Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.
There have been times when a particularly heavy dose of such cynicism has caused me to reflect that surely this is the age and place of the gifted pickle sucker!
There is a good and a bad light in which every thing that befalls us may be taken. If the human mind will busy itself to make theworst of every disagreeable occurrence, it will never want woe.
The selection of leadership must follow practical considerations. Maybe I look at things too pessimistically?
A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.
On a good day, I'm a bitter, angry, chip-on-my-shoulder type of guy.