Being a pessimist is just such a gloomy way of looking at things, so I have to hope for the best - life wouldn't be worth living if we didn't have hope. And I also do think that human beings often do do wonderful, correct, brilliant things. So, on balance, I'd like to be optimistic about the future.
Bill BrysonIt is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before.
Bill BrysonThe great failure in education, much of the time, is the lack of excitement and stimulus
Bill BrysonI don't know whether I'm misanthropic. It seems to me I'm constantly disappointed. I'm very easily disappointed.
Bill BrysonI have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth.
Bill Bryson