimist a parachute
Twixt the optimist and pessimist The difference is droll
The optimist sees the doughnut But the pessimist sees the hole....
In the long run the pessimist may be right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.
-- Daniel L. Reardo...
A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist. -- Elbert Hubbard
A pessimist is one who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist. -- Elbert Hubbard
An optimist is a man who looks forward to marriage. A pessimist is a married optimist.

Don't Ever Become A Pessimist, Ira; A Pessimist Is Correct Oftener Than An Optimist, But An Optimist Has More Fun -- And Neither Can Stop The March Of Events.

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