
Epilogue, p. 242
Out of My Life and Thought : An Autobiography (1933)
2010s, 2015, Remarks at the SMU 100th Spring Commencement (May 2015)
Epilogue, p. 242
Out of My Life and Thought : An Autobiography (1933)
“[…] You see, you are an optimist and live on hope. I am a pessimist and live on experience.”
Page 352-353.
Stepping Westward (1965)
“A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are. ”
2010s, 2015, Remarks at the SMU 100th Spring Commencement (May 2015)
“Don't you dare call me optimistic. (It's a) grave insult.”
2015-12-21
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On being called optimistic
Message No.14
Messages from Maitreya the Christ (1981)
“A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are.”
As quoted in FPA Book of Quotations : A New Collection of Famous Sayings (1952) by Franklin Pierce Adams