Quotes by Pessimistic There is something very quiet and reserved and pessimistic about Obama's temperament that is deeply un-American. There are those people who claim, "Oh, he wasn't born here" - all that is nonsense. Jess Row pessimisticquietpeople I tend to be pessimistic about everything: If things seem to be going good, I'm worried that it's going to end; if things are bad, then I'm worried that it's going to be permanent. It's not a very comfortable attitude to have all the time. Jesse Eisenberg pessimisticworriedattitude Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists. Jim Valvano pessimisticteamattitude Conservatism is pessimistic, with a negative tendency - which we mostly resist - towards despair. Liberals are optimists, with a negative tendency, rarely resisted, towards utopianism. John Derbyshire pessimisticdespairnegative I'm not a fearful person, but I'm a pretty pessimistic person. So some of my best times are waiting, anticipating. That's the way it always has been with me, whether anticipating a ball game, anticipating a relationship. John Edgar Wideman pessimisticgameswaiting Snowpiercer has both [optimistic and pessimistic]. It was essentially optimistic. The most pessimistic was my part, because of his knowledge. He knows how it started. The status quo, he knows, has to be maintained, otherwise there is no chance. He knows that this revolution is completely understandable and is also commendable. He also knows the negatives. In the end, that's not a very positive position to be in. John Hurt pessimisticoptimisticrevolution One wonders sometimes, looking at the world, how it's dealing with itself. There are days when you wake up and you feel very optimistic and there are days when you feel pessimistic. John Hurt pessimisticwake-upoptimistic Don't be pessimistic John Walter Bratton pessimisticbirthdayyears Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic. Joni Eareckson Tada nervouspessimistictrouble I tried to think about other things. I tried to invent optimistic inventions. But the pessimistic ones were extremely loud. Jonathan Safran Foer pessimisticoptimisticthinking I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies. Karel Reisz pessimisticvisionfeels I am pessimistic, I think that's the best way to be, because if you're always expecting the best - the best doesn't always happen. Nine times out of 10 it doesn't. I'm surprised when things go smoothly. I don't know what's wrong with being pessimistic - unless you are such a pessimist that you don't do anything. Karl Pilkington pessimisticninethinking I see a steady downward slope toward oblivion over the next three years. I'm pessimistic. Everything that's happened to me so far has been kind of flukey. I went into Twentieth Century because I wanted to work for Hal Prince. The part was too small according to my agent. I had been doing only leading parts, and he thought I should continue that. But the part was enlarged in rehearsal: songs were added, and it became more physicalized and showy. Then I won awards and got attention. Kevin Kline pessimisticsongattention It is possible to live only as long as life intoxicates us; once we are sober we cannot help seeing that it is all a delusion, a stupid delusion. Leo Tolstoy pessimisticstupidlong If [Donald] Trump drags down a bunch of Senate Republicans, the post-election GOP assessment will be much more pessimistic. Mara Liasson pessimisticassessmentelection When something good happens it's a miracle and you should wonder what God is saving up for you later. Marshall Brickman saving-uppessimisticmiracle Pessimist: The optimist who didn't arrive. Mark Twain pessimistpessimisticoptimist If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed. Maya Angelou pessimisticblessedtoday My point is not that everything is bad, but that everything is dangerous, which is not exactly the same as bad. If everything is dangerous, then we always have something to do. So my position leads not to apathy but to hyper - and pessimistic - activism. Michel Foucault activismpessimisticapathy The first-rate mind is always curious, compassionate, original, and pessimistic. Mignon McLaughlin pessimisticmindfirsts«1234»
