#pessimist

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#correct #events #ever #fun #march

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#about #adjusts #change #complains #expects

Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist. ↗

— Robert G. Allen

#buying #many #optimist #out #pessimist

In falling markets, there is nothing that has not happened before. The bear or pessimist sees only the past, which imprisons the wretched financial soul in eternal circles of boom and bust and boom again. ↗

— James Buchan

#bear #before #boom #bust #circles

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

— David Eddings

#general #going #hold #opinion #own

And our pessimists think this has taken too long. Our pessimists believe that too many Americans have died. Our pessimists believe that we have lost the war. ↗

— John Linder

#died #long #lost #many #our

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. ↗

— Titus Livius

#fear #influence #leads #magnified #men

I never considered myself a lucky person. I'm the most extraordinary pessimist. I truly am. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#considered #extraordinary #i #lucky #lucky person

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

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

— Jean Rostand

#extends #other #pessimism #pessimists #point