All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism, for… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
If George W. Bush had gone into Iraq for cynical reasons, we could cut our losses now. What's frightening is that he… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
She had always maintained a cynical facade, using it as a defence against embarrassment, fear, loneliness… but at the moment she felt… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I'm a realist all the way. I'm too cynical to be an optimist. But I've lived too much of a charmed life… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
You just don't make decisions about what you're going to be like when you are old. I know that I am making… — John Powell Copy Share Image
I'm a worrier. In the UK, if I'm known for anything, it's sort of for being cynical. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
Intellectuals are cynical and cynics have never built a cathedral. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I'm not cynical or bitter in any way. Life's too short; you get ripped off, but if you hold a grudge, it's… — Tony Fernandes Copy Share Image
People have different ideas, emotional ideas, of what certain words mean, and they think of irony as something that's more associated with… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
Treason doth never prosper. What's the reason? Why, when it prospers, none dare call it treason. — John Harington Copy Share Image
In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
Before signing any contract, you have to assume that the guy on the other side of the desk is handing you a… — Bun E. Carlos Copy Share Image
For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
If you're constantly stepping outside of the character and judging them, you'll never really be able to fully engage because you'll always… — James Norton Copy Share Image
Today, most Americans are too cynical, or tired, or both, to even approximate our Founders' courageous repudiation of injustice. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It's really important to differentiate between being sceptical and cynical. — Tyler Henry Copy Share Image
I think Kennedy being assassinated changed the world. That shot changed everything about America, and made us cynical, made people discontent and… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
I feel some people are cynical by nature. You show them anything, they only see the problems and negatives. — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
