Pessimistic Quotes

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.

Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

The United States is the ultimate land of optimistic promise, but it also gave birth to quintessentially pessimistic tragedy: 'Moby-Dick.'

I'm one of the more pessimistic cats on the planet. I make Van Gogh look like a rodeo clown.

Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably cleanly. And in some cases, although not all cases, the CEOs are the driving forces behind that.

As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.

If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own.

I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies.

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.

Every economy is uncertain. Referring to this or any economy as "uncertain" is an unnecessary and pessimistic redundancy.

If everything always went perfectly, I would feel like, When is the ball going to drop? Because good things don't always last. Maybe I'm a pessimistic person. When something just seems too good, I can't believe it.

In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world.

I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.

It's not the tools that you have faith in - tools are just tools. They work, or they don't work. It's people you have faith in or not. Yeah, sure, I'm still optimistic I mean, I get pessimistic sometimes but not for long.

I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies.

The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

It's interesting to feel the pressure of having to be outgoing, because I think in general, as a human being, I'm pessimistic and introverted. But, it's cool, because it's a whole different side of me, and I impress myself. Even at times when I think that there's no possible way that I can be engaging, I'll suddenly pull it out and impress myself.

If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic.