#pessimistic

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

— Carl Rogers

#i #i am #look #optimistic #people

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. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#being #cool #different #engaging #even

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

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

— Elmer Bernstein

#america #down #especially #generally #i

No one in the world gets what they want and that is beautiful ↗

— Ernest Cline

#pessimistic #they-might-be-giants #tmbw #beauty

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. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#ago #although #been #behind #biggest

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

— A. N. Wilson

#birth #gave #land #optimistic #pessimistic