P Quotes
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“Pessimism is the one ism which kills the soul.”
“Pessimism is the product of a hostile social state. Its answer is the substitution of a friendly social state. If this can be done it will disappear.”
“Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power.”
“Pessimism like calumny is easy to do, and attracts immediate attention. The gossiper and the writer may find this out soon enough, and a little encouragement from the current mood will procure them successes that bring endless imitators in their trail. On the other hand saying good things about life in general and individuals in particular and making it interesting is a serious task which few can achieve with credit.”
Source: Sunset and Twilight: From the Diaries of 1947-1958
“Pessimism negates the existing world. Yet its negating is ambiguous. It can simply will decay and nothingness, but it can also renounce what exists and thus open a path for a new formation of the world.”
Source: Nietzsche
“Pessimism never won any battle.”
“Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.”
“Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective.”
Source: Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics
“Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes?" - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best.”
Source: The Gathering Storm: Book 12 of the Wheel of Time
“Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.”
“PESSIMISM- philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary
“Pessimism: A valuable protection against quackery.”
Source: The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense
“Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament- it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing the risks you can't avoid. This permits you to play out the game untroubled by the certainty of the outcome.”
Source: Time Enough for Love
“Pessimist: One who has been intimately acquainted with an Optimist.”
“Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.”
“Pessimist: The optimist who didn't arrive.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
“Pessimistic" is a word for "realistic" that optimists use to make themselves feel better (about their unrealisticness).”
“Pessimistic visions about almost anything always strike the public as more erudite than optimistic ones”
“Pessimists are just as illogical as optimists; insomuch as both envisage the aims of mankind as unified, and as having a direct relationship (either of frustration or of fulfilment) to the inevitable flow of terrestrial motivation and events. That is - both schools retain in a vestigial way the primitive concept of a conscious teleology - of a cosmos which gives a damn one way or the other about the especial wants and ultimate welfare of mosquitos, rats, lice, dogs, men, horses, pterodactyls, trees, fungi, dodos, or other forms of biological energy.”
“Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.”
“Pessimists are second rate people. They do not believe in life. ... All they want to do is drag you down and appease their own feelings of mediocrity and fear.”
“Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.”
“Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have no time for the pitiful.”
“Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.”
“Pessimists beat their heads against walls, while optimists open doors.”
“Pessimists calculate the odds. Optimists believe they can overcome them.”
“Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter.”
“Pessimists see a problem behind every opportunity. Optimists see an opportunity behind every problem.”
“Pessimists see problems as stemming from stable and universal causes, thus making them less susceptible to corrective action. Optimists, in contrast, view problems as temporary and resulting from specific factors that will either change or be changed.”
“Pessimists try to convince you the world sucks, optimists already know it does and smile anyway.”
Source: Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography
“Pessimists, we're told, look at a glass containing 50% air and 50% water and see it as half empty. Optimists, in contrast, see it as half full. Engineers, of course, understand the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.”
“Pessoalmente, gosto da minha liberdade de expressão sem mas. É liberdade de expressão sem mas e café sem açúcar. Realmente, não fica tão docinho, mas não estraga o verdadeiro sabor.”
Source: Reaccionário com Dois Cês
“Pessoalmente, jamais admiti que, ao longo de uma discussão, se procurasse garantir vantagem exibindo a certidão de nascimento. (...) Não importa a idade, mas sim a soberana competência do olhar, que sabe ver as realidades da vida, e a força da alma que é capaz de suportá-las e de elevar-se à altura delas”
Source: Ciência e Política - Duas Vocações
“Pessoas brancas devem se responsabilizar criticamente pelo sistema de opressão que as privilegia historicamente, produzindo desigualdades, e pessoas negras podem se conscientizar dos processos históricos para não reproduzi-los”
Source: Pequeno Manual Antirracista
“Pessoas com vidas interessantes não têm fricote. Elas trocam de cidade. Investem em projetos sem garantia. Interessam-se por gente que é o oposto delas. Pedem demissão sem ter outro emprego em vista. Aceitam um convite para fazer o que nunca fizeram. Estão dispostos a mudar de cor preferida, de prato predileto. Começam do zero inúmeras vezes. Não se assustam com a passagem do tempo. Sobem no palco, tosam o cabelo, fazem loucuras por amor, compram passagens só de ida.”
Source: Doidas e santas
“Pessoas ordinárias podem ser extraordinárias”
“Pessoas são como músicas. São feitas para que a gente ouça e compreenda. Algumas, nós gostamos desde o início. Outras, gostamos depois de um tempo. Poucas tocam a nossa vida, mas tem uma, aquela especial, que é a nossa trilha sonora. E esta, eu ouço No Último Volume.”
Source: In The Last Volume
“Pest was a fighting word to Ramona, because it was unfair. She was not a pest, at least not all the time. She was only littler than everyone else in the family, and no matter how hard she tried, she could not catch up.”
Source: Ramona the Brave
“Pesta Yunani, pesta kaum demokrat yang membuktikan betapa filsafat dan kegembiraan murni benar-benar adalah saudara sekandung, karena kedua-duanya lahir dari rahim keindahan, yang tiada lain ialah cahaya cerlang keteraturan dan kebenaran, yang telah dibuahi oleh benih segala yang baik, baik melulu, baik murni, baik manusiawi.”
Source: Burung-Burung Rantau
“Peste Occident crește iedera cimitirelor. Iedera vorbelor care-a ucis viața.”
Source: Once Upon the River Love
“Peste un an o să fiu mort, dar poate că sunt mort chiar de pe acum.”
Source: Windows on the World
“Pesticide is meant to deal with pests as passion is to deal with unnecessary loss of interest! Passion kills the ghosts of "I can't".”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“Pesticides poison the main brain happy hormone or neurotransmitter, acetyl choline.”
“Pestom madam."
"Yes, Floote, that! Brilliant. Full of garlic." To illustrate her point, she took another mouthful before continuing. "Seems they put garlic in positively everything here. Absolutely fantastic.”
Source: Blameless
“Pet bereavement counselors hear a lot of happy stories. This always seems to surprise people, who assume sessions are soggy, heart-wrenching undertakings. Sure, there are tears, but there are also the stories of the dogs that made people feel less alone, the dogs that taught them about love, that made their hearts feel bigger and stronger. And dog people-- the majority of my patients are dog people-- have wonderful senses of humor. Some of the funniest, most uplifting stories I've ever heard have come from my patients. They're an eclectic bunch, but the stories they tell have the same simple truth at their core: dogs make us better.”
Source: Dog Crazy
“Pet,’ Brutus repeated. ‘Bitch.’
‘Don’t be offended,’ I said. ‘He calls everyone that.’
I winked at Brutus”
Source: Slouch Witch
“Pet Haunts by Stewart Stafford
Ghosts pinned my cat to the wall,
So I reached out to pick him up,
In the strangest flip to our world,
They then turned him into a pup!
Spectres floated my pet downstairs,
Confused as he hovered on a step,
Species-fluid doppelgänger mirage,
Without moans or chains to schlepp.
Dare we dig into this canine tale,
Let me lick myself clean and think,
Corporeal companions, some not,
We all link up as one past the brink.
© 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
“Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.”
“Pet me, touch me, love me, that's what I get when I perform. That's when I'm really getting what I want.”
“Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.”