Quotes About Pessimism

I have mood poisoning. Must be something I hate.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

My friend thought he was not gonna make it. Then he started thinking positive. Now he's positive he's not gonna make it.

The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, "The trouble with this country is...."

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

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

The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it.

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.

try to enjoy myself when I can - I'll be miserable enough as it is.

When you expect the best, one of the risks is that you will not be grounded in reality. However, optimism is not about ignoring the facts. You still need the facts. You also need people around you to tell you the truth. However, there is greater risk in expecting the worst. Pessimists will have trouble attracting followers. They will be timid and avoid risks. And the opportunity and rewards that go with that risks will forever illude the leader.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

At 50, a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being an ass.

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.

Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.

I think I have a dark view of the world. I have to make everything funny, otherwise it all seems so sad.

Well first of all, I'd just like to say that 2005 was a great year, if you like swimming through crap.

So the reason I was struck again and again was because of my overwhelmingly positive energy. Funny, I'd always thought of myself as a pessimist.

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.

The past, present, and future, were all equally in gloom.

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are