Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rex Stout

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

Keith Morris

More than a pleasant surprise, Danny Schmidt was no less than a revelation to me. And that's not a word I use lightly.

William Sanderson

I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again.

Joni Eareckson Tada

Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.

Nate Silver

The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.

Mark Twain

A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.

Mark Twain

Pessimist: The optimist who didn't arrive.

Eugene Ionesco

Nothing makes me more pessimistic than the obligation not to be pessimistic.

Bill Vaughan

There is not a single pessimistic note anywhere in the New Testament after the resurrection.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.

David Eddings

If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own.

Andrew Zimbalist

I think the press has been sucked in by the rhetoric of brinkmanship. I've been optimistic all along.

Tom Hudachko

We're pretty optimistic that we can reach some sort of partnership.

Beth Martin

We're optimistic that we'll restore the rest of them tomorrow.

Ray Green

We're optimistic that we'll get back on track.

Mike Cox

We're optimistic that there's going to be a peaceful outcome to all this.

Charles Bickers

We're optimistic and businesslike. We're working together well.

Constance White

I think it's partly the war. Pink is very sweet, childish, optimistic color.

Russ Granik

I don't have any reason to be optimistic here.

Richard Jefferson

I'm insanely optimistic. For odd, weird reasons, things always work out.