“I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“I'd rather be optimistic and wrong; than pessimistic and right.”
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Elon Musk (1971) South African-born American entrepreneur
Source: 13 July 2012 [Garber, Megan, The Real iPod: Elon Musk's Wild Idea for a 'Jetson Tunnel' from S.F. to L.A., http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/the-real-ipod-elon-musks-wild-idea-for-a-jetson-tunnel-from-sf-to-la/259825/, 21 July 2012, The Atlantic] regarding Hyperloop
“If this is right, I'd rather be wrong. If this is sight, I'd rather be blind.”
Brandon Boyd (1976) American rock singer, writer and visual artist
Lyrics, Morning View (2001)
“To the optimist, pessimists are neurotic; to the pessimist, optimists are deluded.”
David H. Levy (1948) Canadian astronomer
Humor in Psychotherapy (2007)
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Variant: Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
Gladys Bronwyn Stern (1890–1973) British writer
Quoted in Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, and Brilliant Remarks By Karen Weekes, p. 41
“There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Variant: There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
Epilogue, p. 242
Out of My Life and Thought : An Autobiography (1933)