Optimism isn't funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It's exaggeration. — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
With my name, there's been a lot of negativity around it. I'll be real. I understand it. — Andy Dalton Copy Share Image
“Life gives us negativity on its own. It's our job to create positivity.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm kind of perverse in that I think pessimism is helpful. My pessimism is my own kind of patriotism. My dissent. — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
A pessimist looks at his glass and says it is half empty; an optimist looks at it and says it is half… — Josiah Stamp Copy Share Image
Sometimes pessimism or optimism gets popular, and it's contagious. — Edward C. Prescott Copy Share Image
Cynicism is an enormous problem. I'm actually a hopeful person. But the way to stay hopeful is to acknowledge and to not… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“but it was a religion which enabled him to despise himself and everyone else without despising the universe, thus allowing him at… — Charles Williams Copy Share Image
You have to learn to deflect so much negativity that's thrown at you when so many people don't understand the negativity you… — Matt Rife Copy Share Image
If you believe that you are bad and unacceptable, you are unable to look back at your past with pleasure or your… — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
Only love can vanquish hate, the same way that only light can vanquish darkness. You cant fight negativity with more negativity; you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's nothing more painful than something that's superficially upbeat but you can kind of tell behind it that there's a cynicism, or… — Grant-Lee Phillips Copy Share Image
The pessimist waits for better times, and expects to keep on waiting; the optimist goes to work with the best that is… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
“All the top sellers I know possess a unique balance of positivity and negativity. They’re always optimistic about the ultimate outcomes, but… — Jill Konrath Copy Share Image
The world we live in is a world of mingled good and evil. Whether it is chiefly good or chiefly bad depends… — William DeWitt Hyde Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you a secret about the human condition. Nihilism leads to spirituality. And spirituality leads to nihilism. It is never… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
Pessimism is a product of our civilization. It is not natural to the savage; he feels pain, or discomfort, and suffers from… — Arthur Lynch Copy Share Image
I'm getting a little fed up with some of the pessimism that I'm hearing. I know some people who will not be… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Pretension is a question of optics. The pessimist sees pretension as a sham. The optimist views it as innocent, tragicomic, an excess… — Dan Fox Copy Share Image
When some people say only bad things consistently, it implies their unhappiness about their lives. They are thoroughly pessimistic as well. After… — Chandrababu VS Copy Share Image
“DEFENSE PESSIMISM: According to psychologist Julie Norem, positive thinking doesn't work for some people, who should try defensive pessimism. Here's how it… — Jon Winokur Copy Share Image
If cynicism and love lie at opposite ends of a spectrum, do we not sometimes fall in love in order to escape… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“I have seen so many extraordinary things that nothing seems extraordinary to me” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just think of any negativity that comes at you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
I think that every moment you succumb to cynicism, you're taking energy away from change. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal. — Peter Benchley Copy Share Image
Avoid cynical and negative people like the plague. They are killers of potential. — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
I regard these people who are peddling angst and peddling pessimism and all that stuff as so 'two minutes ago'. — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement. — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. — John Templeton Copy Share Image
Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world. — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
“Cynicism is when a small mind and a hurt heart rejects the hope, love, and truth of a big and caring God.” — Jayce O'Neal Copy Share Image
“Pessimism, cynicism and fear will only lead to a very small life. Don’t live small.” — Neil Abramson Copy Share Image
I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I'm riddled with cynicism. Whenever anyone says 'trust me,' the hairs go up on the back of my neck. — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
