It's like in most parts of America, where there was industry and there is no longer; there is cynicism mixed with sarcasm… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“I renounce the higher harmony altogether. It's not worth the tears of that one tortured child who...prayed..with...unexpiated tears to 'dear,kind God!” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
I've always fed off negativity and wanting people to hate me. That attitude really fueled me for my entire career. So being… — Dean Ambrose Copy Share Image
[T]he syndrome known as life is too diffuse to admit of palliation. For every symptom that is eased, another is made worse.… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
A Pessimist Sees Only The Dark Side Of The Clouds And Mopes. A Philosopher Sees Both Sides And Shrugs.. But An Optimist… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
It's easy to get bogged down in all the negativity that when you see people smile and pat you on the back… — Michael Waltrip Copy Share Image
“When you are a pessimist and the bad thing happens, you live it twice,' Amos liked to say. 'Once when you worry… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
“We're humans, not machines. We have bad days. We have mental difficulties. We are inspired, yet we fail. We are not linear.… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Some recent philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of an individual… — Alfred Binet Copy Share Image
“Fukuyama’s thesis that history has climaxed with liberal capitalism may have been widely derided, but it is accepted, even assumed, at the… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
If you think of this world as a place intended simply for our happiness, you find it quite intolerable: think of it… — CS Lewis Copy Share Image
When thinking about the future, it is fashionable to be pessimistic. Yet the evidence unequivocally belies such pessimism. Over the past centuries,… — Bjorn Lomborg Copy Share Image
People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says… — Louis Zamperini Copy Share Image
“If you try to imagine as nearly as you can what an amount of misery, pain, and suffering of every kind the… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“the brain evolved a built-in negativity bias. While this bias emerged in harsh settings very different from our own, it continues to… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“The cynical ones are the best companions. But the best of all are the cynical ones when they are still devout; or… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Too often we jump to the conclusion that something is impossible simply because we cannot see the solution. No one knows enough… — Wayne Dyer 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
“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
“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
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
When you doubt and have negative thoughts you become your own enemy. Believe in yourself and push yourself to greater heights with… — Benjamin Valadez Copy Share Image
We need a new and positive narrative that defies the negativity and transforms our ageing populations from a problem into an asset. — Alexander De Croo 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
Alle Befriedigung, oder was man gemeinhin Glu« ck nennt, ist eigentlich und wesentlich immer nur negativ und durchaus nie positiv. All satisfaction,… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The mistakes made by doctors are innumerable. They err habitually on the side of optimism as to treatment, of pessimism as to… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Negativity is an addiction to the bleak shadow that lingers around every human form ... you can transfigure negativity by turning it… — John O'Donohue 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
If everyone you've loved has used you, hurt you or disrespected you, you begin to think that love is supposed to hurt… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People will try to pull you down, but you need to fight the negativity in your life. It's always good to stay… — Vivek Oberoi Copy Share Image
“Some people realize that what must burn in the fire is their fear—fear of their own power, fear of change, fear of… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
I'm actually equal parts cynicism and apathy. I'm always willing to believe the worst as long as it doesn't take too much… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Humans will always endure suffering - even accepting the fact that we're going to die will cause us suffering, and from that… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Every state of welfare, every feeling of satisfaction, is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
People, particularly over-moralistic Americans, have often seen me as a pessimist and humourless to boot, yet I think I have an almost… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
To be happy, you first must declare it with your mouth and then have the courage to express it without respect to… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
If you think someone's negativity, you may also want to think his positivity as well. Failed to do so only deteriorate no… — Stevens Chen Copy Share Image
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