M. Stanton Evans Quotes

I'm just a negative person, a deeply negative person. I see the worst aspects of everything.

People usually tend to believe grim words rather than positive ones.

I'm English, so I can be very 'half empty.'

Cynicism often draws correct conclusions, but nobody could live by its lights.

I think that cynicism can often be mistaken for wisdom.

I don't consider myself a cynic. I think of myself as a skeptic and a realist. But I understand the word "cynic" has more than one meaning, and I see how I could be seen as cynical. "George, you're cynical." Well, you know, they say if you scratch a cynic you find a disappointed idealist. And perhaps the flame still flickers a little, you know?

Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.

I lean towards traditionally what people would consider the more negative side of life.

I don't know whether I'm misanthropic. It seems to me I'm constantly disappointed. I'm very easily disappointed.

A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.

Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.

I find nothing more depressing than optimism.

Sometimes, I can myself be frustrated by books that seem to me to be insufficiently realistic about the world's potential for just being totally a randomly bad place.

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

I think people in Europe are generally pessimistic about the future. They have low expectations; they're not working hard to change things. When you're a slacker with a pessimistic view of the future, you're likely to meet those expectations.

I get tired of negativity in our country. I get tired of people who only want to know dirt. I get tired of people who don't believe in themselves.

Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

I was briefly bitter.

I don't know whether I'm misanthropic. It seems to me I'm constantly disappointed. I'm very easily disappointed. Disappointed in the things that people do; disappointed in the things that people construct. I want things to be better all the time.

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.

As bad as I thought it would be, it was worse than I ever thought it would be.

I'd like to say things are bound to get better, but I don't really believe it.

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