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
I'm not a huge fan of prequels and sequels and the cynical rush to make money on the back of books by… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion. Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
They sent me away to teach me how to be sensible, logical, responsible, practical. And they showed me a world where I… — Roger Hodgson Copy Share Image
I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
If you watch most of the stuff on TV and in movies, it's usually put-down humor. It's like somebody being mean or… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want… — Amber Tamblyn Copy Share Image
Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it...It really is worth fighting for, risking… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“It’s for love, in the end. Pettiest of all pursuits. Arrogance, greed, even revenge… they’re nobler, trust me. I’ve walked all those… — wildbow Copy Share Image
I like Madonna a lot. I think she's really good and I think she's a good singer. I think she looks good… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
There's a lot of movies, and I've made some of them that could be categorized this way, but there's definitely been a… — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
I want to suggest to you that the day of the artists has come. That there are things about symbols and the… — Graham Cray Copy Share Image
Perhaps the biggest myth about cynicism is that it deepens with age. I think what really happens is that experience painfully rips… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“To all the boys, for when you become men: you'll leave women all throughout your life because they're holding you back, and… — Dave Matthes Copy Share Image
Marines have a cynical approach to war. They believe in three things; liberty, payday and that when two Marines are together in… — Ernie Pyle 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
In general, I think we're more or less shaped and formed by our late 20s. Things come along during that time that… — Konnie Huq Copy Share Image
I wasn't any good at romnace. I was a total nerd. My thing is, I was just too romantic. I was the… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
I love Billy Wilder, and I love the way that his films can be very touching and very moving and very romantic,… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Some people grow older and more cynical. Some people become just the opposite. Life hurts without hope, and cynicism, once a luxury,… — William Norwich Copy Share Image
I think I'm too cynical for L.A. My sense of humor doesn't go down well here, which probably affects my love life.… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real… — Gael Garcia Bernal Copy Share Image
Now majority rule is a precious, sacred thing worth dying for. But like other precious, sacred things … it's not only worth… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Our form of government depends on a mutual bond of trust between the people and their government. But people have become cynical… — Sonny Perdue Copy Share Image
I am incredibly cynical, and I don't think that's something people would guess. People think I'm all positive, but I'm a skeptic. — Nikita Dutta Copy Share Image
Generally I don't like doing remakes, but I think that's more in the cynical world of Hollywood where normally remakes are purely… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
“Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism – it's my least favorite quality, and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
In any case, I would never make a film that was only one thing. Even if it's my warmest, most romantic film,… — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I know as a critic I'm required to have a well-armored heart. I must be a cynical wise guy to show my… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The idea that I am cynical because I'm writing the books that I write is a bit like someone saying, 'What, you've… — Ben Schott Copy Share Image
The working of great institutions is mainly the result of a vast mass of routine, petty malice, self interest, carelessness and sheer… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Twitter is an amazing thing; it brings footballers closer to the fans because so many of them are on there. I was… — Gary Lineker Copy Share Image
No one wants to follow a pessimist... You can be skeptical, you can be realistic, but you can't be cynical. If your… — Bob Iger Copy Share Image
“Our art is cynical and bad-ass and made by people who will not be happy until you join them in the church… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I'm not cynical, but the reality is that life is mortal. Terrible, sad things happen. Everybody loses friends and family. I'll be… — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
I had a direct experience of the efficacy of this form of mind-body medicine. This comes from somebody who had been sort… — Brad Willis Copy Share Image
For myself, I find I become less cynical rather than more--remembering my own sins and follies; and realize that men's hearts are… — Anonymous 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
A cynical young person is almost the saddest sight to see, because it means that he or she has gone from knowing… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
George Bush and John Ashcroft were religious in a scary way, but the rational among us could always take heart that, deep… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
