“There’s no possibility of being pessimistic when people are dependent on you for their only optimism.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm pessimistic about the future of the planet. These big guys don't realize for everything they do, there's a reaction. You have… — George Harrison 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
“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.” — Amit Kalantri 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
I realize more and more how instinctively pessimistic I am of all human kindness -- since I am always so bowled over… — Dawn Powell Copy Share Image
That's not saying there's not a bunch of good Democrats. I'm sure there's a lot of people who still haven't figured that… — Aaron McGruder Copy Share Image
At the beginning of the Syrian conflict, I was optimistic. But now, I'm pessimistic, because it's so complicated. It's much worse than… — Osama Alomar Copy Share Image
The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
I'm not pessimistic. It is the world that is terrible. How can we be optimistic in the face of a planet where… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Cynicism is something that is part of the media production of a certain type of subjectivity or consciousness that is passive and… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
If we consistently act on the optimistic hypothesis, this hypothesis will tend to be realised; whilst by acting on the pessimistic hypothesis… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world. People who are pessimistic about the future tend to… — Bill Gates 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
“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
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
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
I'm slightly pessimistic about human nature, about how close it's possible to bond with those around you. Dying alone is a deep… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share Image
First of all, Buddhism is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. If anything at all, it is realistic, for it takes a realistic view… — Walpola Rahula 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
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
Vermonters often ask me whether I am pessimistic about the future of our country. My honest answer is that I am not. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I've always had this in some ways pessimistic and in some ways realistic idea that I'm the lowest rung on the ladder. — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal… — Jim Valvano Copy Share Image
Do not be too pessimistic, in the traffic of life and it's problems .. There is always a beautiful thing we will notice . — SunShine Copy Share Image
To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say: Don't be economic girlie men! — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
If people were super-optimistic about technology there would be no reason to be pessimistic about the future. — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
Clinically speaking, depression is a pessimistic sense of your own capabilities, and despondent lack of energy. — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
Anything which retains interest is optimistic. When the characters become disinterested, it's pessimistic. Does that make sense? — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism. Despite the general pessimistic attitude in the world today, I am… — Hans Hofmann Copy Share Image
Optimistic parents raise resilient children, but pessimistic parents raise broken offspring. Wherever there is darkness, show your children the light. — Shmuley Boteach Copy Share Image
If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Those who make their living flirting with catastrophe develop a faculty of pessimistic imagination, of anticipating the worst, that is often all… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I can't blame anyone for being pessimistic when they look around, after all the blood spilled and energy spent to gain ground… — James Vance Copy Share Image
I talk about going to his [George W. Bush's] Inauguration and crying when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid… — Sarah Vowell 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
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![“I talk about going to his [George W. Bush's] Inauguration and crying when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid he was going to "wreck the economy and muck up the drinking water"... the failure of my pessimistic imagination at that moment boggles my mind now.” quote by Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8d7/sarah-vowell-2016_causes_i-talk-about-going-to-his-george-w-bush_1287893.png)
