[T]here's a good reason to stay pessimistic about deficits as far as the eye can see. It's called the 'news' media. Legislators… — L. Brent Bozell, Jr Copy Share Image
I am pessimistic about a picture's power to be the emissary of just one thing. What I hope is that the picture… — Emmet Gowin Copy Share Image
At the beginning of the Syrian conflict, I was optimistic. But now, I'm pessimistic, because it's so complicated. It's much worse than… — Osama Alomar Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm overly pessimistic, but most of Africa is a continent without much hope for its people... What [Africa] needs, the West… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Snowpiercer has both [optimistic and pessimistic]. It was essentially optimistic. The most pessimistic was my part, because of his knowledge. He knows… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
In the midst of my skeptical, cynical, often pessimistic nature exists a slender capacity to believe, if only temporarily, in a guiding,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
It's interesting to feel the pressure of having to be outgoing, because I think in general, as a human being, I'm pessimistic… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
I certainly think we're losing a lot of our connections with other people. I fear in my most pessimistic moments that the… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Losing my mind sounds so pessimistic. I prefer the term winning my insanity. — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
It is not usually our ideas that make us optimistic or pessimistic, but it is our optimism or pessimism of physiological or… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
Anything which retains interest is optimistic. When the characters become disinterested, it's pessimistic. Does that make sense? — John Hurt Copy Share Image
To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. A… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
An inspired and inspiring guide to living with optimism in a world that is increasingly jaded and pessimistic. Uplifting, rousing, and challenging… — Alberto Villoldo Copy Share Image
“Just because you say inspirational quotes does not make you inspirational.” — Jesse Gaag Copy Share Image
There is something very quiet and reserved and pessimistic about Obama's temperament that is deeply un-American. There are those people who claim,… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
Cynicism is something that is part of the media production of a certain type of subjectivity or consciousness that is passive and… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism. Despite the general pessimistic attitude in the world today, I am… — Hans Hofmann Copy Share Image
In being realistic we do not always have to be pessimistic. Christ never blinked his eyes at bad things. But he never… — Ralph Washington Sockman Copy Share Image
I'm sort of optimistic about what we could do, but I'm very pessimistic about what we will do. I can't tell you… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
I can be very pessimistic and very dark, but there is also a part of me that's very determinedly optimistic. — Alison Sudol Copy Share Image
Nowadays, to say that we are clever animals is not to say something philosophical and pessimistic but something political and hopeful -… — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again. — William Sanderson Copy Share Image
One cannot be pessimistic about the West. This is the native home of hope. When it fully learns that cooperation, not rugged… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image