Robert Rinder

I really want to emphasise this - 'Strictly' is a positive show. It's interesting that it gets cast into this, understandably, the ordinary net of reality shows, but there's no part of it which feels nihilistic or unpleasant. It's all about learning something and doing well, and you feel this overwhelming sense of people wanting you to do well.

English Judge

Julien Baker

I feel like I've had bad nights or destructive nights or nights where I don't remember anything or nights where I was seriously injured or seriously in danger. And I remained nihilistic and unconcerned because it felt like there was no alternative.

American Musician

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Each of us knows a few or several young people whose lives have been devastated by cancer. I don't mean to be nihilistic about it, but it is very much an active killer of people now.

Indian Scientist

Vic Mensa

There's a lot of times when I feel nihilistic, and lose hope, like I'm just lost in the world. But there's a lot of times when I can kinda be in control of destiny.

David Bowie

The Internet carries the flag of being subversive and possibly rebellious and chaotic, nihilistic.

English Musician

Chuck Palahniuk

If you don't believe what other people believe, then they'll accuse you of being nihilistic.

American Novelist

Alexander McCall Smith

That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic.

Scottish Writer

Johan Renck

I'm drawn to the dark but not the nihilistic aspects, the relentless parts, of darkness.

Swedish Director

David Lowery

I don't like being pessimistic. I don't like living my life with a nihilistic mindset.

American Director

Tommy Lee Jones

I personally don't live a nihilistic life, I don't have any use for it.

American Actor

Nihilistic suggests deep emotional disillusionment and often accompanies discussions about meaninglessness.

Emotional weight

Although seen as bleak, 'nihilistic' can describe a freeing realization that motivates change.

Not inherently negative

'Nihilistic' often arises in intellectual debates focused on challenging religious or moral dogma.

Intellectual context

People with nihilistic views typically question established truths and authority figures.

Questioning authority

Nihilistic perspectives can imply a profound distrust or disdain for structured systems and rules.

Distrust in systems

Nihilistic viewpoints are often associated with youthful rebellion or dissatisfaction with societal norms.

Associated with youth

Historically, nihilistic relates to movements seeking to overthrow or dismiss established norms.

Historical movements

Nihilistic themes are common in literature that criticizes social and cultural structures.

Critical literature

 And we don't. We never do. Now I'm not trying to deliver a nihilistic message here. I'm not trying to say we can't solve complicated problems in a complicated world. We clearly can. But the way we solve them is with humility --