PESSIMISM n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.
Too much pessimism has led too many men into making serious mistakes. And perhaps part of our pessimism comes because we are too close to ourselves to see in proper perspective.
Please do not think me a pessimist. I love life. I think it is a joy to live in this age. Every morning as I greet the sun as he ushers in these unexcelled autumn days I feel the joy of living. I realize the accomplishments to a certain degree of this wonderful mechanistic age. Today time and distance are practically annihilated.
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds and the pessimist fears this is true.
How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.
He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself and hates them for it.
PESSIMISM n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.
No one really knows enough to be a pessimist.
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A. M.D. or Ph.D. Unfortunately they don?t have a J.O.B.
I dont believe in pessimism. If something doesnt come up the way you want forge ahead. If you think its going to rain it will.
Too much pessimism has led too many men into making serious mistakes. And perhaps part of our pessimism comes because we are too close to ourselves to see in proper perspective.
Please do not think me a pessimist. I love life. I think it is a joy to live in this age. Every morning as I greet the sun as he ushers in these unexcelled autumn days I feel the joy of living. I realize the accomplishments to a certain degree of this wonderful mechanistic age. Today time and distance are practically annihilated.
He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.
If a pessimist is always right is he a realist?
Pessimist: One who when he has the choice of two evils chooses both.