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I have friends who are very pessimistic. They say you can't possibly be an optimist nowadays. But I think, taking the longer view, you can still be as optimistic as you want.

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an optimist and things don't work out then that's depressing, too.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.

No matter what, I've always been an optimistic person.

I'm not a pessimist at all, but I'm not an optimist, either.