Cynical Quotes · Page 8

To describe drunkenness for the colorful vocabulary is rather cynical. There is nothing easier than to capitalize on drunkards.

— Anton Chekhov

In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell.

— H. L. Mencken

“A cynical modification of letting go doesn't bring forgiveness, it's when, once you forgive, will you be able to let go.”

— Anthony Liccione

“May you never become so cynical that you let a star fall without its wish.”

— Nicole Lyons

Living with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on.

— Budd Schulberg

“vision is an idle dream at best and a cynical delusion at worst - but not an achievable end”

— Peter M. Senge

“It’s not easy maintaining a cynical outlook in the face of what appears to be a thoroughly charitable mindset,”

— Ted Koppel

I wasn't as cynical about Britain as a lot of friends of mine who are also people of colour.

— Nish Kumar

I hate cynicism. I wipe it from me. I don't like cynical people. I don't like cynical movies. Cynicism is very easy.…

— Michel Gondry

George Bush and John Ashcroft were religious in a scary way, but the rational among us could always take heart that, deep…

— Matt Taibbi

I'm a realist all the way. I'm too cynical to be an optimist. But I've lived too much of a charmed life…

— Anthony Jeselnik

I can't imagine a genuinely intelligent boy getting much out of college, even out of a good college, save it be a…

— H. L. Mencken

I think most people that do comedy write for themselves. I don't think there is any other way you can do it,…

— David Walliams

I think regular Iowans are cynical of this whole idea of corporate welfare, with the biggest awards going to the most profitable…

— David F. Swensen

I don't buy the 'cynical voice'; I think we've had too much of that over the past few years; it's become deadening.…

— Suhayl Saadi

In war it is necessary to kill as many people as possible -- such is the cynical logic of war. Brutality in…

— Maxim Gorky

I've always been a fan first and foremost - obsessing over bands and seeking out bands, and spending hours and hours listening.…

— Carrie Brownstein

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

— Susan Sontag

Maybe I'm naive, but I still have a little bit of faith in the structure of the United States government and thinking…

— Michael Che

Some people get very successful for something they're very cynical about - like Alec Guinness in 'Star Wars.' He thought it was…

— David Harbour

I think that one of the things that is happening in the so-called "clash of civilizations" is that the confidence that was…

— James Toback

British culture is very cynical sometimes of overt displays of sentimentality, and I think that becomes almost a suspicion of emotion, or…

— Matt Haig

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

The rest of the band had a cynical view towards the way 'Tusk' was made and the reasons why I thought it…

— Lindsey Buckingham

It's kind of depressing, if you think about it. I mean, me being so young, and yet so cynical and suspicious.

— Meg Cabot

Born in a generation that thinks cynical and disenchanted is cool, sometimes I'm a little off the beaten track.

— Karen Marie Moning

“- We're winning! - Who is 'we', mon Prince? - Not a word! I will tell you tomorrow.”

— Talleyrand

I love little kids, I hate little kids being used by cynical politicians, though.

— Steve Schmidt

There are not too many times when a movie's not cynical, you know what I mean?

— Michael Pena

I think I've finally proven something to people who were cynical about me. Because they were cruel.

— Nancy Sinatra

It would be a sad day if we British stopped being cynical, but you sometimes wonder whether we overdo it.

— Boris Johnson

You should always be questioning your government, but do not become cynical.

— Pete Visclosky

“If this was cynical, then we must allow that all courtship is cynical.”

— Zoë Heller

If you stare at someone long enough, they'll eventually look back at you.

— Cory Doctorow

There is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go…

— Ulysses S. Grant

How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?

— Samuel Johnson

“It is cynical to say never trust anyone, but it is realistic to say rarely trust completely.”

— Ronda Rich

This new world which is being born is cynical and amnesiac. And it has eliminated perspective.

— Jean-Luc Godard

I am not cynical. I am just old. I know what is going to happen next.

— Fay Weldon

Sink into morbid, cynical reflection on how much romantic heartbreak is to do with ego and miffed pride rather than actual loss

— Helen Fielding