Cynical Quotes · Page 9

“Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it…

— Kamand Kojouri

I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget.

— Adela Rogers St. Johns

Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

— Max Ehrmann

I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.

— Boris Johnson

Learning is not compulsory; it's voluntary... But to survive, we must learn.

— W. Edwards Deming

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

I'm a comedian. Comedians are supposed to be jaded, cynical, angry people. But I'm not: I'm a silly, silly fun boy.

— Pete Holmes

I'm not cynical about love at all. I'm very practical. I think love takes up a lot of time.

— Zooey Deschanel

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical…

— Terry Pratchett

The loss of transcendence has left in its wake the flotsam of distrustful, cynical Christians, angry at a capricious God, and the…

— Brennan Manning

Watching you walk out of my life has not made me bitter or cynical about love...rather it makes me think if I…

— Anonymous

“Life's generally artless, but it does get these occasional hard-ons for plot. It connects things, nefariously, behind yor back, and before you…

— Glen Duncan

What passes for hip cynical transcendence of sentiment is really some kind of fear of being really human, since to be really…

— David Foster Wallace

We live in a cynical world now, and it's nice to be part of entertainment that is hopeful and heartfelt and wears…

— Mandy Moore

I had grown up during Vietnam. I had no connections to the U.S. military, and I had a pretty cynical default opinion…

— Sebastian Junger

We do not smirk at the misery or the merrymaking of immoral culture. We weep. Being pilgrims does not mean being cynical.…

— John Piper

Calvin: Trick or Treat! Adult: Where's your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an…

— Bill Watterson

I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of nuclear…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us. The disappointments of life, the injustices,…

— Dean Koontz

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

A lot of our assumptions of the world are fairly cynical, fairly negative, and assume the worst. What our reading tastes show…

— Deborah Harkness

I don't know what the comics community could do to make everyone feel welcome; I'm cynical and unsure if everyone can feel…

— Liz Prince

“Does anyone actually love their job?” “You’re too young to be that cynical.” He chuckles. “Did you at least like the people…

— K.A. Tucker

“I got a call froma cynical young American journalist...You know the sort. He's lived in the Middle East for a little over…

— Amy Mowafi

To engage in downright plagiarism is disappointing. It's cynical, opportunistic and hypocritical.

— Saul Bass

The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.

— Anonymous

Love at first sight is probably for stupid people, but maybe I'm just cynical.

— Greg Davies

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

— George S. Patton

“I may be cynical when I say that very rarely is the beloved more than a shaping spirit for the lover's dreams.”

— Jeanette Winterson

I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people.

— Jo Brand

One of the saddest things in the world is to see a cynical young person.

— Maya Angelou

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines

— Paul Wellstone

It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.

— Bono

Youth is so cynical. There's never anything to believe in as a teen.

— Matt Tong

“What she tried to label honesty in his candour was probably only a cynical defiance of the laws of right and wrong.”

— Saki

I'm furious and cynical, nasty and sarcastic because I'm frightened, of being betrayed and crushed, disappointed and broken.

— Anonymous

There's a part of me that still hates everything, and my natural view default setting is still very cynical and dark

— Alexei Sayle

A woman tries to get all she can out of a man, and a man tries to get all he can into…

— Isaac Goldberg

“He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays--cynical but hopeful.”

— Rose Macaulay

We can be negative and cynical or we can be charged and hot wored to find a way through it, over it,…

— Laura Schlessinger