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Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

— Arnold Bennett

Pessimism comes from the temperament, optimism from the will.

— Emile Chartier

Pessimism is a waste of time

— Norman Cousins

Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective.

— Francis Parker Yockey

My pessimism (which, by the way, is far from absolute) originated with my despair in the lack of perfection to be found in human…

— Stanislaw Lem

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in…

— Thomas Hardy

Pessimism is the product of a hostile social state. Its answer is the substitution of a friendly social state. If this can be done…

— Lester Frank Ward

I don't believe in pessimism.

— Clint Eastwood

Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

— Bruce Lee

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

— Howard Zinn

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

Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful.

— Anonymous