There is a movement bubbling up that goes beyond cynicism and celebrates a new way of living, a generation that stops complaining… — Shane Claiborne 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
It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“I am not capable of true friendship. One of the two friends is always the slave of the other, although, often, neither… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
I honestly expected me learning Welsh to be met with a certain amount of cynicism, even outright hostility from some. But that… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
Liberty without discipline cannot survive. Without order and authority in the spirit of man the free way of life leads through weakness,… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Get involved in an issue that you're passionate about. It almost doesn't matter what it is ... We give too much of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The attraction of cynicism was that it so often put you in the right, as if being right led directly to happiness.” — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
Another cause for the increase in alienation and cynicism is a feeling that too many policy decisions that affect individuals have been… — Robert Teeter Copy Share Image
“I marvel at the placidity of the Utopian who imagines that man is perfectible. There is no denying that the human creature… — Huysmans Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
I'm actually equal parts cynicism and apathy. I'm always willing to believe the worst as long as it doesn't take too much… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
I've always been optimistic. And I have a feeling that it happened because of going to all those movies with my grandmother… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
“Better not to find out whether or not the rumors are true, I say. Better find the other bastard and skin him.” — Angelo Tsanatelis Copy Share Image
If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West, results from the… — Bertrand Russell 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
As to how I would guide someone who is confused about the idea of God, I would suggest that he or she… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
“She (historian Barbara Tuchman) draws on skepticism, not cynicism, leaving the reader not so much outraged by human ability as amused and… — Robert K. Massie Copy Share Image
Italy is a country which is willing to submit itself to the worst governments. It is, as we know, a country ruled… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
Some reviewers have read this as cynicism but I don't see it that way. When I say "I am so sick /… — Randall Mann Copy Share Image
This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have a different infomercial and people view it… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
“I've stopped bothering getting my hopes up and watching them die when all of it's just in my head. I expect nothing… — Wataru Watari Copy Share Image
“The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man and never fails to see a bad one. He… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
