The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I understand maybe some people are more impressionable than my hard, cynical self, but maybe they need to figure out how to… — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
It's a fact that children with cancer have higher cure rates than adults with cancer, and I wonder if the reason is… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
I find myself being quite cynical - and I think we all kind of are - towards the idea that it's associated… — Thomas Powers Copy Share Image
The only force more ruthless and cynical than the business of big politics is the politics of big business. — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
The first man to fence in a piece of land, saying "this is mine" and who found people simple enough to believe… — Henri Rousseau Copy Share Image
It's strange for me to say it, but this process of change has started because of the American invasion of Iraq. I… — Walid Jumblatt Copy Share Image
In the name of religion, one tortures, persecutes, builds pyres. In the guise of ideologies, one massacres, tortures and kills. In the… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
I'm cynical about society, politics, newspapers, government. But I'm not cynical about life, love, goodness, death. That's why I really don't want… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Some people get very successful for something they're very cynical about - like Alec Guinness in 'Star Wars.' He thought it was… — David Harbour Copy Share Image
To engage in downright plagiarism is disappointing. It's cynical, opportunistic and hypocritical. — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
I think the audiences in Chicago are really open. They're engaged and eager, and they don't feel cynical to me. Sometimes in… — Joe Mantello Copy Share Image
I think you find stories with fresh perspectives, and there can be a danger in the opposite way when you start getting… — Amy Chozick Copy Share Image
If I was working hard, she bled into my personality. I became more cynical. — Marg Helgenberger Copy Share Image
People think it’s easy to be cynical and pessimistic, but it’s incredibly hard work. It’s much easier to be hopeful. — Michael Robotham Copy Share Image
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for alcoholics we appear somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while… — William Duncan Silkworth Copy Share Image
As well as making friends with yourself, fundamentally one should be cynical and critical. This doesn't mean that you should punish yourself,… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
We should take heart from our own experience and performance. In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion… — Peter Jennings Copy Share Image
There is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget. — Adela Rogers St. Johns Copy Share Image
