I tend to be pessimistic. I want to believe in hope.

I tend to be very pessimistic and not let myself enjoy things.

— Cole Escola

I tend to be pessimistic about everything: If things seem to be going good, I'm worried that it's going to end; if things are…

— Jesse Eisenberg

Nothing makes me more pessimistic than the obligation not to be pessimistic.

— Eugene Ionesco

I always call myself either an optimistic pessimist or a pessimistic optimist - I'm not sure which way it goes.

— Nathan Englander

I never like to use those terms [like pessimistic].

— Frances Moore Lappé

I think I'm a person that's very pessimistic about, like I'm not a luddite but I don't think we need to crack the code…

— Oneohtrix Point Never

I tend toward the pessimistic end of the spectrum, and unfortunately there's little in human history to convince me that pessimism is unwarranted.

— Ron Currie Jr

I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies.

— Elmer Bernstein

“To a pessimist, losing bobby pins is as hopeless as losing hair. To an optimist, losing hair gives hope to get the lost bobby…

— Munia Khan

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

— Carl Rogers

On one hand, I'm an optimistic pessimist. On the other, I'm a pessimistic optimist. But while there's life, there's still hope, and I wouldn't…

— Helen Caldicott

Left to my own devices, in the face of the climate change deniers, the madness and the greed-based decision-making, and propaganda that's been floating…

— Trent Reznor

Vermonters often ask me whether I am pessimistic about the future of our country. My honest answer is that I am not.

— Bernie Sanders

“While I may be pessimistic about parts of the business that support journalism, I’m optimistic about the robust survival of journalism in the long…

— George Brock

Conservatism is pessimistic, with a negative tendency - which we mostly resist - towards despair. Liberals are optimists, with a negative tendency, rarely resisted,…

— John Derbyshire