Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
“It's easy to be cynical in this day and age, but I believe that everyone has some good in them. And by… — John Hartnett Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll put on a Zig Ziglar tape: he's a motivational speaker who is really funny and really American. I know I… — Laila Rouass Copy Share Image
Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems. — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
“Marc Marronnier is twenty-seven years old, he has a beautiful apartment, a cool job and still he doesn't kill himself. Go figure.” — Frédéric Beigbeder Copy Share Image
“To acclimate students to misery under the rubric that so doing prepares them for life is a cynical notion—and a horrifying one.” — David Guterson Copy Share Image
The way I see politics is, I don't think it's cynical to accept the fact politicians are human beings, that they're flawed,… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
I think, generally, British people are more culturally cynical about the things that involve our own country. Especially the royals. — Claire Foy Copy Share Image
Thwarted, or starved, in the important objects proper to young capacities, the boys and young men naturally find or invent deviant objects… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
So crucify the ego, before its far too late To leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical, And you… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
“It was soul-destroying work, apt to turn anyone cynical, for the sad, awful truth was that there was hardly any evidence at… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Vladimir Nabokov liked to examine cruelty and the human condition. That didn't mean he was cruel; there's no evidence he kicked puppies… — Jeff Vandermeer 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
You get kinder when you get into my age range. You think back to how really unkind you were, and how cynical… — Frank Langella Copy Share Image
“Republican or Democrat, this nation's affluent urban and suburban classes understand their bread is buttered on the corporate side. The primary difference… — Joe Bageant Copy Share Image
I’m not being cynical, but when you’re doing a movie you have a number of choices as an actor. Then you see… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
As I grew up I got cynical. I'd see Mother enthusiastic and involved with charlatans. Numerologists and astrologists who charged five hundred… — Anya Seton Copy Share Image
I've read a couple of reviews that say I'm getting harder in my old age but I don't think that's true at… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
“At least you pay for them.” “I could support a foundling hospital, and you would applaud my virtue.” “I didn’t expect you… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
I like threesomes with two women, not because I'm a cynical sexual predator. Oh no! But because I'm a romantic. I'm looking… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
I'm a mad lover of sport. You cannot say a bad word to me about sports. So I know business is involved… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
“I feel like I'm supposed to make some comment to underscore the ridiculousness of it all, but honestly? It's sort of nice… — Becky Albertalli Copy Share Image
“She discovered what others know only too well in a cynical way, that people prefer to believe in and worship a god… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Reviewers and critics can be overly cynical. If something the least bit sentimental comes up, they'll often start flying off the handle.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our line of work is very cynical, and a lot of it is driven by cynicism, cruelty, and meanness. It's easier to… — Shawn Michaels Copy Share Image
Walt had a marvelous intuition. And because he understood people very well, liked them and had great respect for people, there was… — John Hench Copy Share Image
“JACK: For heaven's sake, don't try to be cynical. It's perfectly easy to be cynical. ALGERNON: My dear fellow, it isn't easy… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Cynicism stems from disappointment. Cynical and faithless people were not always like that. They were filled with possibilities and hope as kids.… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
“It's good to be cynical," he said. "That is, if you know when to stop. Most of the things that we're all… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I live a perfectly happy and comfortable life in Blair's Britain, but I can't work up much affection for the culture we've… — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
Yes I am too Cynical about Love, and How Can I Not be? It was supposed to be joy and Holding hands,… — Sara Bokhari Copy Share Image
So don't get cynical. Cynicism didn't put a man on the moon. Cynicism has never won a war, or cured a disease,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without… — J. Irwin Miller Copy Share Image
I believe that people, more often than not, act with the best possible intentions. And when they don't, that's funny to me.… — Stephen Colbert 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
The management system which makes only a pretense of valuing employee involvement and encouraging employee empowerment merely breeds cynicism. — George E. P. Box Copy Share Image
Cynicism and skepticism are the crudest form of quasi-intellectualism... Let the cynic become cynical of his cynicism and the skeptic skeptical of… — R. C. Sproul 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
One of the first things that I found audiences related to me on outside of my identity was just my general cynical… — Eugene Lee Yang Copy Share Image
Acting is something that I've done since I was so young. I always felt - certainly as a teenager - really cynical… — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
