Steve Jobs

As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.

American Businessman

Wong Kar-wai

I don't want to be a grumpy old man or too pessimistic, because if I have a chance, I would prefer to watch a film in the cinema with an audience on a big screen instead of watching it on a cell phone. It's a very different experience, but somehow I think this form will have its own future and life.

Chinese Director

John Vane

It is sometimes said that the major discoveries have already been made and that there is nothing important left to find. This attitude is altogether too pessimistic. There are plenty of ideas and plenty of things left to discover. The trick is to find the right path from one to the other.

English Scientist

Jared Diamond

Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably cleanly. And in some cases, although not all cases, the CEOs are the driving forces behind that.

American Author

Janhvi Kapoor

It takes a certain amount of courage to not be pessimistic. I'd like to believe there is good in everyone.

Indian Actress

Wolfgang Schauble

Crisis and pressure help foster change - that's why I'm not so pessimistic towards crises.

German Politician

Carlos Mencia

In this pessimistic world, especially in America, a positive outlook is very necessary.

American Comedian

Carl Rogers

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

American Psychologist

Emilio Estevez

In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world.

American Actor

John Gavin

Mexicans are deeply pessimistic that Simpson-Mazzoli can be enforced.

Refers to the expectation of negative outcomes, not just a temporary mood.

Negative Expectation

Usually implies a longer-term viewpoint, not just a reaction to a single event.

Long-term View

Can indicate an overly negative perspective that might not be justified by facts.

Not Always Realistic

 ask say a member of the clergy someone who could read what percentage of the population using is even capable intellectually capable of reading they might have said maybe 30 or 40 percent if you had a really really good education system we now know that that's that's not true it's wildly pessimistic

The Khan Academy PIPE...

 But they don't mention that one. So, I mean, I'm not sure what my exact track record is on predictions. They're more optimistic than pessimistic, but they're not all optimistic. Some of them are exceeded probably more or later, but they do come true. It's very rare that they do not come true.

Elon Musk: A future...

 are doing better than a few generations ago. And this is a really important point, because we're optimistic about ourselves, we're optimistic about our kids, we're optimistic about our families, but we're not so optimistic about the guy sitting next to us, and we're somewhat pessimistic

The optimism bias PIPE Tali...

 suitable for life is maybe one in a thousand one in a hundred something like that well even taking the the pessimistic estimate that it's one in a thousand that means that there are at least a billion cousins of the earth just in our own galaxy okay

ET is (probably) out...

 what would you say to people who have said they're not going to vote at all in this year's election because they feel pessimistic about the process and results i i do you want to go agent no go ahead nicole i would say if you don't vote then the

Continuing the Fight for...

 Ideas can and do change the world. And I think that especially in the past few years, it has become abundantly clear that we cannot stick to the status quo -- that we need new ideas. I know that many of you may feel pessimistic

Poverty isn't a lack of...

 you can see why the world has been coming to an end for a very long time indeed. Let me address some questions about progress that no doubt have occurred to many of you. First, isn't it good to be pessimistic

Is the world getting...

 it's no wonder that we're pessimistic. It's no wonder that people think that the world is getting worse. But perhaps that's not the case. Perhaps instead, it's the distortions brought to us

Abundance is our future...

 get pessimistic and overwhelmed? I draw the reverse conclusion. The big problems facing the world today are not at all things beyond our control. Our biggest threat is not an asteroid

Why societies collapse PIPE...

 So this time, whichever of those cosmic forces wins, we lose. All those pessimistic accounts of the human condition contain some truth, but as prophecies,

Pessimistic