Pessimistic Quotes

135 quotes by 124 authors

The biggest gift you can give is to be absolutely present, and when you're worrying about whether you're hopeful or hopeless or pessimistic or optimistic,… — Joanna Macy
The combination of rumination and negative mood is toxic. Research shows that people who ruminate while sad or distraught are likely to feel besieged, powerless,… — Sonja Lyubomirsky
You have to take chances - working in film is a mixture of luck, talent, and ability to take the risk. You have to be… — Nathan Crowley
In the midst of my skeptical, cynical, often pessimistic nature exists a slender capacity to believe, if only temporarily, in a guiding, unseen power, and… — Jeffrey Eugenides
The blues arenâ€™t pessimistic. Weâ€™re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark. — Cornel West
If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own. — David Eddings
Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't… — H R Giger
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own. — Livy
Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists. — Jim Valvano
The thing is with me I look on the brighter side of everything.There's no point being pessimistic or being worried about too many things because… — Prince William
On one hand, I'm an optimistic pessimist. On the other, I'm a pessimistic optimist. But while there's life, there's still hope, and I wouldn't be… — Helen Caldicott
Losing my mind sounds so pessimistic. I prefer the term winning my insanity. — Dane Cook
I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world. People who are pessimistic about the future tend to extrapolate from the… — Bill Gates
My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times. — Olivia Wilde
I tend to be pessimistic about everything: If things seem to be going good, I'm worried that it's going to end; if things are bad,… — Jesse Eisenberg
Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably… — Jared Diamond
The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control. — John Kessel
The erasure itself became the action. It seemed to suggest a moment in terms of how sad or pessimistic you can feel in a political… — Julie Mehretu
I'm a pessimistic person, I see the glass half empty even when it's full. — Nigahiga
I am pessimistic about a picture's power to be the emissary of just one thing. What I hope is that the picture says, "Here I… — Emmet Gowin

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