15 Movie Quotes about Pessimism with Audio

Updated: Apr 23, 2026

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1 If anybody needs me, which I doubt, I'll be in here for the rest of my life, if not longer.

Paul Winchell as Tigger in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

2 Go forth and death be thy destination! Doom! Doom!

James Earl Jones as Ommadon in The Flight of Dragons (1982)

3 Then there's hope. -Don't be ridiculous. There's no hope at all. We don't have a compass.

David Thewlis as Mr. Earthworm; Simon Callow as Mr. Grasshopper in James and the Giant Peach (1996)

4 Aren't you fellows ever positive? -Only about doomsday.

John Hoyt as Sydney Stanton in When Worlds Collide (1951)

5 Why do I have the feelin' this is not gonna be much fun?

Peter Cullen as Eeyore in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

6 We're not going to enjoy this, are we?

Peter Cullen as Eeyore in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

7 Do I sound that pessimistic? -You do, but I don't think you are. -Why? -To be out on a night like this, you're an optimist.

Charlie Chaplin as Monsieur Henri Verdoux in Monsieur Verdoux

8 You know, some guys would look at this glass and they would say, That glass is half empty. Other guys would say, That glass is half full. I peg you as a glass is half empty kind of guy. Am I right?

Quote from Groundhog Day

9 Well? What croakings of doom have you today?

Anne Baxter as Nefretiri in The Ten Commandments (1956)

10 Sure looks like fun. Not that I'll ever have any.

Peter Cullen as Eeyore in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh