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Optimism
«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.»
Author: Albert Schweitzer
(Missionary, Musician, Philosopher, Theologian)
| About:
Optimism,
Pessimism,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
color-blind, colorblind, green, green light, optimist, pessimist, red, red light, stoplight
«An optimist is a man who sees everything half as bad and twice as good as it is.»
Author: Heinz Ruehman
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Optimism
«An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.»
Author: Irv Kupcinet
(Columnist, Host)
| About:
Funny,
Optimism
| Keywords:
diet, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day
«An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Optimism
| Keywords:
blow, optimist, pessimist
«Americans are optimists. They hope they'll be wealthy someday - and they're positive they can get one more brushful of paint out of an empty can.»
«An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.»
Author: George Jean Nathan
(Critic, Editor, Essayist, Journalist)
| About:
Optimism
| Keywords:
houseflies, housefly