Pessimism Quotes · Page 33

I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement.

— Jane Gardam

I regard these people who are peddling angst and peddling pessimism and all that stuff as so 'two minutes ago'.

— Terence McKenna

Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria.

— John Templeton

I think that all the anger and cynicism comes from suppressing things that we always wanted.

— John Lee Hancock

I think the reason I was successful is that I was never cynical.

— Carol Burnett

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

— Barack Obama

I don't want to be a pessimist. I'm a realist. One man's realist is another man's pessimist.

— Bill Maher

Life's too short to waste on pessimism, boredom and disillusionment.

— Anonymous

“When you are a pessimist and the bad thing happens, you live it twice,' Amos liked to say. 'Once when you worry…

— Michael Lewis

Too often we jump to the conclusion that something is impossible simply because we cannot see the solution. No one knows enough…

— Wayne Dyer

“The cynical ones are the best companions. But the best of all are the cynical ones when they are still devout; or…

— Ernest Hemingway

[T]he syndrome known as life is too diffuse to admit of palliation. For every symptom that is eased, another is made worse.…

— Samuel Beckett

A Pessimist Sees Only The Dark Side Of The Clouds And Mopes. A Philosopher Sees Both Sides And Shrugs.. But An Optimist…

— Pacifiersucker

I was born with an extremely negative attitude. I was the kid who wouldn't smile in Christmas photos, was a poor sport,…

— Colton Haynes

Perhaps it's my natural pessimism, but it seems that an awfully large part of travel these days is to see things while…

— Bill Bryson

Thanks to my Buddhist faith, to the positivity that arose from prayer, I put the optimism of determination before the pessimism of…

— Roberto Baggio

“DEFENSE PESSIMISM: According to psychologist Julie Norem, positive thinking doesn't work for some people, who should try defensive pessimism. Here's how it…

— Jon Winokur

If cynicism and love lie at opposite ends of a spectrum, do we not sometimes fall in love in order to escape…

— Alain de Botton

All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism, for…

— Conan O'Brien

People confuse the word cynicism with the word skepticism. One is “you’re not gonna pay attention to anything, think everything’s screwed up,…

— Bill Nye

I love things that are brave enough to be nakedly about what our lives are actually built of, when you're wild about…

— Daniel Mendelsohn

There are many different kinds of doubt. When we doubt the future, we call it worry. When doubt other people we call…

— Rick Warren

“The pessimists believe that the cosmos is a clock that is running down; the progressives believe it is a clock that they…

— G.K. Chesterton

“It would be pleasant to believe that the age of pessimism is now coming to a close, and that its end is…

— Dennis Gabor

I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat.

— Lisa Kleypas

“Pessimism, cynicism and fear will only lead to a very small life. Don’t live small.”

— Neil Abramson

If the world weren't such a beautiful place, we might all turn into cynics

— Paul Auster

I'm riddled with cynicism. Whenever anyone says 'trust me,' the hairs go up on the back of my neck.

— Charles Dance

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

— Rene Descartes

A cheap and easy cynicism rails at everything. The master of the art accomplishes the formidable task of discrimination.

— Ambrose Bierce

“There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren't contributing to it.”

— Germany Kent

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically

— Vincent Van Gogh

The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

I believe that adversity and negativity can be an amazing fuel towards personal success.

— Jonathan Adler

I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way.

— Nick Cave

Better to be an optimist who gets disappointed than a pessimist who has no hope.

— Robin Sharma

“The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.”

— Winston S. Churchill

Talent works for money and fame; the motive which moves genius to productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right.

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

The vocabulary of my cynical world doesn't allow me to explain the success of 'Lean In.'

— Nell Scovell