“When I was born, the doctor slit my throat to see if I could talk.” — Sean Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
“It’s not easy maintaining a cynical outlook in the face of what appears to be a thoroughly charitable mindset,” — Ted Koppel Copy Share Image
I've never been an optimist, but that's fine because pessimists have the possibility of being agreeably surprised. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Negativity breeds negativity, zap its flow as quickly as possible by switching focus or making amends. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All the negativity from the past can be erased in the moment with a single positive action. — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
As the nation at last confronts global warming, it is no time for denial, greed, cynicism or pessimism. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I've grown tired of people impersonating world-weary cynics by intoning the old saying 'My enemy's enemy is my friend' as if it… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a constructive focus or resolution, we take hope away. In this… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If empathy channels our optimism, we will see the empathy and the diseases and the poor school. We will answer with our… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I think I'm a realist. Which people who don't like me consider to be pessimism. It isn't pessimism at all. If I… — Steven Morrissey Copy Share Image
“What New England is, is a state of mind, a place where dry humor and perpetual disappointment blend to produce an ironic… — Willem Lange Copy Share Image
“Pessimism is too easy, even delicious, the badge and plume of intellectuals everywhere. It absolves the thinking classes of solutions. We” — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
I will be the first to admit that I am a pessimist by nature. It is, after all, the wisest way to… — Tamar Myers Copy Share Image
... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“However, the struggle with that sentinel is, as a rule, not so hard as it may seem from a long way off,… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“No one is a greater schoolgirl in spirit than a cynic. Cynics cannot relinquish the rubbish they were taught as children: they… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“Immune to the blandishments of religions, countries, families, and whatever else that—with a smattering of emotive images and strains of maudlin music—can… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
Pessimism like calumny is easy to do, and attracts immediate attention. The gossiper and the writer may find this out soon enough,… — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
“Protect yourself against the venomous attacks of jealous and envious people by eliminating them from your life. Whether it’s family, friends, or… — Dwaun S. Cox Copy Share Image
“The events of the last forty years have inflicted such a blow to the self confidence of Western civilization and to the… — Christopher Henry Dawson Copy Share Image
