Trying to separate myself from my instincts of pessimism and cut out and define what it is that I really do love,… — El-P Copy Share Image
Oh, let me be mawkish for the nonce! I am so tired of being cynical. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Pessimism is not a belief that things will get worse, either for the individual or the species—it is more profoundly a rejection… — Jacob Graham Copy Share Image
“Pessimism is a towering skyscraper eighty stories high in the suburbs of the soul at the end of a long avenue with… — Michel Leiris Copy Share Image
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are… — Samuel Ullman Copy Share Image
A regret understood by no one: the regret to be a pessimist. It’s not easy to be on the wrong foot with… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Optimism is a tonic. Pessimism is poison. Admittedly, every businessman must be realistic. He must gather facts, analyze them candidly and strive… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy. — Patricia Ireland Copy Share Image
“If a work has started with negativity from the beginning, it ends negatively.” — Kamaran Ihsan Salih Copy Share Image
Today things are different. The darkness in the outside world has vanished, but the darkness in our hearts remains, virtually unchanged. Just… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
It's not often that you get to play somebody that has absolutely no cynicism or is not judgmental in any way. — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I am pessimistic, I think that's the best way to be, because if you're always expecting the best - the best doesn't… — Karl Pilkington Copy Share Image
You may look back on your life and accept it as good or evil. But it is far, far harder to admit… — Sebastian Horsley Copy Share Image
I keep this in mind when I dont know how to stay sane when others show me negativity — Anonymous Copy Share Image
History has suggested that the pessimists have been wrong time and time again. — David Autor Copy Share Image
“When we stop caring about what people think, we lose our capacity for connection. When we become defined by what people think,… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
The major motivation theories by which most men live can lead them only to depression and cynicism. — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
I will be the first to admit that I am a pessimist by nature. It is, after all, the wisest way to… — Tamar Myers Copy Share Image
The Democrats have always owned the pessimism. It's just the way it's worked out. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
John Marks Templeton has achieved exemplary success in both business and philanthropy. For Looking Forward he has assembled a diverse and remarkable… — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
Cynicism is the motivator of today's world, kindness is the reality of yesterday's world, empowerment is our de faux of tomorrows world. — Jasmina Siderovski Copy Share Image
