"My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists."

Pessimism, Sincerity

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"My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists."

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"Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese."

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"I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will."

Clint Eastwood, American Actor

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"I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left."

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

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

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"Cynicism is full of naive disappointments."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations."

Gordon B. Hinckley, American Clergyman

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"If you believe the world is conspiring against you it will just do that, you will help on by your pessimism action to prove you are right."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"A pessimist? A man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself and hates them for it."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"Pessimism never won any battle."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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"Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conquerer. Kill everyone, and you are a god."

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"Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said."

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