“Employers pay with their money for what employees have paid for with portions of their lives.” — @Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond coverage of politics. — Alastair Campbell Copy Share Image
I'm not a pessimist by nature. I'm not someone who sees things in a bleak way. — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
“cynicism is the only reasonable response to the antics of humanity.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
“How many pessimists end up desiring the things they fear, in order to prove they are right?” — Robert Mallet Copy Share Image
“Cynicism may seem a mild transgression, but it is a patient predator that suffocates hope, slowly, over many years,” — Rachel Held Evans 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
The most important virtue in politics was once thought to be likeability. But in Corbyn, dislikeable was king. Actually, dislikeability reached its… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
Pessimism is carefully cultivated in some intellectual circles, as if it were a precious plant that the human race could not afford… — Arthur Lynch Copy Share Image
Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could be, much, much better… — Walter Becker Copy Share Image
In securing the future of the planet, we secure happiness for ourselves. One of the aims of the Greens is to turn… — Bob Brown Copy Share Image
Science fiction always has had strains of pessimism and optimism weaving through its historical development, sometimes one dominating and then the other,… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
There are some harsh realities about this business, and they've been beaten into my psyche. But I'm more of an optimist than… — Matt Lauer Copy Share Image
“The optimist says, "The glass is half full." The pessimist says, "The glass is half empty." The rationalist says, "This glass is… — Thomas Cathcart Copy Share Image
“If you try to convert someone, it will never be to effect his salvation but to make him suffer like yourself, to… — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
“We live in a world packed with desensitising forces, that strip the world of magic. The world is full of negativity, but… — Dave Thompson Copy Share Image
The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Cynicism and defensiveness are two things constantly levelled at me. Look, I've got time for people, I'm good mannered. I usually find… — Nick Cave 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
“It is generally assumed that the opposite of happiness must simply be unhappiness. However, I would assert that it is much more… — Jem Friar Copy Share Image
When I am too open to the world around me, it's as though the arrows of negativity that fly around can easily… — Dr BK Satyanarayan Copy Share Image
“In order to protect our jobs, our visas, our profits, our chances of receiving good grades, our sanity, we pretend not to… — John Holloway Copy Share Image
Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them better. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Starting our day off with a dose of negativity can have lasting effects. — Michelle Gielan Copy Share Image
“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Negativity may knock at your door, but that doesn't mean you have to let it in. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's impossible to work under conditions where they confused negativity with objectivity. You can't fool the fans. — Marv Albert Copy Share Image
Sometimes you just need to distance yourself from people and their negativity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators. — Francois Guizot Copy Share Image
People say I'm such a pessimist, but I always was. It never stopped me from doing what I had to do. I… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
“Real encouragers are willing to be fools in the eyes of cynics because they have a great vision,” — Candy Paull Copy Share Image
It is part of the business of marketing to muddy the distinction between altruism and cynicism. — Don Watson Copy Share Image
“If we haven’t got a goal we are much more likely to sink into horrid negativity” — Ben Hunt-Davis Copy Share Image
I hate cynicism - it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
