“ My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. ”
- Jean Rostand- Copy
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“ I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will. ”
- Clint Eastwood- Copy
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“ Pessimism is as American as apple pie. Frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese. ”
- George F. Will- Copy
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“ Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality. ”
- Heywood Broun- Copy
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“ Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure. ”
- Bill Clinton- Copy
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“ We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect. ”
- John Kenneth Galbraith- Copy
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“ In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right. ”
- Jack Nicholson- Copy
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“ When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic. ”
- Carl Rogers- Copy
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“ What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. ”
- Sidney J. Harris- Copy
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“ Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. ”
- David T. Wolf- Copy
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“ 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. ”
- Janeane Garofalo- Copy
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“ It's hard to argue against cynics — they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side. ”
- Molly Ivins- Copy
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“ Pessimism operates in a narrowed field of vision that fails to take into account the possibilities at the outer edges of experience. ”
- Norman Cousins- Copy
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“ You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you are grateful. ”
- Paul Theroux- Copy
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“ We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs. ”
- Kenneth Clark- Copy
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“ Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. ”
- Russell Lynes- Copy
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“ Only one endowed with restless vitality is susceptible to pessimism. You become a pessimist — a demonic, elemental, bestial pessimist — only when life has been defeated many times in its fight against depression. ”
- Emil Cioran- Copy
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“ 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- Copy
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