But despite our sharing the same destiny, her tragedy is far greater than mine.

Despite the apparently pessimistic outlook, however, it was important to remain objective and positive, where possible.

I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist.

The Year of Rational Pessimism

While it is important not to overreact to quarterly figures, recent data, as well as some of the revised data for the first quarter, are deeply disappointing. The pessimism of two years ago has returned with good reason.

Everyone feels pessimistic.

So, we're only going to look at the stars inside that small square, although we've looked at all of them.

However, some people in the audience were not pleased with the results.

When push came to shove, Varoufakis faced the difficult choice of going along with more of the same, despite knowing that it would fail, or trying to pivot to a new approach. He bravely opted for the latter.

But Argentines are not pessimistic about the economy because other Argentines are pessimistic. They are pessimistic because the economy s fundamentals are weak a fundamental difference.

The paragraph should be neither overly optimistic nor overly pessimistic.

We know that the deaths of 1.2 million individuals, however tragic, are only the tip of the iceberg of suffering caused by traffic accidents.

I am encouraged that, despite the tragic and untimely death of Vice President Garang, both sides have reaffirmed their commitment to the Agreement.

The Dismal Economist s Joyless Triumph

In Kurzweilian terms this is gloomy.

Well, I'm not an optimist, neither am I a pessimist.

And that is, I understand that optimists greatly outlive pessimists.

Even the most pessimistic impact scenarios of the U.N.

And today we have a kind of evangelical pessimism all around us.

It's more than enough reason for pessimism.

So pessimism appears to be settling in, and the deadlock over Yasukuni appears to be deepening. But the past can bring us more than just troubles of this kind.

Europe s Misguided Growth Pessimists

Headline in South Africa They have landed. Quite ominous.

And the trends for those who are at the periphery of our society, who are the poorest and the most vulnerable, the trends give rise to a great case for pessimism.

Nonetheless, the mindset nurtured by The Limits to Growth continues to shape popular and elite thinking.

Again, the eyes and hands of Avalokiteshvara.

It's too late to be pessimistic really too late.

And 2004, the net profit, after taxes very serious taxes was 120 million dollars.

I should like to say as well that I have heard many very pessimistic remarks.

The sense in which I can be uplifting and inspiring I mean, there's always been a kind of a certain grim dimension to the way I try to uplift, so if grim inspiration if grim inspiration is not a contradiction in terms, that is, I'm afraid, the most you can hope for. OK, today that's if I succeed.

Now it's about something else, but it's equally profound.

Though I am, by nature, an optimist, I have to admit that it is very difficult not to be pessimistic as 2014 comes to a close. Nonetheless, we must not submit to panic and despair, or allow ourselves to be drawn into a vortex of negative inertia.

We do not want to be pessimistic we want to be realistic.

Currently, the federal debt held by the public is just over 70 of GDP, a level not seen since the early 1950 s. However, government debt soars by an average of 86 after severe financial crises, so the increase in the federal debt by 70 between 2008 and 2012 is not surprising.

I've been criticized for showing you a too positive image of the world, but I don't think it's like this.

In all other sectors, we are making appreciable progress, even as we need more assistance.

Also requests the Secretary General to take all action necessary to ensure that the Observer Mission is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy

In difficult times, pessimism is a self fulfilling, self inflicted death sentence.

So there's lots of reason for pessimism.

And according to the surveys, we are marked the most pessimistic people in the world.

And the client was happy well, sort of happy because we were four million dollars over the budget, but essentially happy.

Nevertheless, savings should not be seen from an individual organization point of view but from a system wide perspective.

But first, compassion is comprised of that capacity to see clearly into the nature of suffering.

In Kurzweilian terms I'm like the Eeyore of economic growth.

But we have a very pessimistic approach about the cities.