Pessimists Quotes
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Pessimists, we're told, look at a glass containing 50% air and 50% water and see it as half empty. Optimists, in contrast, see it as half full. Engineers, of course, understand the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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This is the crux of the moral pessimists: if they really wanted to promote their neighbor's redemption, then they would have to resolve themselves to spoiling existence for him, and thus to being his misfortune; out of pity, they would have to--become evil!
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
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Realism is for pessimists. An optimist creates his own reality.
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When two pessimists get together, it results in an endless cycle of pointless second-guessing. Very interesting.
