Chance Quote by John Hurt

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

I'm not optimistic at all, nor am I pessimistic.

— Colin Farrell

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

— Jim Leach

I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.

— Elon Musk

No one has ever been able to convince me that optimism is not preferable to pessimism.

— Robert Mueller

I am pessimistically optimistic.

— Anna Madeley

I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly where the…

— Adam Savage

I can be very pessimistic and very dark, but there is also a part of me that's very determinedly optimistic.

— Alison Sudol

Having a pessimistic outlook on life rather than an optimistic outlook is more realistic.

— Jenna Goldberg

Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power.

— William James

I'm a pessimist, but I have many painstakingly applied coats of optimism.

— George Meyer

It is important to possess a short-term pessimism and a long-term optimism.

— Adrienne Rich