I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day- to- day take on things. The bare facts of life… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Personally I am very pessimistic. But when, for instance, one of my staff has a baby you can't help but bless them… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
As far as the environment is concerned, I am becoming pessimistic because I do not see anybody stepping up and taking the… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
If everything always went perfectly, I would feel like, When is the ball going to drop? Because good things don't always last.… — January Jones Copy Share Image
The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“Sara and I both have this very self-deprecating, almost abusive way of looking at ourselves. We both feel like we can be… — Tegan Quin 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 might not be able to use the word "hope," but I could certainly use the word "optimism." I'm very optimistic. I… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
I'm slightly pessimistic about human nature, about how close it's possible to bond with those around you. Dying alone is a deep… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share Image
“Thus heaven's gift to us is this: That habit takes the place of bliss.” — Alexander Pushkin Copy Share Image
I'm very pessimistic about the future of the human species. We have been so indifferent to life on the whole that it… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
The '80s have been so much doom and gloom. We've become very pessimistic. — Dave Clark Copy Share Image
I'm not a fearful person, but I'm a pretty pessimistic person. So some of my best times are waiting, anticipating. That's the… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
What makes us feel pessimistic about the world, ultimately, is the way the media encourage us to believe that our fate hangs… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
One life is way too short to be pessimistic, so you've got to be positive and optimistic. — Danilo Gallinari Copy Share Image
I am pessimistic, I think that's the best way to be, because if you're always expecting the best - the best doesn't… — Karl Pilkington Copy Share Image
There is nothing like a start, and being born, however pessimistic one may become in later years, is undeniably a start. — William McFee Copy Share Image
I'm one of the more pessimistic cats on the planet. I make Van Gogh look like a rodeo clown. — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Don't be pessimistic Because, today, the sun hasn't shone It probably won't next year And you'll then be 61 — John Walter Bratton Copy Share Image
Things of the spirit are what count: brotherhood – in a day when there is too much hatred at home and abroad;… — E. Urner Goodman Copy Share Image
I was confident that I was a special person. But time slowly chips away at life. People don't just die when their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image