Best Quote by Orson Bean

I can UNDERSTAND pessimism, but I don't BELIEVE in it. It's not simply a matter of faith, but of historical EVIDENCE. Not overwhelming evidence,…

— Howard Zinn

It is easy to be pessimistic. These are extraordinarily difficult times, and the collective psyche is teetering. But we are closer to righting the…

— Mark Zandi

I don't believe in pessimism.

— Clint Eastwood

I'm not as pessimistic as what a number of people seem to believe.

— Thomas Piketty

Am I a pessimist? Not at all. I am convinced that the history of the human race, no matter how tragic, will ultimately lead…

— Jacques Ellul

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism

— Roberto Rossellini

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

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

— Peter Schwartz

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

Well, some people say I'm pessimistic because I recognize the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history of mankind…

— Wole Soyinka

They [Americans] want to believe that Good and Evil can be defined in precise categories, that Good is already, or will be easily achieved.…

— Simone de Beauvoir

I'm not pessimistic about anything.

— Paul Watson