The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I think when I look out and I see there's so much negativity in the world and a lot of people are… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
“Having a rather pessimistic outlook on life makes for the best philosophical discussions; distress is the only real reason to question something;… — Moryah DeMott 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
“That sounded a lot more appetizing than my aging cynicism, complete lack of interest in others, and lifetime of enthusiastic immersion in… — Neal Pollack Copy Share Image
A better life is always starts with a better thinking. It is impossible to move in a positive direction while being governed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many young Muslims see no opportunities for themselves and do not feel they have control over their lives or a stake in… — Najib Razak Copy Share Image
The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one, or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality — Heywood C Broun Copy Share Image
“Hope is an embrace of the unknown and the unknowable, an alternative to the certainty of both optimists and pessimists. Optimists think… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I've learned that next to the atomic bomb, the greatest danger is defeatism, despair, and inadequate awareness of what human beings possess.… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
“Vonnegut had seen the worst of human conduct and refused to lie about the sort of trouble we were in, but who… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
Most people who work with me can tell you I'm a bit of a pessimist about business stuff. Not because I don't… — Ben Rector Copy Share Image
“How can we drop negativity, as you suggest? By dropping it. How do you drop a piece of hot coal that you… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Every culture has a myth of decline from some golden age, and almost all peoples throughout history have been pessimists. Even today… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
Cynicism, disillusionment, and a dispiriting sense of purposeless has cast a shadow over American society seriously draining it of any language or… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Cynical? Thats my fascination. I do hateful things, for which people love me, And lovable things for which they hate me. I… — Jerome Lawrence Copy Share Image
The world is filled with negativity. I want people to watch me and think, “I feel good, and I’m going to make… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
“I had always detested the meddlesome alarmist, who veils ignorance under noisiness, and for ever wails his chant of lugubrious pessimism.” — Erskine Childers Copy Share Image
Negativity takes no imagination. It's far easier to criticize someone's decisions after they make them than to propose better ones beforehand. — Urijah Faber Copy Share Image
I'd try to explain that it's not really negativity or sadness anymore, it's more just this detached, meaningless fog where you can't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To quote the late John Templeton, “Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The… — David Skarica Copy Share Image
No one wants to follow a pessimist... You can be skeptical, you can be realistic, but you can't be cynical. If your… — Bob Iger Copy Share Image
Negativity is often looked upon [in the USA] as a kind of thought crime. Not since the advent of socialist realism has… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Life is truly something so beautiful that it should never be taken for granted, some people are filled up with so much… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always look on the black side of life. That way, you won't be disappointed and I'm cheerful if it doesn't work… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an… — Nicholas Hoult Copy Share Image
I hate cynicism. I wipe it from me. I don't like cynical people. I don't like cynical movies. Cynicism is very easy.… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
“One brain’s blueprint may promote joy more readily than most; in another, pessimism reigns. Whether happiness infuses or eludes a person depends,… — Thomas Lewis Copy Share Image
Sometimes in life, when bad things happen to us, or things aren't going our way, or we're faced with a challenge or… — Alesha Dixon Copy Share Image
A cynical young person is almost the saddest sight to see, because it means that he or she has gone from knowing… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I think it is a luxury and privilege to be sane and well and pessimistic. Because with depression, you have no other… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
I'm not a fool and I won't be taken for a ride. I will stand up for my self but at the… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
Anger, stress, tension, depression, sorrow, hate, fear - these things start to retreat. And for a filmmaker, having this negativity lift away… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
All religions promise a reward beyond this life in eternity for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“I’m a lawyer. Pessimists see a glass half-empty; optimists see a glass half-full. Lawyers see a glass containing possible carcinogenic materials without… — Naima Simone Copy Share Image
Without the confidence to know our democracy is functioning properly, we risk more disillusionment, more cynicism, and even more public apathy toward… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
I'm a realist all the way. I'm too cynical to be an optimist. But I've lived too much of a charmed life… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
“Yes, you will feel like giving up. Yes, your competitors will copy you. Yes, your critics will attack you. Yes, your cynics… — Sravani Saha Nakhro Copy Share Image
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