Pessimist Quotes

241 Pessimist quotes by 176 unique authors

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. — George Bernard Shaw
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. — George Bernard Shaw
Unless, of course, there's no such thing as chance;...in which case, we should either-optimistically-get up and cheer, because if everything is planned in advance, then… — Salman Rushdie
I'm a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black,...an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive. — Octavia Butler
The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision. — William Arthur Ward
A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. — Oscar Wilde
If I regarded my life from the point of view of the pessimist, I should be undone. I should seek in vain for the light… — Helen Keller
Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you. — Laurell K. Hamilton
When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Most dreams die a slow death. They're conceived in a moment of passion, with the prospect of endless possibility, but often languish and are not… — Dean Karnazes
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back. — Oscar Wilde
I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist. — William Golding
Are you ever not a pessimist?" "Sometimes. But then I wake up. — Mira Grant
It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance? — Barbara Mertz
The play-it-safe pessimists of the world never accomplish much of anything, because they don't look clearly and objectively at situations, they don't recognize or believe… — Benjamin Hoff
The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole. — Oscar Wilde
The first question she was asked was What do you do? as if that were enough to define you. Nobody ever asked you who you… — Jodi Picoult
I'm a 48-year-old writer who can remember being a 10-year-old writer and who expects someday to be an 80-year-old writer. I'm also comfortably asocial --… — Octavia Butler
I asked her, "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" She looked at her watch and said, "I'm optimistic." "Then I have some bad news… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I like pessimists. Theyâ€™re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat. — Lisa Kleypas

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