They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails." — Yuri Orlov Copy Share Image
Cynicism is the easiest of all reactions, right? But it's also so disappointing and self-defeating. — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
“If you're always worried about crushing the ants beneath you... you won't be able to walk.” — Kentaro Miura Copy Share Image
“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
For me, being in shape means, like, not having cynicism out-weigh optimism on a daily basis. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I always feel the cynicism is reality with maybe an alternate spelling or something because I feel that I have real perspective… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
It is cynicism, and not idealism, that is generally the mark of youthful immaturity, or rather it is the cynic who is… — Andrew Sarris Copy Share Image
I think if you see that no one is going to laugh at you for it, I think the concept of living… — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image
My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before… — Ted Koppel 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
Young people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“She would put her “naïve American optimism” toward making herself indispensable to him, and she’d win him. Because naïve American optimism beat… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
“The public is always relieved to find that once the chief officers of state are elected they do not sincerely want change.” — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“I dreamed about the future because that's what people persuade you to do when you're a kid, but that's the biggest lie… — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Big Brother is not the only danger facing the country. Another is the rising tide of distrust, the corrosive spread of cynicism,… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
And introduce an element of cynicism and darkness into it and just realize that we're all vulnerable. We are humans. There is… — Alan Thicke Copy Share Image
Most governments do have inbuilt biases in favour of the rich and powerful, and most do contain plenty of manipulators who love… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
Part of me wants a bunch of jocks to go to Comic-Con and call them all dweebs so they can be like,… — Thomas Middleditch Copy Share Image
I think that the worst form of naivete can be extreme cynicism. If you think that nobody comes to Washington to do… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
Someone once said, if you scratch a cynic, and you'll find a disappointed idealist. That really rang a bell with me -… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I'm going to work with Dan Clowes. After Charlie Kaufman, it's hard to fill up the gap. It's hard to find somebody… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
Don't hang a dismal picture on the wall, and do not daub with sables and glooms in your conversation. Don't be a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every person has the power to make others happy. Some do it simply by entering a room others by leaving the room.… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
“All Hellenistic schools seem to define [wisdom] in approximately the same terms: first and foremost, as a state of perfect peace of… — Pierre Hadot Copy Share Image
“More and more, I felt that I was meeting people like Lee who didn't at all seem part of this modern world… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people;… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. We can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I hope that I state your case fairly: One of my great fears is misrepresenting you, even to myself, now that you… — Michael Arditti Copy Share Image
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