Aubrey de Grey

There's nothing wrong with making the best of one's declining years, but what does annoy me is the fatalism. Now that we're seriously in range of finding therapies that actually work against ageing, this apathy, of course, becomes an enormous part of the problem.

English Author

Ta-Nehisi Coates

As an African-American, we stand on the shoulders of people who fought despite not seeing victories in their lifetime or even in their children's lifetime or even in their grandchildren's lifetime. So fatalism isn't really an option.

American Journalist

Oriana Fallaci

When you have been born in a war like me, living in a war as a child, when you have been in wars as a war correspondent all your life - trust me! You develop a form of fatalism; you are always ready to die.

Italian Journalist

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I just hope that more people will ignore the fatalism of the argument that we are beyond repair. We are not beyond repair. We are never beyond repair.

American Politician

Peter Ackroyd

The English have always been greedy for news of times past, with that mixture of fatalism and melancholy which is part of the national character.

British Author

Geoff Mulgan

Britain is rich in radicalism, and anyone who says that our society has drifted into fatalism and apathy should get out more.

English Educator

Sadiq Khan

We should celebrate when optimism and hard work triumph over cynicism, lethargy, and fatalism.

British Politician

David Viscott

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

American Psychologist

Ferdinand Marcos

The challenge to Asia is to discard the dry, meatless bone of mysticism and fatalism.

Filipino Statesman

Natalie Clifford Barney

Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.

American Author

Fatalism often implies that no action can change an outcome, giving a sense of helplessness.

Inescapable Outcome

Fatalism is commonly discussed in philosophical debates concerning free will versus determinism.

Used in Philosophy

Fatalism can carry a negative connotation, suggesting surrender to fate rather than proactive living.

Often Negative

Fatalism can hint at a person's passive approach to life's challenges and their reluctance to intervene.

Passivity Indicator

Fatalism can be misinterpreted, so it's important to consider the speaker's context and background.

Context Sensitive

While negative, fatalism isn't just expecting the worst; it's accepting it as predetermined.

Not Pure Pessimism

 It's good to be accurate. Of course we should be aware of suffering and danger wherever they occur, but we should also be aware of how they can be reduced, because there are dangers to indiscriminate pessimism. One of them is fatalism. If all our efforts at improving the world have been in vain,

Is the world getting...

 to capture the unique history of Latin America. He was able to depict the strange reality of living in a post-colonial society, forced to relive the tragedies of the past. In spite of all this fatalism, the novel still holds hope. At his Nobel Lecture,