Anything which retains interest is optimistic. When the characters become disinterested, it's pessimistic. Does that make sense? — John Hurt 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
I've always had this in some ways pessimistic and in some ways realistic idea that I'm the lowest rung on the ladder. — Virgil Abloh 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
Do not be too pessimistic, in the traffic of life and it's problems .. There is always a beautiful thing we will notice . — SunShine Copy Share Image
Vermonters often ask me whether I am pessimistic about the future of our country. My honest answer is that I am not. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
On one hand, I am very pessimistic, but on the other hand, if I didn't believe that speaking up would do something,… — Jesmyn Ward 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
When I do look at myself, I see someone who is fundamentally optimistic. Quite a lot of what I do in my… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
“No, you pessimistic fool, I am saying that if we can find it in ourselves to be miserable even when things are… — Anuja Chandramouli Copy Share Image
Data are pointing to very strong growth in the fourth quarter. The pessimistic viewpoint, which has seen its grip on reality slip… — Brian Wesbury Copy Share Image
If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing… — Hazel Henderson Copy Share Image
“If you constantly allow negative statements into your life, you run the risk of adopting such negative statements as your convictions and… — D.S. Mashego 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
“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
“Having a rather pessimistic outlook on life makes for the best philosophical discussions; distress is the only real reason to question something;… — Moryah DeMott 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
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
Yoga is not pessimistic. You may be optimistic or pessimistic; yoga is neither. If you are pessimistic, you cannot enter on the… — OSHO Copy Share Image
When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the… — Paul Hawken 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 think my movies aren't sentimental. I think my movies are funny and sad and realistic. Not realistic in the sense that… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
Like art, love, and pornography, noir is hard to define, but you know it when you see it. For the purposes of… — Otto Penzler Copy Share Image
Pessimistic visions about almost anything always strike the public as more erudite than optimistic ones — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
“motivation to perform well and pessimistic expectations are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they seem to get along famously.” — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Gospel music is never pessimistic, it's never 'oh my god, its all going down the tubes', like the blues often is. — Brian Eno 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
I'm pessimistic about the future of the planet. These big guys don't realize for everything they do, there's a reaction. You have… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
“Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“I ask, ‘Is the cup half-empty or half-full?’ And when I ask that question, I am amazed at how many people have… — Craig D. Lounsbrough 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
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Every economy is uncertain. Referring to this or any economy as 'uncertain' is an unnecessary and pessimistic redundancy. — Bo Bennett Copy Share Image
“optimistic people didn’t write Pulitzer Prize-winning material—grumpy, pessimistic cynics did.” — Nicole Williams Copy Share Image
Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on,… — H. R. Giger Copy Share Image
“I find it's best to remain pessimistic. At least then there's less of a blow when fate fucks you over.” — Bex-chan Copy Share Image
It's going to go away because we all need silence. We all need time to reflect and think. I am not at… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
