I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good. — John Corey Whaley Copy Share Image
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.”… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
There's a difference between being a realist and a pessimist and an optimist. I think I'm way more of a realist. — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look round them. — Ouida Copy Share Image
Hold on to your dream. Don't let past failures or dire economic forecasts make you a pessimist. Keep your youthful dreams alive… — Paul Zane Pilzer Copy Share Image
When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When you are a pessimist and the bad thing happens, you live it twice. Once when you worry about it, and the… — Amos Tversky Copy Share Image
Sometimes people ask me, 'Are you an optimist or a pessimist?' It doesn't matter. Whether I have a future or not is… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Optimists focus on the place they are going. Pessimists focus on the obstacles along the route. To become an optimist simply look… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
He who thinks all mankind is vile is a pessimist who mistakes his introspection for observation; he looks into his own heart… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
“Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can… — Doug Dandridge Copy Share Image
I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one who… — Eugenio Montale Copy Share Image
The merchant must be no more pessimist than optimist, since pessimism induces him to hold back his capital but optimism induces him… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“I’m a pessimist of the human condition, as a rule, but contemplating the future and how the Carpenter kids could contribute to… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Contrary to what you may assume, I am not a pessimist but an indifferentist- that is, I don't make the mistake of… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Most dreams die a slow death. They're conceived in a moment of passion, with the prospect of endless possibility, but often languish… — Dean Karnazes Copy Share Image
Am I a pessimist? Not at all. I am convinced that the history of the human race, no matter how tragic, will… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
“Use every person's skill set to the fullest. Both optimists and pessimists contribute. An optimist invents the hot air balloon, and a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pathos truly is the mode for the pessimist. But tragedy requires a nicer balance between what is possible and what is impossible.… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
“You control an unruly dog with a chain . . . or a cage. Never underestimate fear”—Heinrich gestured angrily at Roosevelt—“or the… — Larry Correia Copy Share Image
an optimist is the man who looks after your eyes, and the pessimist the person who looks after your feet. — Ada Leverson Copy Share Image
Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation. — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
Call me a cockeyed pessimist, but I'm having trouble finding any good news in the trashing of Harriet Miers. — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
A pessimist looks at his glass and says it is half empty; an optimist looks at it and says it is half… — Josiah Stamp Copy Share Image
I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal. — Peter Benchley Copy Share Image
I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a pessimist. I'm a realist. One man's realist is another man's pessimist. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out? — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“I'M NOT A PESSIMIST! I just see the glass half empty even when it's completely full. ...WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!” — Clara deLemos Copy Share Image
An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives! — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
“I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist,” Lesslie Newbigin once said. “Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.” — Tim Chaddick Copy Share Image
A person who says that O is the last letter of ZERO, instead of the first letter in OPPORTUNITY. — Araba Copy Share Image
Humorists are always pessimists. They're reactionaries: because they see that every golden cloud has a black lining. — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
