Fuck you! I hope you die!"
"Everybody Dies," I said. "So fuck you.
But it's like no matter how much energy you pour into getting to the station on time, or getting on the right train, there's still no guarantee that anybody's gonna be there for you to pick you up when you get there.
Nancy OliverTags: pessimism friends alone rely
All you need, you think, is a breather, a few minutes standing up at the bar like in the old days, having a harmless bottle of beer. Only the bottle of beer isn't harmless; it's a trigger. It sets off that crazy thing in your mind that made you a dipso in the first place...
Jonathan CraigTags: pessimism bottle harmless
Se sou pessimista é porque o mundo é péssimo, só isso.
José SaramagoTags: pessimism
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.
Though nihilism has been relentlessly criticized for overemphasizing the dark side of human experience, it might be equally true that this overemphasis represents a needed counterbalance to shallow optimism and arrogant confidence in human power. Nihilism reminds us that we are not gods, and that despite all of the accomplishments and wonders of civilization, humans cannot alter the fact that they possess only a finite amount of mastery and control over their own destinies.
John MarmyszTags: optimism pessimism nihilism
Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.
Howard ZinnTags: fear pessimism inaction self-fulfilling-prophecy
Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience".
"What's pessimism?" I said.
"Religion without God.
I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good.
John Corey WhaleyTags: life pessimism outlook where-things-come-back
I'm beginning to think the only choice anyone has in life is between either a bad choice or a worse one.
Sherrilyn KenyonTags: inspirational pessimism
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