Pessimist Quotes
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I can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought is: 'Oh God, I've peaked.'
Cate Blanchett -
I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.
William Golding
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An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
Rene Descartes -
I am always an optimist. The pessimists are the liars who refuse to admit what is happening. And I'll give you three things we could do this instant to help Mexico: legalize drugs, renegotiate NAFTA so that it pays a living wage, protects unions and protects the environment and stop Plan Merida which gives $500 million a year to the Mexican army, the largest single criminal organization in Mexico.
Charles Bowden -
I'm not a pessimist. Maybe I don't have a primitive feeling of happiness, that is true. Sometimes my color is happy but not the expression.
Karel Appel -
[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.
Rex Stout -
To be a prophet it is sufficient to be a pessimist.
Elsa Triolet -
Optimists focus on the place they are going. Pessimists focus on the obstacles along the route. To become an optimist simply look ahead.
Simon Sinek