Pessimism Quotes

"Pessimists have already begun to worry about what is going to replace automation."
-John Tudor

"Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism."
-Arnold Bennett

"Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child's play."
-Thomas Hardy

"I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin."
-Leonard Cohen

"The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one, or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality."
-Heywood C. Broun

"Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations."
-Gordon B. Hinckley

"Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time."
-Norman Cousins

"Just a lot of criticism and pessimism."
-Caspar W. Weinberger

"We generally just think of optimism and pessimism as just feelings and emotions. But they're the simple things that make a huge difference in our health."
-Larry Dossey

"My impression is that progress, if there will be progress, will need time. But we must not consider words which if interpreted literally might induce pessimism as barring future developments."
-Antonio Martino

"There is a culture of pessimism in Germany. There is a sense that something can go wrong and they tend to look around for it."
-Jackson Janes

"It's a scenario where everyone is nervous and pessimism creeps in. On the positive side we are looking very cheap."
-Andre Caminada

"There is a growing, deep-seated discontentment and pessimism about the direction of the country."
-Tony Fabrizio

"Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will."
-Antonio Gramsci

"We played pretty well down there. Played very well as a matter of fact. They just made a lot of threes. I?d say more optimism than pessimism. We know we played pretty well and we can do it again."
-Bill Leatherman

"It could go either way at this point. There is some pessimism and some optimism. It's going to be interesting the whole way around."
-Jon Karkow

"U.S. dollar pessimism continues to pervade the foreign exchange market."
-Alex Beuzelin

"Gold-hoarding goes against the American grain; it fits in better with European pessimism than with America's traditional optimism."
-Paula Nelson

"It's not hard to understand why business confidence surveys report significant pessimism."
-Darren Gibbs

"We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect."
-John Kenneth Galbraith

"When we ask for quality public schools, we seek optimism and opportunity, not pessimism and imprisonment."
-Sid Dinerstein

"One has to have the courage of one's pessimism."
-Ian Mcewan

"My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists."
-Jean Rostand

"Even though the transactions tax has still not been implemented, the mere announcement created great pessimism. The worst thing is the market will move abroad."
-Jose Gregorio Tineo

"There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism."
-Jim Leach

"There is a deep sense of pessimism and anger that may burst into the open and become violent without being backed by any political force."
-Eldred Masunungure