[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

While there are still more optimists than pessimists, this is the least optimistic that CFOs have been in the last two years,

While there are still more optimists than pessimists, this is the least optimistic that CFOs have been in the last two years.

...it is our good fortune that the exigencies of birth and training furnish all of us with the opportunities for snobbery.

In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.