They say in the Middle East a pessimist is simply an optimist with experience.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
I'm not a pessimist at all, but I'm not an optimist, either.
A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.
Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective.
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.
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.
Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist.
We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.
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.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.