Facts Quote by William Foege

Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

— Bruce Lee

Find optimism in the inevitable

— Rem Koolhaas

I have friends who are very pessimistic. They say you can't possibly be an optimist nowadays. But I think, taking the longer view, you…

— Edwin Morgan

I'm a pessimist by nature. I don't think things are ever going to work out, I'm not particularly ambitious.

— Diablo Cody

I tend to be pessimistic about everything: If things seem to be going good, I'm worried that it's going to end; if things are…

— Jesse Eisenberg

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

I am pessimistic, I think that's the best way to be, because if you're always expecting the best - the best doesn't always happen.…

— Karl Pilkington

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

Being a pessimist is just such a gloomy way of looking at things, so I have to hope for the best - life wouldn't…

— Bill Bryson

It is important to possess a short-term pessimism and a long-term optimism.

— Adrienne Rich

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

— Arnold Bennett