Politicians who wish to succeed must be prepared to dissemble, at times to lie. All deceit is bad. In politics some deceit… — Woodrow Wyatt Copy Share Image
I suppose I am gently cynical about notions of who we think we are, but I certainly don't hate my fellow man.… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
Americans are cool; if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and… — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
“This way of 'choosing to be an an artist' seems lost for ever to today's impatient and cynical youth, who dream of… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
“The aid industry has saved millions of lives, but it is complicated (and maybe this is a necessary evil) by a set… — Jeffrey Gettleman Copy Share Image
People have different ideas, emotional ideas, of what certain words mean, and they think of irony as something that's more associated with… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
It’s perfectly natural for me to sit down and talk about meditating and spiritual practice with my friends. But then I realize,… — Moby Copy Share Image
Anyone concerned with the broken politics in Washington needs to look no further than Mitch McConnell's cynical manipulation of the rules and… — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
“Does anyone actually love their job?” “You’re too young to be that cynical.” He chuckles. “Did you at least like the people… — K.A. Tucker Copy Share Image
“I got a call froma cynical young American journalist...You know the sort. He's lived in the Middle East for a little over… — Amy Mowafi Copy Share Image
“All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Of course, the Clintons are not only corrupt but cynical as well. They accept that the progressive media, the foundations, the universities,… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
I learned to stop being English about things like love. If you make a film in England about love, it's hugely complicated.… — Simon Beaufoy Copy Share Image
British culture is very cynical sometimes of overt displays of sentimentality, and I think that becomes almost a suspicion of emotion, or… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
In my 20s, I was more cynical/despairing (even though I still wrote comically), but I often sent audiences home with rather dark… — Christopher Durang Copy Share Image
The rest of the band had a cynical view towards the way 'Tusk' was made and the reasons why I thought it… — Lindsey Buckingham Copy Share Image
I think that if there are problems in journalism they're created by journalists... the trivialisation of the news and the sort of… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
It may sound corny in a cynical age but literally generations of our people have given much of their lives to establishing… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
“I can't bear the thought that a man of lofty mind and heart begins with the ideal of the Madonna and ends… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
It is time to let America be America again. To return freedom to the people. To stand on our founding principles and… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of touring is a logistical maneuver, moving your body and everyone else's from one city to the next. You're like… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
A director once said, when I was complaining about something or other, "I agree, it is terrible. The worst thing you can… — Jeff Raz Copy Share Image
The modern wars are also omnipresent in our electronic media - to be cynical about it, we now have 24 hours of… — Dave Abrams Copy Share Image
Juliana's a year older than me, but she sometimes seems younger - mostly because she's the opposite of cynical and I'm the… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
In every story I've written with Batman, there's an element of justice - you never want to have the story end on… — Paul Dini Copy Share Image
I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
Some good souls found The Candidate cynical. I wonder what they'll think when they read this portrait of the real-life Jerry Brown...… — Jeremy Larner Copy Share Image
Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think.… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Choosing to live a life in a cynical negative matter, doubting every opportunity, and doubting every God-given ability that you possess, is… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
I think if you're a regular viewer of Fox News, you're among the most cynical people on planet Earth. I cannot think… — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
If you're an artist, it's great to have a knowledge of the business and be educated about that, but you've got to… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
If you can fall in love again and again if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“In English we say: fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. In Naskarian we say: it's not… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“This is poetry. You’re writing about Heaven’s Gate and the Caribou Herd, but what comes across is loneliness, displacement, angst, and a… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
I'm cynical about society, politics, newspapers, government. But I'm not cynical about life, love, goodness, death. That's why I really don't want… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Multiculturalism may well be our saviour, wresting us out from the straitjacket of our history, thrusting the old continent into an environment… — Loretta Napoleoni Copy Share Image
You know, it's fashionable right now for people to be cynical. We go in cycles like this and right now a lot… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But I'm trying not to be cynical - I don't want to be one of those people who has a cool opportunity… — Shannyn Sossamon Copy Share Image
