I think Quote by Alain de Botton Download Open image “I think a certain degree of pessimism is actually helpful to love.” — Alain de Botton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare I think Love Pessimism Think To love
The good part about being a pessimist is, when something bad happens, you're never really devastated by it. And when something good happens, it's… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
I think a pessimist is just an optimist who has had their heart repeatedly broken. — Jon Richardson Copy Share Image
My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
I tend toward the pessimistic end of the spectrum, and unfortunately there's little in human history to convince me that pessimism is unwarranted. — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
“To be mature is, we're told, to move beyond possessiveness. Jealousy is for babies. The mature person knows that no one owns anyone.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“He feared that by leaving her he would ruin her life - so he stayed, and did just that.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
You have to be quite heavily invested in someone to do them the honour of telling them you're annoyed with them. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“The Anxiety of Sunday afternoon: your unlived lives and infinite possibility pressing upon the constraints of reality.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Those who divorce aren't necessarily the most unhappy, just those neatly able to believe their misery is caused by one other person. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“We could not be fulfilled if we weren't inauthentic some of the time—inauthentic, that is, in relation to such things as our passing desires… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Insofar as we appreciate order, it is when we perceive it as being accompanied by complexity, when we feel that a variety of elements… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I like the values associated with a medical family - common sense, being practical but also thoughtful. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Anyone who urgently needs us deserves, in the true book of love, to be our friend.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“We can then recognize that we invented religions to serve two central needs which continue to this day and which secular society has not been able to solve with any particular skill: first, the need to live together in communities in harmony, despite our deeply rooted selfish and violent impulses. And second, the need to cope with terrifying degrees of… — Alain de Botton Copy Share
“Half the ingratitude and complacency in the world down to how slowly and imperceptibly most good and bad things unfold.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
It is perhaps when our lives are at their most problematic that we are likely to be most receptive to beautiful things. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I don't think there's a direct correlation between my sexuality and my skiing ability. But I think because I was so concerned about it… — Gus Kenworthy Copy Share Image
I'm not here trying to convince anybody to vote for Donald Trump. I think every Christian needs to make up his own mind about… — Robert Jeffress Copy Share Image
I think you can get, as a player, stuck in the mindset of trying too hard to prove yourself. — Trinity Rodman Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I think I am against stereotype. Generally, Asian guys are more quiet - they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have… — Bobby Lee Copy Share Image
I thought I fought a really good Orlando Salido. I never let him get into his fight. I knew what I needed to do… — Mikey Garcia Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
