I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.
When America's early pioneers first turned their eyes toward the West, they did not demand that somebody take care of them if they got ill or got old. They did not demand maximum pay for minimum work, and even pay for no work at all.
Ever since I made tomorrow my favorite day, I've been uncomfortable looking back.
I was never one who sought to make the small man tall by cutting off the legs of a giant. I wanted to drag no man down to my size. Only to preserve a way of life which might make it possible for me, one day, to elevate myself until I at least partly matched his size.
Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people.
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The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist knows it.
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.
Society needs both optimists and pessimists. For example, an optimist invented the airplane while a pessimist invented the parachute.
The pessimist complains about the wind;
The optimist expects it to change;
The realist adjusts the sails.
The optimist expects it to change;
The realist adjusts the sails.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
The future is easy because it doesn't exist; but the past is painful because it lives forever.
The future is coming so fast, we can't possibly predict it; we can only learn to respond quickly.
Marty, the future isn't written. It can be changed... you know that. Anyone can make their future whatever they want it to be.
You can't change what happened. But you can still change what will happen.
Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.
The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.
The future is not a straight line. There are many different pathways. We must try to decide that future for ourselves.
The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
Hobbes in Calvin and Hobbes
What if everything that came from the past were influenced by the future?
I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.
Young people compel one to look forward on a life full of effort. Old people permit one to look backward on a life whose effort is over and done with.
One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
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What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.
The Wok.
I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.
I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection.
During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else.
I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My bible is Something Happened. It's one of the greatest books I've ever read. But if I don't read a Dostoevsky soon I'm going to kill myself.
For 45 years I've worked without an audience.
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