Pessimist Quotes
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“When you are a pessimist and the bad thing happens, you live it twice. Once when you worry about it, and the second time when it happens.”
Amos Tversky
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The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
William Arthur Ward
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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
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[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.
Rex Stout
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I've never met a successful pessimist.
William J. O'Neil
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To be a prophet it is sufficient to be a pessimist.
Elsa Triolet
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I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.
William Golding
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A pessimist is just an optimist with experience.
Eyedea