Pessimism Quotes · Page 48

I regard these people who are peddling angst and peddling pessimism and all that stuff as so 'two minutes ago'.

— Terence McKenna

I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement.

— Jane Gardam

Avoid cynical and negative people like the plague. They are killers of potential.

— Rick Pitino

Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria.

— John Templeton

I don't really believe in the supernatural, as far as the negativity.

— Redfoo

“Cynicism is when a small mind and a hurt heart rejects the hope, love, and truth of a big and caring God.”

— Jayce O'Neal

Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world.

— Cameron Crowe

It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right

— Anonymous

Every time a man is begotten and born, the clock of human life is wound up anew to repeat once more its…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Despite the unrivaled empirical success of quantum theory, the very suggestion that it may be literally true as a description of nature…

— David Deutsch

For all the cynicism that the world contains, people are a little more open to those things that maybe are to do…

— Kenneth Branagh

I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in…

— John Steinbeck

“A high, positive vibration attracts positive events, people and situations; a low, negative vibration attracts more negativity.”

— Brenda El-Leithy

When the outlook is steeped in pessimism, I remind myself, "Two and two still make four, and you can't keep humankind down…

— Bernard Baruch

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life.…

— Shawn Colvin

“When you can’t understand the negativity, doubt, or lack of support directed at you just remember this. They are not looking at…

— Carl Henegan

Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets,'…

— Josh Radnor

“Here is something for you to write down and remember: facing reality is never pessimistic. Believing the truth, no matter how difficult…

— Michael Bunker

“I spoke one time at the Library of Congress, in 1972, or so. A man stood up in the middle of the…

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr

“The problem, David, is your cynicism only runs one direction. If somebody comes on TV and says everything is great and wonderful,…

— David Wong

A politician or political thinker who calls himself a political realist is usually boasting that he sees politics, so to speak, in…

— Mary McCarthy

“In those moments of moving through the streets with people who share one's beliefs comes the rare and magical possibility of a…

— Rebecca Solnit

Market moralities and mentalities-- fueled by economic imperatives to make a profit at nearly any cost-- yield unprecedented levels of loneliness, isolation,…

— Cornel West

Are there people to aspire to? Can people be strong enough to withstand all of this disillusionment? Maybe the time is right…

— Brendan Gleeson

Sometimes pessimism or optimism gets popular, and it's contagious.

— Edward C. Prescott

“I have seen so many extraordinary things that nothing seems extraordinary to me”

— Voltaire

A pessimist looks at his glass and says it is half empty; an optimist looks at it and says it is half…

— Josiah Stamp

I'm kind of perverse in that I think pessimism is helpful. My pessimism is my own kind of patriotism. My dissent.

— Tracy Letts

If you worry about yesterday's failures, today's successes will be few.

— Anonymous

I think that every moment you succumb to cynicism, you're taking energy away from change.

— Marianne Williamson

Just think of any negativity that comes at you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss.

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.

— Peter Benchley

I believe that adversity and negativity can be an amazing fuel towards personal success.

— Jonathan Adler

I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way.

— Nick Cave

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

— Rene Descartes

The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

A cheap and easy cynicism rails at everything. The master of the art accomplishes the formidable task of discrimination.

— Ambrose Bierce

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically

— Vincent Van Gogh

“There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren't contributing to it.”

— Germany Kent

I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat.

— Lisa Kleypas