Pessimism Quote by Peter H. Diamandis Download Open image ““Human beings are designed to be local optimists and global pessimists.”” — Peter H. Diamandis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Pessimism
“the reason why pessimists are recruited among former optimists, since in order to have a black picture of the world it is necessary to… — Ernesto Sabato Copy Share Image
“It is not usually our ideas that make us optimists or pessimists, but it is our optimism or pessimism that makes our ideas.” — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
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“We are not optimists because we can predict a bright and beautiful future, but we're not pessimists either, because the future is unknown and… — William Ayers Copy Share Image
“Optimists and pessimists differ only on the date of the end of the world.” — Stanisław Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators. — Francois Guizot Copy Share Image
“Some people are optimists. Some people are pessimists. I'm just a realist who believes that some things are worth fighting for.” — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Optimists move through life with a happy exterior. What happens on the inside shows up on the outside.” — Marilyn Suttle Copy Share Image
Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right. — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
“And this is one of the first things one learns from Musk’s example—he is relentless in his pursuit of the bold and, the bigger… — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
“sixty-seven years.14 Not anymore. Today the final three Ds in our chain reaction can disassemble companies and disrupt industries almost overnight, reducing the average… — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
“Each of us starts with the same twenty-four hours in the day. How we utilize those hours determines the quality of our lives.” — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
“one child in front of a computer learns little; four discussing and debating learn a lot.” — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
“This difference is key. Thinking in probabilities—this business has a 60 percent chance of success—rather than deterministically—if I do A and B, then C… — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
“Abundance is not about providing everyone on this planet with a life of luxury—rather it’s about providing all with a life of possibility.” — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
“Decentralized means learning cannot easily be curtailed by autocratic governments and is considerably more immune to socioeconomic upheaval.” — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
“Teaching kids how to nourish their creativity and curiosity, while still providing a sound foundation in critical thinking, literacy and math, is the best… — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
“the value of the ecosystems services our environment now provides (for free) has been calculated at $36 trillion a year—a figure roughly equal to… — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
“Tony Hseih, CEO of Zappos, helped disrupt the retail space by emphasizing mastery, making the “pursuit of growth and learning” central to his corporate… — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
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I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will. — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
In the end, the whole Internet thing kills me, because you can use it as a positive thing or you can read into all… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
“The mass of men have been forced to be gay about the little things, but sad about the big ones. Nevertheless (I offer my… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“How little one is justified in speaking in this connection of "optimism" and "pessimism" and how much the characterization of liberalism as "optimistic" aims… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“She gave up trying to understand herself, and the vast armies of the benighted, who follow neither the heart nor the brain, and march… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
There have been times when a particularly heavy dose of such cynicism has caused me to reflect that surely this is the age and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
