Essentially, the [New York] Philharmonic is just like any other orchestra-they all have the spirit of kids, and if you scratch away… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
It is good to be a cynic — it is better to be a contented cat — and it is best not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
A politician or political thinker who calls himself a political realist is usually boasting that he sees politics, so to speak, in… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
The cynic, a parasite of civilization, lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For the cynic, art is defined through money. That, of course, is a very sad statement. But an artist is someone who… — Wolfgang Beltracchi Copy Share Image
A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity. — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
Don't hang a dismal picture on the wall, and do not daub with sables and glooms in your conversation. Don't be a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Someone once said a cynic is just a disappointed romantic. That really, really sums me up. — Boy George 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
Nothing ever guarantees you anything-that's my rule. My other rule is never believe anything that anyone tells you, and then you'll never… — David Hyde Pierce Copy Share Image
Civilization is a fiction which becomes a fact only as long as everyone can believe in it. It is the cynic, rather… — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
“A positive person discusses possibilities. A negative person discusses problems. A cynic is oblivious to positivity and negativity.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
“Mitch's take on humanity had deteriorated to the point where he assumed someone was lying if her lips were moving.” — Jennifer Crusie Copy Share Image
Cynic: an idealist whose rose-colored glasses have been removed, snapped in two and stomped into the ground, immediately improving his vision — Rick Bayan Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a cynic. I think of myself as a skeptic and a realist. But I understand the word "cynic"… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“It all depends on what people you're talking about helping. That's the wonderful think about just about every religion on the planet… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
I don't think being a cynic is necessarily a negative thing. It's a matter of seeing the world with clear and open… — Tom Tomorrow Copy Share Image
If there was a place called Cynic, I would be its mayor, its MP and have keys to the town. — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
Obasanjo has openly endorsed violence as a means of governance, embraced and empowered individuals whose avowed declarations, confessions and acts are cynically… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I just have a different impression of the human race. I think we're really resilient. I think there are a lot of… — J.H. Wyman Copy Share Image
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