Pessimism Quotes · Page 31

I'm a pessimist about probabilities; I'm an optimist about possibilities.

— Lewis Mumford

A cynic is a person who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

— Oscar Wilde

Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one's own skilled action.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

I am, by nature, not optimistic: my fellow drag queens would probably describe me as a pessimist.

— Violet Chachki

Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade)

— Kate Spade

People try to bring negativity into my life, but it's crazy how I deflect it.

— JaVale McGee

Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties.

— Jamie Whyte

“The cynicism of utter solitude is a calvary relieved by insolence.”

— Emil M. Cioran

You're constantly, in human culture, trying to balance between uplifting, heartfelt, sincere, earnestness that empowers and enlightens people, and the sarcastic cynicism…

— Seth Green

I was cursed with the pessimism of both the Russians and the Jews two of the gloomiest tribes in the world. Still…

— David Benioff

. . . if there is a way for the world to be transformed for the better, it can only be done…

— Jose Saramago

Perhaps no philosopher is more correct than the cynic. The happiness of the animal, that thorough cynic, is the living proof of…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Some people will of course accuse me of misanthropy and cynicism. I can't celebrate humanity but I'm not out to indict it…

— Todd Solondz

“No, you pessimistic fool, I am saying that if we can find it in ourselves to be miserable even when things are…

— Anuja Chandramouli

Some reviewers have read this as cynicism but I don't see it that way. When I say "I am so sick /…

— Randall Mann

Indulge me, John. Cynicism and foul language are the only vices I'm presently capable of. Everything else takes energy or money.

— Mary Doria Russell

“Many people with ADD suffer from moodiness, excessive worrying, and negativity. This attitude comes from their past. They have many experiences with…

— Daniel G. Amen

“I heard about this man who fell into a pit, and while he was down there several people came by and offered…

— Joel Osteen

A few modern philosopher's assert that an individual's intelligence is a fixed quantity, a quantity which cannot be increased. We must protest…

— Alfred Binet

“there are brief enchanted moments in history and in the short lives of men and women, there is wonder and there is…

— Nelson DeMille

I have a hunch that our obsession with photography arises from an unspoken pessimism; it is our nature to believe the good…

— Michelle Richmond

“What is more surprising is that, as surveys have found, working-class whites are the most pessimistic group in America. More pessimistic than…

— J.D. Vance

It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about…

— Zig Ziglar

“He has no doubts, there is nothing you can say to sway him, to give him hope or trust. He is a…

— Ernest Becker

Cynicism, to me, is trying to make people as unhappy as you are.

— Ricky Gervais

Nothing of any importance has ever been accomplished by a pessimist.

— Jack Welch

There are so many great things in life; why dwell on negativity?

— Zendaya

Don't worry bout the people who aren't happy for you. They probably aren't happy for themselves, either.

— Anonymous

We have to be cautious, we can't let negativity spread like wildfire.

— Saswata Chatterjee

Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems.

— Cory Booker

I see nothing in the present situation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism.

— Andrew Mellon

Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.

— S. N. Goenka

“Still, Fritz was an optimist, and Karl was a pessimist, and that makes all the difference in the world.”

— Philip Pullman

Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration.

— Steve Toltz

You would be naive to suggest that politics isn't complicated or isn't a game, but you don't create change through cynicism.

— Sophie Gregoire Trudeau

When life hands you lemons, you squirt them in the eye, than yell that you wanted limes!

— Amanda Day

Holding onto negativity makes you sick, I strongly believe that. So I release negativity by writing.

— Asher Roth

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.

— James Jones

I been around negativity all my life. To do something positive, it's a beautiful thing.

— Jay Rock

“Pessimistic labels lead to passivity, whereas optimistic ones lead to attempts to change.”

— Martin E.P. Seligman