#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

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

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'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen. ↗

— James Lovelock

#even #going #happen #i #i do

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

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

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

— Christopher Nolan

#considered #extraordinary #i #lucky #lucky person

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#every #opportunity #optimist #pessimist #sees

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