No, I'm not that optimistic, I'm just less pessimistic than most of my peers. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times. — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and… — Livy Copy Share Image
These days I wonder more and more why people are pessimistic when American history actually supports optimism. — bell hooks Copy Share Image
On one hand, I am very pessimistic, but on the other hand, if I didn't believe that speaking up would do something,… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Pessimistic visions about almost anything always strike the public as more erudite than optimistic ones — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
“motivation to perform well and pessimistic expectations are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they seem to get along famously.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Gospel music is never pessimistic, it's never 'oh my god, its all going down the tubes', like the blues often is. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
“Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
I'm deeply in love with my wife, and she's my best friend, and yet we share different viewpoints of life, which I… — David Small Copy Share Image
I'm quite pessimistic about climate change. This is an urgent problem, and much of the world is only now waking up to… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
In the midst of my skeptical, cynical, often pessimistic nature exists a slender capacity to believe, if only temporarily, in a guiding,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I think we're in a very exciting time - visually, I think we are. I've not got a crystal ball. I'm not… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Most people have desires that are great and they want to do great things, and they don't want to be negative people… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
When women are pessimistic about their political strength and feel hopeless about changing the conditions of their lives, it is almost as… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
To describe someone as a pessimist is to issue an insult, whereas to be labelled an optimist is to get a pat… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking. — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I'm sort of optimistic about what we could do, but I'm very pessimistic about what we will do. I can't tell you… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Karma is not something pessimistic. If you think of karma as something wrong, you are seeing karma only according to what happened… — DAININ KATAGIRI Copy Share Image
The military profession, especially is the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will behave well… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
“A month ago, Gavin had given his employer four weeks' notice. "I'll get a job around here," he'd told her. "Something low-stress,… — Stephen M. Irwin Copy Share Image
Be a balanced optimist. Nobody is suggesting that you become an oblivious Pollyanna, pretending that nothing bad can or ever will happen.… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Nowadays, to say that we are clever animals is not to say something philosophical and pessimistic but something political and hopeful -… — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Snowpiercer has both [optimistic and pessimistic]. It was essentially optimistic. The most pessimistic was my part, because of his knowledge. He knows… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
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