For me, possibility, progress, growth, those things are very.. they feel very good. It doesn't usually come with negativity. I don't really… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
The more we dwell on the negative, the more negative energy we create. And the smaller we behave, the smaller our world… — Kris Carr Copy Share Image
“Believe. No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted island, or opened a new heaven to… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
This actual world of what is knowable, in which we are and which is in us, remains both the material and the… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
We hardly need to be reminded that we are living in an age of confusion - a lot of us have traded… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
“Consider carefully the merest event: in the best of cases, the positive and negative elements that participate in it balance out; generally… — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Being a pessimist is just such a gloomy way of looking at things, so I have to hope for the best -… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
The difference between a pessimistic and an optimistic mind is of such controlling importance in regard to every intellectual function, and especially… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
“What is truth?" Sometimes people ask this question because they wish to do nothing. Generic cynicism makes us feel hip and alternative… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“Some change their philosophy of life with every book they read: one book sells them on Freud, the next on Marx; materialists… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“The problem, David, is your cynicism only runs one direction. If somebody comes on TV and says everything is great and wonderful,… — David Wong Copy Share Image
A politician or political thinker who calls himself a political realist is usually boasting that he sees politics, so to speak, in… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets,'… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
“Here is something for you to write down and remember: facing reality is never pessimistic. Believing the truth, no matter how difficult… — Michael Bunker Copy Share Image
Are there people to aspire to? Can people be strong enough to withstand all of this disillusionment? Maybe the time is right… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
We have seen too much defeatism, too much pessimism, too much of a negative approach. The answer is simple: if you want… — Margo Jones Copy Share Image
If you expect the worst from a person, you can't ever be disappointed... The pessimist takes a sort of gloomy pleasure in… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Market moralities and mentalities-- fueled by economic imperatives to make a profit at nearly any cost-- yield unprecedented levels of loneliness, isolation,… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
