No, I'm not that optimistic, I'm just less pessimistic than most of my peers. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies. — Elmer Bernstein Copy Share Image
Why will someone sell you a dollar for 50 cents? Because in the short run, people are irrational on both the optimistic… — Peter Cundill Copy Share Image
There is not a single pessimistic note anywhere in the New Testament after the resurrection. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
“The optimistic nature finds joy in the very feeling for life; the pessimistic nature finds a feeling for life only in joy.” — Lou Andreas-Salomé Copy Share Image
You have to take chances - working in film is a mixture of luck, talent, and ability to take the risk. You… — Nathan Crowley 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
“I don’t know much about the world, but I do know one thing for sure. If I’m pessimistic, then the adults in… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Having a pessimistic outlook on life rather than an optimistic outlook is more realistic. — Jenna Goldberg Copy Share Image
“My father believed it was a cancerous lump, not because my mother was genetically prone to such a thing, but because he… — Sarah Winman Copy Share Image
Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
We accept that people are irrational for good Darwinian reasons. But I don't think we should be so pessimistic as to think… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I'm not pessimistic about Africa. The cities just seem big and hopeless. But there's still a great green heart where there's possibility.… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I talk about going to his [George W. Bush's] Inauguration and crying when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
When some people say only bad things consistently, it implies their unhappiness about their lives. They are thoroughly pessimistic as well. After… — Chandrababu VS Copy Share Image
To refuse everything, to say, even when there is something which really should be done, "Ah, that's no longer feminist," is a… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
We all have negative days, but that doesn't mean we are pessimistic. We all do stupid things, but that doesn't mean we… — Lindsey Stirling 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
First of all, Buddhism is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. If anything at all, it is realistic, for it takes a realistic view… — Walpola Rahula Copy Share Image
Karma is not something pessimistic. If you think of karma as something wrong, you are seeing karma only according to what happened… — DAININ KATAGIRI Copy Share Image
“A month ago, Gavin had given his employer four weeks' notice. "I'll get a job around here," he'd told her. "Something low-stress,… — Stephen M. Irwin Copy Share Image
The military profession, especially is the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will behave well… — Gwynne Dyer 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
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
Be a balanced optimist. Nobody is suggesting that you become an oblivious Pollyanna, pretending that nothing bad can or ever will happen.… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times. — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
“The attitude of “I can’t” is really a decision of “I won’t.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Positive, optimistic sales people sell more than pessimistic sales people. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
“It’s easy to be pessimistic about tomorrow when today seems so bleak.” — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
How dare we be pessimistic? Maybe the future is better than it used to be. — Peter Schwartz Copy Share Image
In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world. — Emilio Estevez Copy Share Image
“Don’t believe the skeptics. Rather, be skeptical of their skepticism.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
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