Pessimistic Quotes

135 quotes by 124 authors

I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly where the discussion… — Adam Savage
There is nothing like a start, and being born, however pessimistic one may become in later years, is undeniably a start. — William McFee
I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again. — William Sanderson
I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the… — Criss Jami
The arms race is based on an optimistic view of technology and a pessimistic view of man. It assumes there is no limit to the… — I F Stone
I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies. — Elmer Bernstein
I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live. — Claude Chabrol
I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an optimist and things… — Nicholas Hoult
American actors are all muscular, tanned, white teeth and they have this indestructible confidence. We British are all... Dare I say it? Pessimistic. — Max Irons
And I am an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find something to be pessimistic about, you can find it, no… — George W. Bush
Nothing makes me more pessimistic than the obligation not to be pessimistic. — Eugene Ionesco
Darwin was not afraid to look deeply into the void. His bold view can be seen as either noble and pessimistic or noble and admirable.… — Primo Levi
I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day- to- day take on things. The bare facts of life are utterly terrifying.… — Alain de Botton
You have the freedom to choose to be optimistic or pessimistic. You can peel off your old attitude like a suit of clothes, and put… — Rhonda Byrne
Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it. — James Huneker
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it. — Aldous Huxley
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. — William James
As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see… — Steve Jobs
It's not the tools that you have faith in - tools are just tools. They work, or they don't work. It's people you have faith… — Steve Jobs
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. — Don Marquis

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