Optimism and Pessimism

"There’s no single answer that will solve all of our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers–at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” - Octiavia E. Butler

 "I often feel like a resident of Pompeii who has been asked for some humorous comments on lava.” -Tom Lehrer

"Despair is just hubris." - Stephen Colbert

"Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day."  -E.B. White  

 "The message of most American Movies is that only Batman or Clint Eastwood can go up against Mr. Big." -Jim Britell

"More lemons. Oh great." -Richard Posner

"No matter how fast light travels it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." -Terry Pratchett

"We have to believe in free will. We've got no choice." -I.B. Singer

"It must just be some local fisherman out for a pleasure cruise alone at night through shark-infested waters." -William Goldman

"We just keep coming up with new ways of going down." -Eric Bibb

"The light at the end of the tunnel was nothing but a burglar's torch." -John C. Fogerty

"Who can resist Crackerjack, in the final evaluation?" -Jean Shepherd

"I'm still here, how 'bout that? I may have lost my lunchbox but I'm still here." -John Hartford