I'm at a place of deep cynicism about American politics.

Sarah Palin is a great example of someone that just stirs the pot for the sake of the attention. No vision, no critical thinking,…

— Rosanne Cash

“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

People often say that Trump "speaks the truth," right? But I think what really is happening is he's become a symbol of the kind…

— Henry Giroux

People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.

— Elliot Richardson

My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.

— Anna Faris

The nature of journalism has been the enemy of idealism and the source of cynicism among American reporters and editors throughout our history.

— Richard Harwood

I exaggerate. I oversimplify. I generalize. But there’s no cynicism here. American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

— David Biespiel

The things that I want to see happen get no play in mainstream American politics. My primary interests are the legalization of sex work…

— Grace Dunham

I see a huge, huge divide between the people who are facing the most barriers and violence and the kinds of stories being told…

— Grace Dunham

On domestic policy, one of the major stories in American politics has been the growing ideological and political self-confidence of the Democratic Party, and…

— Peter Beinart

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