Pessimism Quotes · Page 38

“If this was cynical, then we must allow that all courtship is cynical.”

— Zoë Heller

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

— William Arthur Ward

“You may have noticed that when I do manage to care, I’m a pessimist.”

— Martha Wells

Cynicism makes you feel smart, I know it, even when you aren't smart.

— Richard Ford

The aphorism sometimes casts off cynicism and expresses strong feeling.

— Mason Cooley

Make it a principle for yourself to no longer accept negativity.

— Tosca Reno

There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world.

— Bob Newhart

Curiosity is what keeps me open to a sense of hope. It staves off negativity.

— Carrie Brownstein

While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated…

— John Podhoretz

“Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is…

— George Bernard Shaw

“Generic cynicism makes us feel hip and alternative even as we slip along with our fellow citizens into a morass of indifference.”

— Timothy Snyder

The Concerned Photographer produces images in which genuine human feeling predominates over commercial cynicism or disinterested formalism.

— Cornell Capa

To cultivate equanimity we practice catching ourselves when we feel attraction or aversion, before it hardens into grasping or negativity.

— Pema Chodron

“Doesn’t this make you sad, Ferdinand?” He shrugged his shoulders. “Cynical, if you like. One is sad when one thinks about life—cynical…

— Erich Maria Remarque

“When you flood your mind with negativity, doubt, and inability, you interrupt, interfere, and block movement toward possibility. ” Excerpt From: Sarah…

— Sarah Voldeng

Skepticism has become a virtue. Cynicism and demand for proof has become enlightened thought. Is it any wonder that humans now feel…

— Dan Brown

“Most people desperately desire to believe that they are part of a great mystery, that Creation is a work of grace and…

— Dean Koontz

“For optimists, human life never needs justification, no matter how much hurt piles up, because they can always tell themselves that things…

— Thomas Ligotti

The thoughts people create about us will always reach us. Any wrong karma, invites negative energy from people towards us. If people…

— Dr BK Satyanarayan

“Cynics have observed that those who have benefited the most from “progress”—the citizens of the First World—are the people most inclined to…

— Lawrence H. Keeley

...for the contingent out there who sneer at heroes like Superman and Wonder Woman and Captain America, those icons who still, at…

— Greg Rucka

Pessimism is a very easy way out because it is a short view of life. If you look at what is happening…

— Robertson Davies

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead In fact…

— Robert Breault

“Perhaps the greatest strike against philosophical pessimism is that its only theme is human suffering. This is the last item on the…

— Thomas Ligotti

No matter how much you might feed off negativity, a positive message is always stronger.

— Urijah Faber

It is up to you what you do with the negativity that gets thrown at you. Choose not to be dragged down…

— Naz

I had always previously really fed off of negativity and enjoyed being the guy who everybody hated.

— Dean Ambrose

I do believe in bad energy and not wanting to be around negativity.

— Kyle Richards

You can be stronger than the grip of negativity. Just don't give up the fight.

— Bilal Zahoor

I Dont Have Time For negativity, that just messes up my whole vibe.

— Enhance Dreams

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

— Tom Hanks

A positive mental attitude is the only way to feel good these days, I've surrounded myself with too much negativity lately.

— Anonymous

In this pessimistic world, especially in America, a positive outlook is very necessary.

— Carlos Mencia

Pessimists see a problem behind every opportunity. Optimists see an opportunity behind every problem.

— Denis Waitley

The only place where your dream becomes impossible... is in your thinking.

— Anonymous

The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it.

— J Robert Oppenheimer

“The most dangerous negativity comes from ourselves in the form of doubts, fears and unreasonable self-criticisms.”

— Bryant McGill

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.

— Anonymous

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

— Rex Stout

You should always be questioning your government, but do not become cynical.

— Pete Visclosky