What did J. Robert Oppenheimer mean by: Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right. - J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy
+ The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Funny, 0 - J. Robert Oppenheimer
+ The theory of our modern technic shows that nothing is as practical as theory. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. Robert Oppenheimer, History, Modern, Science, 0 - J. Robert Oppenheimer
+ It worked.’ (said after witnessing the first atomic detonation). Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. Robert Oppenheimer, 0 - J. Robert Oppenheimer
+ The best way to send information is to wrap it up in a person. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Information, Writing, 0 - J. Robert Oppenheimer
+ Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Funny, Mistake, 0 - J. Robert Oppenheimer
+ The physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Vulgarity Is, War, 0 - J. Robert Oppenheimer
+ Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. Robert Oppenheimer, 0 - J. Robert Oppenheimer
+ The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Beautiful, Philosophy, 0 - J. Robert Oppenheimer
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators. - Francois Guizot French Statesman · France
Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past. - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
I’m a pessimist about probabilities, I’m an optimist about possibilities. - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat. - Lisa Kleypas Author