Quotes about Pessimism

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Fuck you! I hope you die!""Everybody Dies," I said. "So fuck you. — Lawrence Block, Everybody Dies
Jake was close to tears. In that moment he saw the world in its true light, as a place where nothing had ever been any g — Kingsley Amis, Jake's Thing
Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in. — Carl R White
When I was born, the doctor slit my throat to see if I could talk. — Sean Kilpatrick, Sir William Forsythe's Freebase Nuptials
Don’t ever let desperation take the seat of inspiration in you! Always live inspired no matter what! For though somethin — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare. — Matshona Dhliwayo
Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. B — Robertson Davies
No, you pessimistic fool, I am saying that if we can find it in ourselves to be miserable even when things are actually — Anuja Chandramouli, Yama’s Lieutenant and the Stone Witch
Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst. — Joyce Carol Oates
People who are too optimistic seem annoying. This is an unfortunate misinterpretation of what an optimist really is. usa — Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: if you look at the science — Martin Keogh, Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World
With no positivity, there is no hope; with no negativity, there is no improvement. — Criss Jami, Healology
The optimist's hope and the pessimist's despair: reciprocal illusions. — Marty Rubin
There must be logical minds among all species if they hope to survive. Not everyone can be bridled with hope and optimis — Kayla Krantz, The Council
Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Death, my son, is a good thing for all men; it is the night for this worried day that we call life. It is in the sleep o — Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Paul et Virginie
If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short. — Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Paul and Virginia by Bernardin de St. Pierre, Fiction, Literary
There is a very thin line of difference between a Pessimist and a Perfectionist. Both are scared to fail, strive for ide — Jasleen Kaur Gumber
Life curses some poor people with the love of luxury, while it blesses some with the very same thing. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Me — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats