Pessimism, when you get used to it,
is just as agreeable as optimism.
?Enoch Arnold Bennett
The optimist thinks this is the
best of all possible worlds.The
pessimist fears it is true.
?Robert Oppenheimer
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.
?Ambrose Bierce
I am not a pessimist;
to perceive evil where it exists is,
in my opinion, a form of optimism.
?Roberto Rossellini
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.
?James Baldwin
No good deed goes unpunished.
?Clare Boothe Luce
If you pray for rain,
don't be surprised if you're
struck by lightning.
?Damien Cannon
Pessimism never won any battle.
?Dwight D. Eisenhower
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.
?Janeane Garofalo
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.
?Thomas Hardy
If we see light at the end of the tunnel,
it the light of the oncoming train.
?Robert Lowell
A pessimist is a person who has had
to listen to too many optimists.
?Don Marquis
In the long run, the pessimist may be
proven right, but the optimist
has a better time on the trip.
?Daniel Readon
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.
?Agnes Repplier
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody
is as nasty as himself.
?George Bernard Shaw
I doubt anyone will ever see --
anywhere --
a memorial to a pessimist.
?Source Unknown
