List Of Pessimism Quotes

It Is One Of The Consolations Of Middle Aged Reformers That The Good That They Inculcate Must Live After Them If It Is To Live At All.

The Official Strategy Is Defensive Pessimism, Always.

My Pessimism Extends To The Point Of Even Suspecting The Sincerity Of Other Pessimists.

We Are Never Present With, But Always Beyond Ourselves; Fear, Desire, Hope, Still Push Us On Toward The Future.

...we Should All Fortify Ourselves Against The Dark Hours Of Depression By Cultivating A Deep Distrust Of The Certainties Of Despair. Despair Is Relentless In The Certainties Of Its Pessimism. But We Have Seen Again And Again, From Our Own Experience And Others', That Absolute Statements Of Hopelessness That We Make In The Dark Are Notoriously Unreliable. Our Dark Certainties Are Not Sureties.

There Is A Misconception Of Tragedy With Which I Have Been Struck In Review After Review, And In Many Conversations With Writers And Readers Alike. It Is The Idea That Tragedy Is Of Necessity Allied To Pessimism.

Optimism, Pessimism, F**k That; We're Going To Make It Happen. As God Is My Bloody Witness, I'm Hell-bent On Making It Work.

I Like It When Pessimism Goes Unrewarded.

If You Begin The Day With A Laugh, You May, Nevertheless, End It With A Sob And A Sigh.

I See Nothing In The Present Situation That Is Either Menacing Or Warrants Pessimism.

The Prophet Who Fails To Present A Bearable Alternative And Yet Preaches Doom Is Part Of The Trap That He Postulates.

One Has To Have The Courage Of One's Pessimism.