Future Quote by Helen Caldicott

I have friends who are very pessimistic. They say you can't possibly be an optimist nowadays. But I think, taking the longer view, you…

— Edwin Morgan

I might not be able to use the word "hope," but I could certainly use the word "optimism." I'm very optimistic. I don't feel…

— Louise Erdrich

I always call myself either an optimistic pessimist or a pessimistic optimist - I'm not sure which way it goes.

— Nathan Englander

I tend to be pessimistic. I want to believe in hope.

— Bruce Springsteen

Being a pessimist is just such a gloomy way of looking at things, so I have to hope for the best - life wouldn't…

— Bill Bryson

I think in life, you have a choice. You can either be optimistic or pessimistic, and I go for the optimism.

— Jon Anderson

I will be the first to admit that I am a pessimist by nature. It is, after all, the wisest way to be. We…

— Tamar Myers

I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.

— Peter Benchley

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…

— Nicholas Hoult

I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure…

— Vaclav Havel

I'm not a pessimist at all, but I'm not an optimist, either.

— Nate Lowman

There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking.

— David Rakoff