#pessimist

A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#crosses #looks #man #pessimist #street

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

— Karel Reisz

#feel #i #movies #now #pessimistic

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#every #opportunity #optimist #pessimist #sees

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism. ↗

— Roberto Rossellini

#evil #exists #form #i #i am

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#pessimists #right #superfluous

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. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#better #better place #concerned #country #excited

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. ↗

— Helen Keller

#discovered the secret #doorway #ever #human #human spirit

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#extends #other #pessimism #pessimists #point

If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us. ↗

— Jane Rule

#became #even #gay #inspire #legislation

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

— Nate Silver

#economists #economy #even #more #most