(114 quotes found)
“Pessimism operates in a narrowed field of vision that fails to take into account the possibilities at the outer edges of experience.”
Norman Cousins
“He who has never hoped can never despair”
George Bernard Shaw
“My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.”
Jean Rostand
“The market has been pretty oversold and pessimism was and continues to be widespread, so the slight improvement in the economic data this morning and the fact that the Fed kept interest rates unchanged speaks to that pessimism for now. But tech continues to suffer, when other sectors are doing fine today (Thursday).”
Robert Phillips
“There are still signs that Scotland is faring better than the U.K. as a whole, with pessimism among businesses less widespread and new order levels rising.”
Tim Crawford
“A lot of people think wars lead to pessimism and gloom and doom. But the stock market has usually rallied.”
Dick McCabe
“There is a culture of pessimism in Germany. There is a sense that something can go wrong and they tend to look around for it.”
Jackson Janes
“There's an overall pessimism about the economy. This split suggests one of two things: either Washington's doing a poor job of communicating the economy's underlying strength, or the media are doing a poor job of reporting on it.”
Terry Jones
“Pessimism about the short term has created opportunity.”
Bob Straus
“God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.”
C.S. Lewis
