Bad thing Quote by Michael Lewis

“Amos was not merely an optimist. He willed himself to be an optimist because he had decided pessimism was stupid. "When you are a…

— Michael Lewis

“When you are a pessimist and the bad thing happens, you live it twice,' Amos liked to say. 'Once when you worry about it,…

— Michael Lewis

“When you are a pessimist and the bad thing happens, you live it twice. Once when you worry about it, and the second time…

— Amos Tversky

“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.”

— Antonio Gramsci

“Why is it always easier to be optimistic about somebody else’s worries?” Adrian said with a bitter laugh.”

— Cinda Williams Chima

“People think I’m all gloom and doom all the time. I’m not. I also have bad days where I’m pessimistic.”

— Jarod Kintz

“People can learn to be more optimistic by acting as if they were more optimistic.”

— Suzanne C. Segerstrom

“Be optimistic every day, not just when things are good.”

— Karma Peters

“i'm not always optimistic but i am always hopeful.”

— William Sloane Coffin

“Ceaseless optimism about the future only makes for a greater shock when things go wrong; by fighting to maintain only positive beliefs about the…

— Oliver Burkeman

“No, you pessimistic fool, I am saying that if we can find it in ourselves to be miserable even when things are actually pretty…

— Anuja Chandramouli

“In good times, pessimism is a luxury; but in bad times, pessimism is a self-fulfilling and fatal prophecy.”

— David Brin