Cynicism is no more mature than naïveté. You're no more mature, just more burned. — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
A French critic referred to me as a gay pessimist, with gay used in its older sense, and talked of Cocteau in… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
“Numbness and cynicism, I suspect, are more often the products of frustrated compassion than of evil intentions.” — David Hilfiker Copy Share Image
The Democrats have always owned the pessimism. It's just the way it's worked out. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Not all negativity is bad. In politics, it's a necessary clarifying tool. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Don't confuse my point of view with cynicism. The real cynics are the ones who tell you that everything's gonna be all… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
For the longest time I was just trying to find someone to love as much as I loved you, but now I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Man, at least when educated, is a pessimist. He believes it safer not to reflect on his achievements; Jove is known to… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
There is a good and a bad light in which every thing that befalls us may be taken. If the human mind… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
I can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
All of this tragedy and hatred going on in the world right now, and a bunch of low life people just keep… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have never met an intelligent optimist. That is not to say I think pessimism makes you intelligent, but I have always… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Choosing to live a life in a cynical negative matter, doubting every opportunity, and doubting every God-given ability that you possess, is… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
I hope that I state your case fairly: One of my great fears is misrepresenting you, even to myself, now that you… — Michael Arditti Copy Share Image
“Today’s overwhelming volume and variety of information makes it possible—by selecting and connecting data points carefully—to paint practically any picture of the… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Dark Things When you look at everything from the negative, you develop a cynical and negative point of view. When you dwell… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Keep you eyes open. Guard your thoughts. Negativity lurks to divide you from one another so your better natures become poisoned with… — Tom Krause Copy Share Image
To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. A… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“FAITH. Too many people have no faith. They are cynical. “This leadership training and personal development stuff doesn’t work.” Or “I’m too… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
“To love at a distance and without hope; never to possess; to dream chastely of pale charms and impossible kisses extinguished on… — Huysmans Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
“It is possible for things to get worse without limit.” — U.S. National Bureau of Standards Dr. Herbert R.J. Grosch Copy Share Image
“Negativity has never been a friend to anyone" -Hollister” — Jennifer Chambliss Bertman Copy Share Image
