Nick Wechsler Quotes

I wouldn't say that I relax and enjoy anything. But I think my pessimism helps. I never really expect anything good to happen, so when it does, it's a nice surprise.

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

Our thoughts about an event can have a dramatic effect on how we go through the event itself. When our expectations are low, it's easy to be pleasantly surprised. When they're not, we're vulnerable to painful disappointment. Because of this, many people spend a good deal of effort trying to avoid developing high hopes about anything.

Cynics will say there are no good people out there. And if you read the papers and watch TV news you could be convinced of that. But there are good people.

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

I'm one of these people who tries to look for the good in people, but I've learnt that, actually, no, some people fundamentally just are not nice.

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

I guess it's easier to think badly and then be pleasantly surprised.

I'm not by nature a cynical person. But sometimes your expectations are different from reality.

For me, the more I think about the problems of the world, I feel I have to be positive. I wouldn't like to fall into cynicism or nihilism. That's not in my nature.

Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.

I'm a recovering optimist.

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.

I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.

'Expect nothing and hope for the best' is my mantra. A drama teacher called Joseph Blatchley told me that, and it's the best advice I've had. If you keep an open mind and don't expect too much, then you won't be disappointed.

I'm always being realistic.

I've always had great faith in people.

Hope is the raw material of losers.

I have a lot of faith in people.

I'm not cynical.

I think maybe I'm just a little too optimistic? I hope for the best in every situation and want to see the good in people.

Cynicism stems from disappointment. Cynical and faithless people were not always like that. They were filled with possibilities and hope as kids. But they tried and perhaps failed.

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

Anything that happens that's good, they think, Oh, it's an accident, when is the roof caving in? You've got to get them out of that mental framework.

I am not a cynic.