“ The world’s bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can’t wait to die. Ted Dekker
“ I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behi… P. G. Wodehouse
“ I'm beginning to think the only choice anyone has in life is between either a bad choice or a worse one. Sherrilyn Kenyon
“ A pessimist? A man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself and hates them for it. George Bernard Shaw
“ One physician may gravely exaggerate an illness and give up hope altogether. Another may ignorantly declare that there is no illness and that no treatment is necessary, thus deceiving the patient with… Walpola Rahula
“ In the Soviet Union we have a saying, a pessimist is someone who believes things can't get any worse. An optimist thinks maybe they can. Abel Aganbegyan
“ If we can cease envisaging ourselves as metaphorical foetuses, and substitute the image of a newborn child, then that will be at least a small intellectual advance. In time, perhaps, we may even learn… Salman Rushdie
“ When Fortune empties her chamberpot on your head smile and say 'We are going to have a summer shower.' John A. Macdonald
“ Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience"."What's pessimism?" I said."Religion without God. Jonathan Kellerman
“ He wastes his time over his writing, trying to accomplish what geniuses and rare men with college educations sometimes accomplish. Jack London
“ What a pessimist you are! exclaimed Candide.That is because I know what life is, said Martin. Voltaire
“ Magical? Non. Magnificent? Don't be absurd. Less bleak than anything else we have seen? Now truly you are speaking French, the ambassador said approvingly. Neal Stephenson
“ I am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill him–only to bring him to life. G.K. Chesterton
“ A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better. Anonymous
“ I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane.It never is, sir.Lane, you're a perfect pessimist.I do my best to give satisfaction, sir. Oscar Wilde
“ I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism. Roberto Rossellini
