Cynical Quotes

England's just very cynical.

— Winston Marshall

I'm a cynical idealist.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I'm not cynical.

— Laura Schlessinger

“It's just so perfuck.”

— Toba Beta

I'm not cynical at all.

— Frankie Boyle

A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers.

— Eddie Cantor

No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.

— Lily Tomlin

What does not kill you will make you stronger and more cynical.

— Jessica Zafra

We have never done anything in a cynical fake way

— Gordon Ramsay

If I never saw another airport again, I'd be happy!

— Emm Gryner

The reason that women do not love one another is - men.

— Jean de la Bruyere

My heart was closed. Cold. I was self-conscious and cynical.

— Tablo

“It is impossible to ostracize a lone wolf.”

— Joseph Annaruma

“His more cynical side suspected that humans had never really needed an excuse to pick on other humans.”

— Christopher Nuttall

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

It's easier to be cynical and edgy and tough rather than overly emotional.

— George C. Wolfe

When people get cynical about love, they should look at us [Yoko and John Lennon] and see it is possible

— Yoko Ono

I'm not by nature a cynical person. But sometimes your expectations are different from reality.

— Fred Armisen

The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is.

— Nancy Mitford

Young people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart.

— Bell Hooks

“I'm a cynical idealist.' He paused and wondered if that meant anything.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax…

— Emily Mortimer

A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want…

— Amber Tamblyn

If you watch most of the stuff on TV and in movies, it's usually put-down humor. It's like somebody being mean or…

— Paul Rust

Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it...It really is worth fighting for, risking…

— Erica Jong

They sent me away to teach me how to be sensible, logical, responsible, practical. And they showed me a world where I…

— Roger Hodgson

I'm not a huge fan of prequels and sequels and the cynical rush to make money on the back of books by…

— Anthony Horowitz

The most essential mental quality for a free people, whose liberty is to be progressive, permanent and on a large scale, is…

— Walter Bagehot

We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion. Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our…

— Adora Svitak

People are not losing their religious needs, but they are going to three places to get their needs met. One is to…

— Huston Smith

What if I told you insane was working fifty hours a week in some office for fifty years at the end of…

— Steve Buscemi

In the midst of my skeptical, cynical, often pessimistic nature exists a slender capacity to believe, if only temporarily, in a guiding,…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers. The question is what to do with…

— Susan Sontag

Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed. It…

— Noam Chomsky

I was not interested in doing the plot of OEDIPUS in blackface. I did wonder, what would these people have been like…

— Rita Dove

“Maybe I ought to do exactly what I told Nick I was going to do and pursue you myself." Lauren smiled. "I…

— Judith McNaught

Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well,…

— Steve Goodier

More often than not I am cynical.

— Simon Jordan

False hope really makes you cynical.

— Bill Maher

It's rare in satirical comedy not just to be cynical.

— Josh Widdicombe