Quotes About Pessimism

some men may be wired for optimism, others for doubt.

Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you and know, absolutely know, that the sound in the dark is a monster, and it really is as bad as you think. Did that sound hopeless? It didn't feel hopeless. It felt reassuring. It felt - real.

Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you and know, absolutely know, that the sound in the dark is a monster, and it really is as bad as you think. Did that sound hopeless? It didn't feel hopeless. It felt reassuring. It felt - real.

grown up surrounded by a kind of resigned cynicism,

if the world go wrong, it was, in some off-hand manner, never meant to go right.

It is too late for that. I shall never be better than I am. I shall sink lower, and be worse.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age

Men who look on nature, and their fellow-men, and cry that all is dark and gloomy, are in the right; but the sombre colours are reflections from their own jaundiced eyes and hearts. The real hues are delicate, and need a clearer vision.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,

I shall never be better than I am. I shall sink lower, and be worse…I am like one who died young. All my life might have been.

is too late for that. I shall never be better than I am. I shall sink lower, and be worse.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

In optimism there is magic. In pessimism there is nothing.

Pessimists — Moral squinters, who, being incapable of a straightforward view, imagine that penetration is evinced by universal suspicion and mistrust.

A pessimist's blood type is always B-negative.

Always borrow money from a pessimist... He never expects to be paid back.

...fry me an optimist for breakfast.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.

A political convention is just not a place from which you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature.

Whether the glass is half empty or half full depends on if you're drinking from it or filling it." Milt Carp in Dollarapalooza

By thinking mostly about everything that has gone wrong, is going wrong, and can possibly go wrong, the thinker is bound to end up in a lousy mental and emotional state.

I nichilisti odiano i pessimisti: chiunque conosca la verità del dolore intralcia i loro piani per l'incremento dell'infelicità del mondo.

I don't like him," said Gus. "Never did. Guy bitches about what he doesn't have, loses sight of what he does have, and is never happy. He's what you call a - what's that word?" "Pessimist?" said Fet. "Asshole," said Gus.

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.