{"quotes":[{"text":"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.","author":"J. Robert Oppenheimer","tags":["true","pessimist","optimist "],"id":20682,"author_id":"J.+Robert+Oppenheimer"},{"text":"A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.","author":"Chauncey Depew","tags":["man","pessimist","bad "],"id":33515,"author_id":"Chauncey+Depew"},{"text":"Life is short unless agony is long.","author":"Brian Spellman","tags":["humor","life-philosophy","pain","pessimism","pessimist","pessimistic"],"id":42282,"author_id":"Brian+Spellman"},{"text":"People who are too optimistic seem annoying. This is an unfortunate misinterpretation of what an optimist really is. Usage of all options available, no matter how limited. As such, an optimist always sees the big picture. How else to keep track of all that’s out there? An optimist is simply a proactive realist. Choices.When bobbing for apples, an idealist endlessly reaches for the best apple, a pessimist settles for the first one within reach, while an optimist drains the barrel, fishes out all the apples and makes pie.Annoying? Yes. But, oh-so tasty!","author":"Vera Nazarian","tags":["annoying","apple","apples","bobbing","choices","energetic","energy","hope","optimism","optimist","optimistic","pessimism","pessimist","realism","realist"],"id":72111,"author_id":"Vera+Nazarian"},{"text":"The pessimist reason that things just happen, where the optimist believe that things happen for a reason.","author":"Anthony Liccione","tags":["cynical","doubters","enthusiasm-and-attitude","find-answers","give-meaning","hopeful","hopeless","influence","justify","logic","negative-and-positive","optimist","outcomes","outlook-in-life","pessimist","point-of-view","reasons-why","shit-happens","views","visonary"],"id":86420,"author_id":"Anthony+Liccione"},{"text":"There is a very thin line of difference between a Pessimist and a Perfectionist. Both are scared to fail, strive for ideal but the only think unlike in the two is- Pessimist thinks it will last forever and Perfectionist knows it won't.","author":"Jasleen Kaur Gumber","tags":["attitude","failure","fear","life","perfect","perfection","perfectionist","pessimism","pessimist","pessimistic","philosophy","quotes","success","wisdom"],"id":90580,"author_id":"Jasleen+Kaur+Gumber"},{"text":"Pessimists try to convince you the world sucks, optimists already know it does and smile anyway.","author":"Jonathan Harnisch","tags":["life-lessons","optimism","optimist","optimistic","pessimism-pessimistic","pessimism","pessimist","quote","quotes","about-life","to-live-by","reality","reality-of-life","world"],"id":108399,"author_id":"Jonathan+Harnisch"},{"text":"There's no secret on how to attain a greater height, just keep climbing the ladder, don't look at the dreadful distance, lock up that negative thoughts today, and fulfil your dreams.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["achieve","belief","climbing","dead","dread","dreaming","dreams","fulfilment","great","greater-height","height","hope","ladder","looking","michael-bassey-johnson","mind","mindset","optimism","optimist","perseverance","pessimism","pessimist","secret","secret-of-success","sight","the-ladder-of-success","thinking","thoughts"],"id":108710,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"I start to think, 'It's awful being too poor to even buy my own dress for homecoming.' But that's instantly swept away by another thought: 'I'm so lucky that someone cates enough to loan me a dress.","author":"Margaret Peterson Haddix","tags":["caring","optimist","perspective","pessimist","poverty","viewpoint"],"id":114397,"author_id":"Margaret+Peterson+Haddix"},{"text":"Empathy and a huge imagination explain a lot of mysteries in the universe.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["actions","answers","choices","decisions","diversity","faith","family","friends","love-one-another","mysteries","people","pessimist","realist","unexplained","universe"],"id":121922,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":45,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}