Never confuse cynicism for intelligence.

“We are in a place of deep cynicism, but that is rarely acknowledged, because so many of us residing within this disordered idol's shadow…

— Elizabeth Scalia

“Cynicism may seem a mild transgression, but it is a patient predator that suffocates hope, slowly, over many years,”

— Rachel Held Evans

Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world.

— Cameron Crowe

The opposite of creativity is cynicism

— Esa Saarinen

The cynic makes fun of all earnestness; he makes fun of everything and everyone who feels that something can be done. . . .…

— George Edgar Vincent

It was lovely to see cynicism in one so young. It positively restored his faith in human nature.

— Lauren Willig

“Pessimism, cynicism and fear will only lead to a very small life. Don’t live small.”

— Neil Abramson

Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience.

— Anonymous

Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could be, much, much better than they…

— Walter Becker

I get the cynicism thing all the time, although I don't really know where that comes from, because I think I'm actually the opposite…

— Matt Taibbi

Only the broken-hearted idealist can become a cynic.

— Mark Clifton

“In a fractured age, when cynicism is god, here is a possible heresy: we live by stories, we also live in them. One way…

— Ben Okri

Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a…

— Stephen Colbert

There have been times when a particularly heavy dose of such cynicism has caused me to reflect that surely this is the age and…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local…

— Ed Miliband