Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Pessimists seem to have a better memory of the bad things that happen in life than they do for the good things… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
You have to be cynical because this is a business. Everyone is making money out of you. — Kate Nash Copy Share Image
It does not matter if the glass is half empty or half full... Be grateful that you have a glass and there… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's not okay for me to behave as if I'm cynical about the future. Even if I am. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself. — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
“Angry people are pessimists who live with a chronic fear of being deemed unworthy.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Always focus on staying Positive, and you'll never take notice of any Negativity that comes your way. — Collins Hasty Copy Share Image
Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
“How To Reprimand A Cynical Optimist You can have your cake and eat it too but don't let me catch you five… — Pamela August Russell Copy Share Image
I don't feel that I view things with a pessimistic eye. I should try to say which way events will go rather… — Henry Kaufman Copy Share Image
“Given as much law as that man will be able to do anything and go anywhere, an the only trace of pessimism… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The dark war consciousness and pride have seized upon the weak, with great cynicisms and glib, soulless intellects, that grind away like… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Why does any kind of cynicism appeal to people? Because it seems like a mark of maturity, of sophistication, like you’ve seen… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Negativity sells. I have been labelled a rebel. If I had been one, would I have got married at 23? Would I… — Sania Mirza Copy Share Image
Your illness is the negativity within you. Turn negative energy into positive energy. Your persona becomes the positivity within you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The divine right of kings may now be acknowledged as a fabrication, a falsified permit for prideful dementia and impulsive mayhem. The… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
“The death of awe in our culture has left us with an oddly credulous cynicism. We are cynical, suspicious of established government,… — Dennis E. Johnson Copy Share Image
The optimist sees a light at the end of the tunnel, the realist sees a train entering the tunnel, the pessimist sees… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
“Ozzie Boone...insists that I keep the tone light in these biographical manuscripts. He believes that pessimism is strictly for people who are… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The merchant must be no more pessimist than optimist, since pessimism induces him to hold back his capital but optimism induces him… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“Richard Davidson, a University of Wisconsin psychologist. He discovered that people who have greater activity in the left frontal lobe, compared to… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
It is true that I am not one of those who laugh at utopias. The utopia of today can become the reality… — Charles Albert Gobat Copy Share Image
“Human beings shouldn't have to enter such doors, shouldn't have to stay behind them. No moon ever entered there, no stars, no… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
I have no idea what I'm doing, where I'm going or what will happen to me. I'm lost and going nowhere. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Cynicism has all the smart words on it's side; idealism uses a nursery school dictionary. — Michael Arditti Copy Share Image
“Little Pessimism in life reminds of staying alive and not wandering in a fairy land.” — Vikram Adhikari Copy Share Image
The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are. — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
“The pessimist can be enraged at wrong; but only the optimist can be surprised at it.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
We must not let ourselves fall into the vortex of pessimism. Faith can move mountains! — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Don't degrade your soul to the extent of believing in curses. No man can curse you except your maker.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“One can only tolerate the absolute idiocy of Man for so long before bringing out the bat.” — Dean Hale Copy Share Image
“Integrity is often breached by sinister objective. Those who impose negativity on others only bring sadness to themselves.” — DW Duke Copy Share Image
“Lose the pessimism, Ms. Lane,” Barrons said when I informed him of my thoughts. “It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.” — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning. — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I couldn't survive my own pessimism if I didn't have some kind of sunny little dream. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
We need more pessimism that the future might be a lot worse, and we need more optimism that the future might be… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
