#pessimist

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

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At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#pessimistic #unseemly

Sometimes it's like I'm living my life waiting for more bad news. ↗

— Evan Kuhlman

#pessimistic #life

Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism. ↗

— Criss Jami

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It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I’m not a real person and neither is anyone else. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#pessimistic #real #pessimism

Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one's own skilled action. ↗

— Robert M. Sapolsky

#pessimistic #self #pessimism

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

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An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ↗

— Bill Vaughan

#make #midnight #new #new year #old

I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an optimist and things don't work out then that's depressing, too. ↗

— Nicholas Hoult

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

— Bo Bennett

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