So why must it wound him that the most despairing music is full of beauty? Why must it hurt him and make… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
I worry that, given the way the 2016 election went, how cynical and how terrible politics seems, that young people will be… — Daniel Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
Of late, attempts have been made in the USA - at a high level and in a rather cynical form - to… — Leonid Brezhnev Copy Share Image
The Who is now a brand, not a band; but it is a brand that is upheld by its audience, not an… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Before children, even the most cynical people throw down their usual masks and become capable of feeling the purity and love which… — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“The naively cynical measure a piece of legislation, a victory, a milestone not against the past or the limits of the possible,… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I remember when I was a kid, whenever you'd see cartoons cross over with each other, it always ranged from a delightful,… — Alex Hirsch Copy Share Image
From before I was born, we Arabs have been caught between two forces that, seemingly, cannot be defeated: our ruthless dictators, who… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
I think [John Adams] developed a much deeper suspicion of France and the other European powers than he had earlier. He lost… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
The Cross is a gibbet - rather an odd thing to make use of as a talisman against bad luck, if that… — Denis Johnston Copy Share Image
Nothing can alter the character of God. In the course of a human life, tastes and outlook and temper may change radically:… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
I believe there is some kind of magic that comes just from looking at somebody. In the beginning, I called it "Genius"… — Nir Hod Copy Share Image
Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
“Between 1914 and 1919 young men and women, disastrously pure in heart and unsuspicious of elderly self-interest and cynical exploitation, were continually… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
My prayer today is to not be negative about anything for one day. It is so easy to be disappointed, critical, cynical.… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
“Marc Marronnier is twenty-seven years old, he has a beautiful apartment, a cool job and still he doesn't kill himself. Go figure.” — Frédéric Beigbeder Copy Share Image
“To acclimate students to misery under the rubric that so doing prepares them for life is a cynical notion—and a horrifying one.” — David Guterson Copy Share Image
Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
“I watched him, sardonic, cynical. A great poet, truly, yet unkind. The gifts of our nature seem not to modify the manner… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The architects of Brexit are a cocktail of lying racists and buffoons. I don't think even someone as cynical as me could… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
You seem cynical because you're always talking about that selfish behavior that's dressed up as altruism. It doesn't mean there isn't altruism.… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems. — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll put on a Zig Ziglar tape: he's a motivational speaker who is really funny and really American. I know I… — Laila Rouass Copy Share Image
“It's easy to be cynical in this day and age, but I believe that everyone has some good in them. And by… — John Hartnett Copy Share Image
We muckraked, not because we hated our world, but because we loved it. We were not hopeless, we were not cynical, we… — Ray Stannard Baker Copy Share Image
The young knowledge worker whose job is too small to challenge and test his abilities either leaves or declines rapidly into premature… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I think it's amusing to watch a naive, well-meaning character kind of undo more cynical characters - kind of like watching Laurel… — Stephen Hillenburg Copy Share Image
They sent me away to teach me how to be sensible, Logical, oh responsible, practical. And they showed me a world where… — Roger Hodgson Copy Share Image
Professors could silence me then; they had figures, diagrams, maps, books… I was learning that books and diagrams can be evil things… — Agnes Smedley Copy Share Image
Wonder is very necessary in life. When we're little kids, we're filled with wonder for the world - it's fascinating and miraculous.… — Doug Henning Copy Share Image
Being cynical isn't necessarily being negative or bitter. It's a person who is wary of mistaking love for something that it's not… — Charlyne Yi Copy Share Image
“At least you pay for them.” “I could support a foundling hospital, and you would applaud my virtue.” “I didn’t expect you… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
I like threesomes with two women, not because I'm a cynical sexual predator. Oh no! But because I'm a romantic. I'm looking… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
I've read a couple of reviews that say I'm getting harder in my old age but I don't think that's true at… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
As I grew up I got cynical. I'd see Mother enthusiastic and involved with charlatans. Numerologists and astrologists who charged five hundred… — Anya Seton Copy Share Image
I think, generally, British people are more culturally cynical about the things that involve our own country. Especially the royals. — Claire Foy Copy Share Image
The way I see politics is, I don't think it's cynical to accept the fact politicians are human beings, that they're flawed,… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
When you play music with someone who has a heart rather than playing with someone who is just doing it for money… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
we know that our world is corrupt and diseased but we're tired of being cynical and feeling helpless. What the hell, tilt… — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
![“I think [John Adams] developed a much deeper suspicion of France and the other European powers than he had earlier. He lost much if not all of the utopian thinking about international politics and diplomacy expressed in his Model Treaty of 1776 and became much more cynical about the world.” quote by Gordon S. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ccc/gordon-s-wood-13199_cynical_i-think-john-adams-developed-a-much-deep_372770.jpg)
