It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid. — George Jean Nathan Copy Share Image
I am discovering that I can live far better without cynicism than I can without trust. — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-"just as good as the real. — Charles Dudley Warner Copy Share Image
“Haven’t you heard of privacy, or were you raised by a tribe of hedonistic Vikings?” — Wade Kelly Copy Share Image
What this generation was bred to at television's knees was not wisdom, but cynicism. — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit. — Cecil B. DeMille Copy Share Image
In the end, we would like not to be guilty while at the same time being dispensed of the effort of purifying… — Albert Camus 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
I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy. — Patricia Ireland Copy Share Image
As I was walking up the stair. I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. I wish, I… — Hughes Mearns Copy Share Image
There are no letters in the mailbox And there are no grapes upon the vine And there are no chocolates in your… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“Closure' - reassurance for the weak-kneed that their futile anguish has been leavened by a minor illusion of being in control …… — Mark Rogerson Copy Share Image
Don't confuse my point of view with cynicism. The real cynics are the ones who tell you that everything's gonna be all… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I have a lot of friends that take that position of extreme cynicism, and I just can't let myself go to that… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Things of the spirit are what count: brotherhood – in a day when there is too much hatred at home and abroad;… — E. Urner Goodman Copy Share Image
[Two of the most unpopular presidential candidates selected by the two parties in history] indicates that there is a lot of cynicism… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Get involved in an issue that you're passionate about. It almost doesn't matter what it is ... We give too much of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What Rob Brezsny does with words is grammarye, the Old English term for magic. With his strange brew of macho feminism and… — Antero Alli Copy Share Image
Why does any kind of cynicism appeal to people? Because it seems like a mark of maturity, of sophistication, like you’ve seen… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
The state of interbeing is a vulnerable state. It is the vulnerability of the naive altruist, of the trusting lover, of the… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
Take action. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.… — Bradley Whitford Copy Share Image
If a certain person in your life is making you feel more negative than positive, more cynical than open, more of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The half-shut eyes were dim with the infinite cynicism of adult life.” — William Golding Copy Share Image
It is part of the business of marketing to muddy the distinction between altruism and cynicism. — Don Watson Copy Share Image
I hate cynicism - it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Okay, so maybe I'm romantic... but somebody is supposed to be romantic. Some warrior is supposed to go to war against the… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“I've stopped bothering getting my hopes up and watching them die when all of it's just in my head. I expect nothing… — Wataru Watari Copy Share Image
What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Numbness and cynicism, I suspect, are more often the products of frustrated compassion than of evil intentions.” — David Hilfiker Copy Share Image
I don't think you can ever be ahead of your time with cynicism about that subject. No, I don't think it was… — Joe Dante Copy Share Image
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
But hard bitten cynicism leaves one feeling peevish, and too much of it can do lasting damage to your heart. — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The arts community still has a long lasting cynicism of the importance, or the artistic value, of comedy. Comedy is just farting… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
“The cynical ones are the best companions. But the best of all are the cynical ones when they are still devout; or… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
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