I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist); and that… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I have always had a passion for the beautiful. If the man in me is often a pessimist, the artist, on the… — Jules Breton Copy Share Image
Sometimes people ask me, 'Are you an optimist or a pessimist?' It doesn't matter. Whether I have a future or not is… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Optimists focus on the place they are going. Pessimists focus on the obstacles along the route. To become an optimist simply look… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
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… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
Fine, large, meaningless, general terms like romance and business can always be related. They take the place of thinking, and are highly… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
“Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can… — Doug Dandridge Copy Share Image
Optimism has always seemed to me the cunning alibi of egoists, anxious to cover up their state of chronic self-satisfaction. They are… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
Always the eternal optimist, President Reagan instilled confidence and optimism at a time both were in short supply in our country. — Jim Ramstad Copy Share Image
“You say you're a pessimist, but I happen to know that you're in the habit of practicing your flute for two hours… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“But love makes you an optimist", she said. "That is what love is. It is hope for the future. Love doesn't want… — Karina Halle Copy Share Image
Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
Optimist: someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it's more like a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Definitely not—you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I don't think about growing old," she said. "I know you don't. That's one of the things I admire about you, Alice.… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm an optimist. I have always been, and I will continue to be. So I believe there's always a possibility of transforming… — Wadada Leo Smith Copy Share Image
“He'd never been an optimist. He saw the world as it was, or he tried to. That was a problem, though, when… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am an optimist, and I believe that people are inherently good and that if you give everyone a voice and freedom… — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
“The optimist builds himself safe inside a cell and paints the inside walls sky-blue and blocks up the door and says he's… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
I tend to be a great optimist when it comes to the United States and the American way of life, I think… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
I disagree with the optimist. A person speaks the truth when angry - when they're caught off-guard and those hidden feelings just… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pessimists see problems as stemming from stable and universal causes, thus making them less susceptible to corrective action. Optimists, in contrast, view… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
There's no secret on how to attain a greater height, just keep climbing the ladder, don't look at the dreadful distance, lock… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One downside of being an optimist is that optimistic people tend to forget yesterday's trauma in the belief that everything will turn… — Amy Dickinson 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
We must take time to put ourself to an activity that we enjoy, it gives us an opportunity to relax, refocus and… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
When I do look at myself, I see someone who is fundamentally optimistic. Quite a lot of what I do in my… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
. . . if there is a way for the world to be transformed for the better, it can only be done… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
I am a natural optimist but there were times when (it seemed like) I was doing nothing but adding up on the… — Mary Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
A dangerous fire retardant chemical is being found in women's breast milk. My wife's breastfeeding, but you know, you gotta be an… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
A pessimist is a person who is always right but doesn't get any enjoyment out of it, while an optimist, is one… — Victor Cherbuliez Copy Share Image
“If I continually focus on what I don’t have, my life will always be completely empty despite the fact that it’s completely… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I guess I lean toward being an optimist, as far as improving tech being good for people, but that's not to say… — Marques Brownlee Copy Share Image
In the face of so much pain, I remain an incurable optimist. I am fueled by the passion of the women I… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
