Pessimists Quotes

There is no sadder thing than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.

The military has to think in terms of worst case scenarios. In a sense, they have to play the pessimist.

Once there was a certain man who was very clever, but it was his character to always see the negative points of his work. If such is one’s way, one will be useless.

All the doomsayers were wrong…. People want to show they are more intelligent by predicting the worst case scenario.

Consider the track record of your naysayers. How many dreams have they successfully brought into this world?

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.

The positive outlook that optimists project does not come from ignoring or denying problems. Optimists simply assume that problems are temporary and can be solved, so optimists naturally want more information about problems because then they can get to work and do something. Pessimists are more likely to believe that there is nothing they can do anyway, so what's the point of even thinking about it?

And our pessimists think this has taken too long. Our pessimists believe that too many Americans have died. Our pessimists believe that we have lost the war.

In politics, optimists always trump pessimists.

Resuscitation will not be promoted by recrimination. The distrust of the present will not be relieved by a distrust of the future. A patriot makes a better citizen than a pessimist. And we have got to be patient.

Pessimists are born, true, but they also can be made.

Every generation thinks things are happening that have never happened before. Every generation of people thinks we're in the last days. Every generation's filled with pessimists. But when you have the Millennials generation, a majority of which have never had a job - you might even be able to put the period there: "Have never had a job, period" - or never had a job in a healthy economy.

Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.

One of the more serious temptations which stifles boldness and zeal is a defeatism, which turns us into querulous and disillusioned pessimists, sourpusses.

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