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Agnes Repplier
The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.
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Ambrose Bierce
A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them." "The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something - the mortality of the optimist.
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Anonymous
A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better.
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Bernard De Voto
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.
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Damien Cannon
If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning.
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Daniel Readon
In the long run, the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.
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Don Marquis
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
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Edmond Rostand
My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
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James Baldwin
Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.
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Janeane Garofalo
I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half- empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.
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Robert Lowell
If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train.
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Robert Oppenheimer
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.The pessimist fears it is true.
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Roberto Rossellini
I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.
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Source Unknown
I doubt anyone will ever see -- anywhere -- a memorial to a pessimist.
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Thomas Hardy
Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child's play.
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