Cynicism was a one-way path, and once taken the way back was lost forever. — Chris Wooding Copy Share Image
Feinstein doesn't interact with the people at all, and I think it breeds cynicism. — Elizabeth Emken Copy Share Image
We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs. — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
“You know that inside every cynic, there’s just a very disappointed idealist?” — Roe Horvat Copy Share Image
“Whenever a woman begins to talk of anything, she is talking to, of, or at a man.” — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Saturday is the mightiest day of the week. It's unshakably, overwhelmingly superior. Not only is it a day off of school, the… — Wataru Watari Copy Share Image
Cynicism can be funny. But it's the easy way. You'll forget to enjoy anything. I try to make the evolving choice, the… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
“Cynicism is extremely contagious, and the most pious among us cannot long endure its potency. The gullible should be on their guard,… — Mike Corbett Copy Share Image
“She would put her “naïve American optimism” toward making herself indispensable to him, and she’d win him. Because naïve American optimism beat… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
“The public is always relieved to find that once the chief officers of state are elected they do not sincerely want change.” — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope - an impotence, in short; and that to… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Without the truth of the people, politics degenerates into mere spectacle and democracy declines, leaving demagoguery and cynicism to fill the void. — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
“I hate the world. Everything comes into it so clean and goes out so dirty. (from COVER CHARGE - currently not listed)” — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
When people treat corruption as a routine part of the process, you have something far worse than wrongdoing or moral failing. You… — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Why is it that with women, some kink, some vulnerability of the sex, is always presumed to lie at the heart of… — Anna Funder Copy Share Image
“Results are their own propaganda. The vast majority of the people are free, prosperous, and safe under the Phoenix Society's rule. They… — Matthew Graybosch Copy Share Image
People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and medals, or… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
Most governments do have inbuilt biases in favour of the rich and powerful, and most do contain plenty of manipulators who love… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
“They reflect the age in cynicism which cannot comprehend the death of possibilities, fatuous sophisticated indulgence in the parody of the miraculous,… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
A cynic is just a man who found out when he was about ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's… — James Gould Cozzens Copy Share Image
“FAITH. Too many people have no faith. They are cynical. “This leadership training and personal development stuff doesn’t work.” Or “I’m too… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
I hope that I state your case fairly: One of my great fears is misrepresenting you, even to myself, now that you… — Michael Arditti Copy Share Image
“Don’t cheat people out of loving you, and love them back - right where they stand. And if they turn away, let… — Jenna Brooks Copy Share Image
“We shall, as we ripen in grace, have greater sweetness towards our fellow Christians. Bitter-spirited Christians may know a great deal, but… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“When I was younger, I would cling to life because life was at the top of the turning wheel. But like the… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Empire had a clutch of missiles which were generally reckoned to be inoperable, and probably were politically unusable anyway because they were… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
“One simple answer is that there has been a massive rise in the incidence of sanctimony and smugness among the successful that… — Brian Barry Copy Share Image
“Ignorance is king. Many would not profit by his abdication. Many enrich themselves by means of his dark monarchy. They are his… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
