It is good to be a cynic — it is better to be a contented cat — and it is best not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[Christianity] neither enjoins the nastiness of the Cynic, nor the insensibility of the Stoic. — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
“I know life is not rainbows and butterflies, but I’d rather die delusional than being a mature cynic.” — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
“It's not a shame to trust another, shame is to grow cynical and bitter.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The only way to do my job without optimism would be as a cynic, and that's not my nature. — Jon Snow Copy Share Image
Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down? — Eliza Cook Copy Share Image
The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance — Anna Funder Copy Share Image
“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“If I was a cynic I would be wondering if sooner or later some charismatic douche-bag might stomp all over this Little… — Stephen Baxter Copy Share Image
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in… — Sydney J. Harris 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
Progress is more of a challenge for the cynic but also more important and urgent, since for the optimist things aren't that… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. — Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s… — Burton G. Malkiel Copy Share Image
She smiled at him, though her hazel-green eyes were wary beneath the brim of a sodden hat. Right at that moment, staring… — Lisa Kleypas 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
Loss either teaches you to persist in the face of suffering, or hardens you into a bitter cynic. Sometimes, it does a… — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
The European arguments against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act demonstrate that "some Europeans have never lost faith in appeasement as a way of… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
“I haven't deeply considered the matter [...] but if to look truth in the face and not resent it when it's unpalatable,… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
To me it seems to be important to believe people to be good even if they tend to be bad, because your… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
That name, SUN BEAR, just sounds like an ideogram to me. Super resonant. By the way, this all might be related to… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
“That's what I've never been able to get about religion: that charmless combination of altruism and insanity. Give me a cynical, self-interested… — Mike Carey 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
The cynic makes fun of all earnestness; he makes fun of everything and everyone who feels that something can be done. .… — George Edgar Vincent Copy Share Image
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-"just as good as the real. — Charles Dudley Warner Copy Share Image
A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity. — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
“The first rule in life is 'everybody lies.' Remember that and you'll get a lot further.” — Jennifer Crusie Copy Share Image
You're a cynic," Urgit accused. Silk shook his head. "No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist. — David Eddings Copy Share Image
A cynic is a person who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic. — Peter Drucker 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
A cynic sees little to admire in the world, while the world sees even less to admire in him. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil. — Vachel Lindsay Copy Share Image
“Skeptics are always marked by their total lack of skepticism towards whatever position they are defending.” — Steve Madison Copy Share Image
A cynic might conclude that the real purpose of the $500 million-a-year implant business is the implantation of fat in the bellies… — Barbara Ehrenreich 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
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
People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
“You lose a certain type of innocence when you experience this type of kindness. You lose your right to be a jaded… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
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