SUSE Linux 9.0 Professional Update - night 1 <ot>

[Condon Thomas A KPWA]

> > And the classic (unknown origin):  "The optimist believes 
> that we live in the
> > best of all possible worlds; the pessimist believes that 
> this is true."
> > 
> The saddest definition of a cynic I've come across (can't 
> remember the derivation at the moment, sorry) is:
> 
> "A cynic is a frustrated romantic"
> 
> I've used that to effect when being accused of being cynical.
> 
> As for being a pessimist, I always maintain that pessimism is 
> fine because even when you're wrong, it's a good thing!

I've often said that my wife is gullible pessimist, while I am a cynical
optimist, so between us we have all the bases covered.  She believes what
she is told but expects things to go wrong.  I believe that everyone is
good, but don't expect them to behave that way.

But I like the engineer:

The Optimist thinks the glass if half full,
The Pessimist thinks the glass is half empty,
The Engineer thinks the glass is twice as large as it needs to be!


In Harmony's Way and In A Chord,

Tom  ;-})

Tom Condon
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