An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.
I personally don't think of myself as either an optimist or a pessimist.
An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.