About Quote by Matt Taibbi

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

— Howard Zinn

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

— Edmond Rostand

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

Left to my own devices, in the face of the climate change deniers, the madness and the greed-based decision-making, and propaganda that's been floating…

— Trent Reznor

I just think there is so much irrational pessimism in the world.

— Daniel Hannan

It's fashionable in some circles to be pessimistic about America, about conservative solutions, about the Republican Party. I utterly reject that pessimism.

— Mitt Romney

Pessimism is reactionary because it makes the very idea of improving the world impossible.

— George Orwell

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

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

— Jean Rostand

These days I wonder more and more why people are pessimistic when American history actually supports optimism.

— bell hooks

“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

How dare we be pessimistic? Maybe the future is better than it used to be.

— Peter Schwartz