"The optimist sees a light at the end of the tunnel, the realist sees a train entering the tunnel, the pessimist sees a train speeding at him, hell for leather, and the machinist sees three idiots sitting on the rail track. "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist fears this is true.""

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Source : The Silver Stallion bk. 4, ch. 26 (1926) See Leibniz 3; Voltaire 7; Voltaire 8

James Branch Cabell

#Tunnels Quotes #Light Quotes #Track Quotes

“I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was just weird luck.”
“The determination of the value of an item must not be based on its price, but rather on the utility it yields. The price of the item is dependent only on the thing itself and is equal for everyone; the utility, however, is dependent on the particular circumstances of the person making the estimate. Thus there is no doubt that a gain of one thousand ducats is more significant to a pauper than to a rich man though both gain the same amount.”
“Where love stops, power begins, and violence, and terror”
“It's all good fun - television and movies and so on - but the good thing in theatre is there's nothing and no one between you and the audience so you can do what you want really.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Language allows us to reach out to people, to touch them with our innermost fears, hopes, disappointments, victories. To reach out to people we'll never meet. It's the greatest legacy you could ever leave your children or your loved ones: The history of how you felt.”

Source : Simon Van Booy (2009). “Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories”, HarperCollins
“The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.”
“This is a pivotal time for urban regeneration. We must take a long term view.”
“Elena?" "Yes, unless Nick found a woman in the forest, which I suppose wouldn't be too surprising.”

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