#pessimist

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

— David Eddings

#general #going #hold #opinion #own

I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. ↗

— Spike Lee

#find #hope #i #i think #pessimist

I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one who thinks that Man is the god of himself and that his future can only be triumphant? ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#been #egoism #future #god #hidden

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

— Laurence J. Peter

#crosses #looks #man #pessimist #street

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

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

A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely. ↗

— Cyrano de Bergerac

#pessimist #prematurely #tells #truth #who

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

I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#humour #pessimistic #writing #creativity

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#beings #beneath #better #hope #human