Pessimism Quotes · Page 26

“When people start believing that all politicians are liars and crooks, the truly corrupt escape scrutiny, and cynicism grows.”

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

Part of me wants a bunch of jocks to go to Comic-Con and call them all dweebs so they can be like,…

— Thomas Middleditch

Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective.

— Francis Parker Yockey

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

— Harry S Truman

I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am…

— Vaclav Havel

Refuse to be cynical. Refuse to think that things can never change.

— John Callaway

I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking.

— Graham Coxon

It is far too late and things are far too bad for pessimism.

— Dee Hock

I've never felt that way. I've never felt like a looser. You can't get what you want if you feel like it's…

— Zacky Vengeance

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

— Munia Khan

“The naively cynical measure a piece of legislation, a victory, a milestone not against the past or the limits of the possible,…

— Rebecca Solnit

“The truth is, there is nothing wrong with the world. In a greater scheme of things, negativity is as useful as positivity.”

— Talidari

I think you can always learn from a little bit of negativity.

— Emma Willis

“Never confuse cynicism for intelligence.”

— Ahmed Al-Sheikh

I always hear people say I give the same answers or I don’t give you much. No, I just don’t give you…

— Derek Jeter

Temptation is a dress rehearsal for a karmic experience of negativity.

— Gary Zukav

“Life is like butter - when things cool down it can be reshaped”

— Alan Sheinwald

No one can create negativity or stress within you. Only you can do that by virtue of how you process your world.

— Anonymous

In fact, I am a pessimist. But when I'm making a film, I don't want to transfer my pessimism onto children. I…

— Hayao Miyazaki

Happiness never come to those who have refused to appreciate what they already have.

— Anonymous

A person with positivity looks for possibility in every opportunity. A person with negativity sees impossibility and lame excuses in every opportunity.

— Dr Anil Kr Sinha

“Love of self is still determined by negativity insofar as it devalues and wards off the Other in favor of the Own.”

— Byung-Chul Han

I'm going to work with Dan Clowes. After Charlie Kaufman, it's hard to fill up the gap. It's hard to find somebody…

— Michel Gondry

Youth is so cynical. There's never anything to believe in as a teen.

— Matt Tong

“Optimists see opportunities. Pessimists refuse to look.”

— Roger Fritz