Let me not be found overly optimistic and known a fool or endued with pure pessimism, a jaded mess of a man.

It could go either way at this point. There is some pessimism and some optimism. It's going to be interesting the whole way around.

Some people are optimists. Some people are pessimists. I'm just a realist who believes that some things are worth fighting for.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist.

Being a poet has brought me closer to reaity I am a optimist and a realist in all sense but there was never a room for pessimism.

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience".
"What's pessimism?" I said.
"Religion without God.