Pessimism Quotes · Page 40

A pessimist doesn't see the sunset outside, he sees the dirt on the window.

— Jim Rohn

If there was a place called Cynic, I would be its mayor, its MP and have keys to the town.

— Simon Jordan

I invite people to examine their lives without negativity, knowing that it's scary, but that not doing it is even scarier.

— Barbara De Angelis

I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am.

— Christopher Nolan

It was lovely to see cynicism in one so young. It positively restored his faith in human nature.

— Lauren Willig

I'm one of life's pessimists. I'm ready for everything to go wrong at any moment.

— Josh Widdicombe

Youth is so cynical. There's never anything to believe in as a teen.

— Matt Tong

I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist.

— Jacques Barzun

“Optimism was for children. Once you reached adulthood then you had to join the rest of the world as a realist -…

— N.C. Thomas

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

Blending hard-bitten realism with long-view optimism, Obama said that every 20 or 30 years brings a new cycle of pessimism in America.

— Ron Fournier

Disaster is around the corner. It is, it's lurking, it's incredibly negative. Am I thinking about the bad times ahead? Jesus, no.…

— Martin O'Neill

Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it's surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve…

— Ron Fournier

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out,…

— Wole Soyinka

So I was looking up quotes. Many clicked the thumbs up symbol. When only few clicked the thumbs down. It made me…

— Rocco Rippolone

There have been times when a particularly heavy dose of such cynicism has caused me to reflect that surely this is the…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“Pessimism cancels faith... The only way you are going to go from your setback to your comeback and beyond is with the…

— Tim Storey

Cynicism doesn't have its way in series finales. My emotional desire when I watch a series come to an end is to…

— Julie Plec

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old…

— Douglas MacArthur

“The divine right of kings may now be acknowledged as a fabrication, a falsified permit for prideful dementia and impulsive mayhem. The…

— Thomas Ligotti

“The death of awe in our culture has left us with an oddly credulous cynicism. We are cynical, suspicious of established government,…

— Dennis E. Johnson

The optimist sees a light at the end of the tunnel, the realist sees a train entering the tunnel, the pessimist sees…

— James Branch Cabell

“Ozzie Boone...insists that I keep the tone light in these biographical manuscripts. He believes that pessimism is strictly for people who are…

— Dean Koontz

“Richard Davidson, a University of Wisconsin psychologist. He discovered that people who have greater activity in the left frontal lobe, compared to…

— Daniel Goleman

“If you only go around once in life, then why has that one gone around more than once?”

— Brian Spellman

Pessimism about America's future tends to underestimate its capacity for self-renewal.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

— Antonio Gramsci

The cynicism doesn't come across in the final; it can be taken as a very sincere plea for someone to not go…

— Babatunde Adebimpe

History has suggested that the pessimists have been wrong time and time again.

— David Autor

“Use the negativity in your life to feel better…Brave starts here. Lizzie Velasquez 9/1/2014 Amazing, articulate, clever lady.”

— Scarlett Flame

“Actually he was a pessimist, and, like all pessimists, a ridiculously unobservant man.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

Lay down your cynicism, and believe in the transformational power of love.

— Anonymous

In the long run the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip

— Anonymous

Happiness never come to those who have refused to appreciate what they already have.

— Anonymous

I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again.

— William Sanderson

A pessimist is someone who has had to listen to too many optimists.

— Anonymous

A hopeless person finds a difficulty in every chance…and a hopeful person finds a chance in every difficulty!

— Simi Ngr

When a pessimistic person wishes to be wrong, s/he becomes optimistic.

— Mohammad MUSTAFA

Cynics and critics wake us up. Kindness often covers up the truth and allows us to sleep on in our ignorance.

— Wilferd Peterson

I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today, negativity is not permitted.

— Godfrey Reggio