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

My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

I have friends who are very pessimistic. They say you can't possibly be an optimist nowadays. But I think, taking the longer view, you can still be as optimistic as you want.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.

There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.

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