Ideas Quote by George Orwell

Pessimism is the product of a hostile social state. Its answer is the substitution of a friendly social state. If this can be done…

— Lester Frank Ward

Pessimism is not only unwarranted, it is also a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you think the cause is lost, it will be. No one works…

— Lawrence Reed

Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective.

— Francis Parker Yockey

Pessimism negates the existing world. Yet its negating is ambiguous. It can simply will decay and nothingness, but it can also renounce what exists…

— Martin Heidegger

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

Pessimism is a waste of time

— Norman Cousins

“Pessimism, by contrast, prepares us for a world that is constantly changing and surprising us. It tells us to banish our expectations and the…

— Jacob Graham

Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it causes us…

— Price Pritchett

Pessimism comes from the temperament, optimism from the will.

— Emile Chartier

Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.

— Howard Zinn

“Pessimism is not a belief that things will get worse, either for the individual or the species—it is more profoundly a rejection of the…

— Jacob Graham

I don't believe in pessimism.

— Clint Eastwood