“I'd rather be optimistic and wrong; than pessimistic and right.”
Elon Musk (1971) South African-born American entrepreneur
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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
“I'd rather look a fool than be right and fail to act.”
Terry Goodkind book Soul of the Fire
Source: Soul of the Fire
“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)