VIII

from Curmudgeon collected by Jon Winokur

Optimism & Pessimism

The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer

I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
-Paul Fussel

A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
-Elbert Hubbard

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.
-Janeane Garofalo

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser --in case you thought optimism was dead.
-Robert Brault