“Don't give up your greatness because of someone's cynicism or narrowness of mind.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism. — Elliot Richardson Copy Share Image
With but a single exception, foxes too enjoy the chase. — The Covert Comic Aka John Alejandro King Copy Share Image
I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
“If this was cynical, then we must allow that all courtship is cynical.” — Zoë Heller 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
“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
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
“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
“They were Archer's second set of children an d paragons of contemporary teenage cynicism. They enjoyed setting fire to the tails of… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. George Bernard Shaw.” — Maloy Krishna Dhar Copy Share Image
It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
The old adage, 'If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is' isn't always correct. In fact, the suspicion, cynicism,… — Richard Carlson 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
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
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
“Balzac's cynicism was always nevertheless romantic - such greed, such gusto. 'Le dégoût, c'est voir juste. Après la possession, l'amour voit juste… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
Part of me wants a bunch of jocks to go to Comic-Con and call them all dweebs so they can be like,… — Thomas Middleditch Copy Share Image
I think that the worst form of naivete can be extreme cynicism. If you think that nobody comes to Washington to do… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
Someone once said, if you scratch a cynic, and you'll find a disappointed idealist. That really rang a bell with me -… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The end of an age is always a time of turmoil, war, economic catastrophe, cynicism, lawlessness and distress. But it is also… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
“The real question I am asking here is the one Marcuse asked in the sixties. How does a way of life break… — Rick Roderick Copy Share Image
“I take in his smooth cheeks, his rough chin and jaw, the developing wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. 'We fall… — Jane Lotter Copy Share Image
“Don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“Your cynicism lies in your willing abuse of others to consolidate your superiority over them. My cynicism is in regard to humanity’s… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
As to how I would guide someone who is confused about the idea of God, I would suggest that he or she… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
Whereas modern cynicism brought despair about the ability of the human species to realize laudable ideals, postmodern cynicism doesn't — not because… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
