“A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.”

“Sorry but nothing of much importance ever happened to me… I'm just a girl who forgot to look both ways before crossing the street.”

“I know you look both ways before you cross the street, but I want you to look both ways a second time, because I told you to.”

“When you cross the street, take my hand”

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

“: A philosopher is a man in the street who speaks the same street language. He has to speak from personal experience and try to make simple spirits understand his way of life.”

“Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.”

“I mean, look, no matter how you feel about Bush, watching him speak is difficult. It's like— it's like watching a drunk man cross an icy street.”

“A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are.”

“A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.”