#pessimist

In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#class #half #i #last #last year

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

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

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

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. ↗

— January Jones

#ball #because #believe #drop #everything

We never do what we wish when we wish it, and when we desire a thing earnestly, and it does arrive, that or we are changed, so that we slide from the summit of our wishes and find ourselves where we were. ↗

— Mary Shelley

#change

Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege. ↗

— William Beveridge

#find #often #pessimist #privilege #scratch

You can add up your blessings or add up your troubles. Either way, you'll find you have an abundance. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#attitude #blessings #life #optimist #outlook

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

— Emilio Estevez

#current #live #pessimistic #world