I went from a very pessimistic person to a very optimistic person sort of overnight, which is very weird. It's not even… — Norman Reedus Copy Share Image
I have friends who are very pessimistic. They say you can't possibly be an optimist nowadays. But I think, taking the longer… — Edwin Morgan Copy Share Image
You have the freedom to choose to be optimistic or pessimistic. You can peel off your old attitude like a suit of… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic, reformism is basically optimistic. — Gough Whitlam Copy Share Image
It's not the tools that you have faith in - tools are just tools. They work, or they don't work. It's people… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
The arms race is based on an optimistic view of technology and a pessimistic view of man. It assumes there is no… — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
This is my perspective and has always been my perspective on life: I have a very grim, pessimistic view of it. I… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If you're not being pessimistic, you're not being very realistic. But I think one must always have hope, and when you have… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
People can be extraordinarily resilient and show extraordinary grace and humour even in moments of tribulation. I've always found that it's much… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
When thinking about the future, it is fashionable to be pessimistic. Yet the evidence unequivocally belies such pessimism. Over the past centuries,… — Bjorn Lomborg Copy Share Image
I'm not pessimistic, because poor people tend to bounce back. We've been through worse than this - working people been through worse… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
We're an ignorant nation right now. We're not really capable, I do not think, the majority of our people, of making the… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
This is the best night of my life," Raffy says, crying. "Raffy, half our House has burnt down," I say wearily. "We… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I discovered very quickly that criticism is a form of optimism, and that when you are silent about the shortcomings of your… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
The '80s have been so much doom and gloom. We've become very pessimistic. — Dave Clark Copy Share Image
“Anyone 100% optimistic is on medicine. Anyone 100% pessimistic should be.” — Jonathan Heatt Copy Share Image
I am quite pessimistic about ever achieving interstellar travel. — Theodore von Karman Copy Share Image
Losing my mind sounds so pessimistic. I prefer the term winning my insanity. — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and… — Livy Copy Share Image
These days I wonder more and more why people are pessimistic when American history actually supports optimism. — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Clinically speaking, depression is a pessimistic sense of your own capabilities, and despondent lack of energy. — Jane McGonigal 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
Anything which retains interest is optimistic. When the characters become disinterested, it's pessimistic. Does that make sense? — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal… — Jim Valvano Copy Share Image
I tried to think about other things. I tried to invent optimistic inventions. But the pessimistic ones were extremely loud. — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
There is not a single pessimistic note anywhere in the New Testament after the resurrection. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
To describe someone as a pessimist is to issue an insult, whereas to be labelled an optimist is to get a pat… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
I'm deeply in love with my wife, and she's my best friend, and yet we share different viewpoints of life, which I… — David Small 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
If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even… — Paul Hawken 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
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
