When people get cynical about love, they should look at us [Yoko and John Lennon] and see it is possible — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself. — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
British culture is very cynical sometimes of overt displays of sentimentality, and I think that becomes almost a suspicion of emotion, or… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
A twinge of wonderment that might charm the most cynical of New York dance fans…They raise the bar, and then they jump… — Jennifer Dunning Copy Share Image
We live in a cynical system where the powerful are able to exploit the demand of the aggressive few, from whichever religion… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I think there's an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D'Artagnan. In the very beginning, she's using him… — Adrian Hodges Copy Share Image
I think, something that you might be able to locate in the work that I'm creating today: the ability to look at… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
When the king asked him what he meant by infesting the sea, the pirate defiantly replied: The same as you do when… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism Iraq in cynical money-making. And there's no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Home? What is home? Home is where a house is that you come back to when the rainy season is about to… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
Most filmmakers' entire body of knowledge is of other movies. When they describe things, they describe them in relation to other movies.… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Prison is a crash course in the darker side of life. Few survive it without becoming a different person: more cynical, jaded,… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
I am very optimistic about the long run prospects for democracy in China. Chinese society is being dramatically and rapidly transformed. And… — Larry Diamond Copy Share Image
Along with faith comes the requirement for dogged persistence. At first meditation may bring you mild highs or some relief from suffering.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I like to think my sense of humor is sort of smart and dumb at the same time. I like to work… — Robert Lopez Copy Share Image
I think regular Iowans are cynical of this whole idea of corporate welfare, with the biggest awards going to the most profitable… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack. — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete. — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
“I felt slightl superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
It is a good idea to 'shop around' before you settle on a doctor. Ask about the condition of his Mercedes. Ask… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, but when we’re faced with purity and innocence, the cynical mask drops off. — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
The most essential mental quality for a free people, whose liberty is to be progressive, permanent and on a large scale, is… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
