Keyword: Optimist

A man who calls bullshit fertilizer.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor
Communication Individuals Language Lies

Optimist: An anti-skeptic.

Definitions

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Age Individuals People

Optimist: A middle-aged man who believes that the cleaners have been shrinking the waistband of his pants.

Body Characteristics Definitions People

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.

Characteristics People

The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.

(1890 – 1973) English writer & critic
Characteristics People

Optimist: Someone who tells you to cheer up when things are going his way.

Definitions

You're like the pessimist, who looks at his pants and thinks they're half empty. You should be more like the optometrist, who looks through his glasses and thinks they're half full.

(1971 – ) American actress
Malaprops TV/Movie Quotes

An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author
People

I'm not a pessimist, I'm an optometrist.

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