Quotes About Pessimism

No man can be a cynic and live.

Optimism is joyful searching; pessimism is a prison of fear and a clutching at illusionary safety.

Optimism is wide-open in contrast to pessimism's closed heart.

We did it!" I said, feeling limp with relief. "It actually worked!" Dr. Turgenev rubbed his forehead. "I had very big doubts." "Big doubts?" I said weakly. The Russian scientist shrugged. "I am pessimist," he said.

I have a grim outlook on the world, and in particular on humanity. Spent years denying it, but I am very misanthropic. And I live alone on a mountain for a reason.

Hey. Sometimes life is a shit flavored Popsicle.

I plan for the worst," Silver said. "That way, at least I'm dressed for the occasion.

History started badly and hav been getting steadily worse.

Do you know what a pessimist is A man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.

Weather forcast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.

Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.

Pessimism is as American as apple pie — frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.

This book is, among other things, a summons to pessimism. What is needed now, and what it is especially incumbent on conservatives to provide, is intelligent pessimism that is more than a mere mood. It should be a mentality grounded in a philosophic tradition that has a distinguished pedigree, and that is validated by abundant historical evidence for this proposition: Nothing lasts.

It just goes to show that no matter how great a nail you give humanity, we'll manage to hammer it into the ground crooked. We suck. It's the nature of our species.

the cultivation of reason leads humanity sooner to misery than happiness

I have seen much of human beings over a long period, and I have learnt how little good to expect from them.

I've not often been happy or thought it was in my stars.

Life is horrible, horrible, horrible, said the philosopher.

Schopenhauer was right: Life has to be about disillusionment stumbling inexorably towards the totally fucked.

Se sentía agobiado por la imbecilidad de la raza humana.

A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.