I'm British; pessimism is my wheelhouse.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective.
I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.
You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
I live a perfectly happy and comfortable life in Blair's Britain, but I can't work up much affection for the culture we've created for ourselves: it's too cynical, too knowing, too ironic, too empty of real value and meaning.
Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
It would be a sad day if we British stopped being cynical, but you sometimes wonder whether we overdo it.
It's fashionable in some circles to be pessimistic about America, about conservative solutions, about the Republican Party. I utterly reject that pessimism.
But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it's beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome.