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• A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist.
• If a pessimist is always right, is he a realist?
• Neither an Optimist nor a Pessimist-- Only a Realist.
• An optimist is a person who goes to the window every morning and says, "Good morning, God!
  The pessimist goes to the window every morning and says, "Good god, morning!...
• The pessimist complains about the wind; The optimist expects it to change
  The realist adjusts the sails. -- William Arthur Ward...
• An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run does not matter.
  A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run....
• Who's afraid of the garbage collector?
• A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. -- Oscar Wilde
• A cynic is one who will laugh at anything so long as it isn't funny.