Zitat des Tages über Pessimistisch / Pessimistic:
When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
I'm not pessimistic about anything.
I'm not as pessimistic as what a number of people seem to believe.
The United States is the ultimate land of optimistic promise, but it also gave birth to quintessentially pessimistic tragedy: 'Moby-Dick.'
I tend to be pessimistic about everything: If things seem to be going good, I'm worried that it's going to end; if things are bad, then I'm worried that it's going to be permanent. It's not a very comfortable attitude to have all the time.
Negative and pessimistic views of technology have always existed. I can just imagine some pessimistic Sumerian in 3500 B.C. screaming about the evils of the wheel.
These days I wonder more and more why people are pessimistic when American history actually supports optimism.
I am sort of pessimistic in that way where I often think the worst of people.
If everything always went perfectly, I would feel like, When is the ball going to drop? Because good things don't always last. Maybe I'm a pessimistic person. When something just seems too good, I can't believe it.
If you think only of evil, then you become pessimistic and hopeless like Freud. But if you think there is no evil, then you're just one more deluded Pollyanna.
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.
Vermonters often ask me whether I am pessimistic about the future of our country. My honest answer is that I am not.
I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again.
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.
At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.
If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic.
I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly where the discussion should be. So, I would say I'm more optimistic than pessimistic.
I have pessimistic moments when I think I should go on a diet because people are paying money to see movies with exceptional-looking actresses. But being in college has helped me realize that the best thing I can do is to feel good about myself and forget about other people's standards.
When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.
Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably cleanly. And in some cases, although not all cases, the CEOs are the driving forces behind that.
I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an optimist and things don't work out then that's depressing, too.
I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.
I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies.
Every economy is uncertain. Referring to this or any economy as 'uncertain' is an unnecessary and pessimistic redundancy.
I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies.
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.
Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.
I think in life, you have a choice. You can either be optimistic or pessimistic, and I go for the optimism.
Gospel music is never pessimistic, it's never 'oh my god, its all going down the tubes', like the blues often is.
I have a very pessimistic view that every win takes you closer to a loss because no-one in the world can keep on winning forever.
In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world.
It is a nonsense to me when people come along and tell me not to be pessimistic; or that culture has always been going to the bad. Well, yes, it has, and it is an author's job to point it out.
I'm very pessimistic.
I've always been pessimistic about China. I can't see China going on without economic or social issues.
If you're not being pessimistic, you're not being very realistic. But I think one must always have hope, and when you have children, of course, you have no choice but to work your tail off to try and protect the future for your children. And that is infused by hope in the end.
