Blame Quote by James Vance

The good part about being a pessimist is, when something bad happens, you're never really devastated by it. And when something good happens, it's…

— John Rzeznik

I think a pessimist is just an optimist who has had their heart repeatedly broken.

— Jon Richardson

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

Whereas in the past optimism had been regarded as rather shallow - because 'oh well, it's just your temperament, you happen to be just…

— Colin Wilson

We all deal with our inner pessimist. We just try to find as much positivity as we can find.

— Eddy Alvarez

My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

— Edmond Rostand

The idea for each of the stories in this book came in a moment of belief and was written in a burst of faith,…

— Stephen King

Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.

— Anonymous

Pessimism is easy. We all can do it. We don't need to read books on how to be pessimists. We don't need guidance on…

— Rush Limbaugh

Pessimists seem to have a better memory of the bad things that happen in life than they do for the good things that happen.

— Melchor Lim

The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe that bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do,…

— Martin Seligman

“My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.”

— Jean Rostand