Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try. ---in Good… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil. — Vachel Lindsay Copy Share Image
“I love the great despisers. Man, however, is something that must be overcome.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“The real question I am asking here is the one Marcuse asked in the sixties. How does a way of life break… — Rick Roderick Copy Share Image
Laughing at someone else is an excellent way of learning how to laugh at oneself; and questioning what seem to be the… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The simplest act of surrealism is to walk out into the street, gun in hand, and shoot at random. — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
When the wires are all down and your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then,… — Samuel Ullman Copy Share Image
It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side — Molly Ivins 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
The state of interbeing is a vulnerable state. It is the vulnerability of the naive altruist, of the trusting lover, of the… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Feinstein doesn't interact with the people at all, and I think it breeds cynicism. — Elizabeth Emken Copy Share Image
In the end, we would like not to be guilty while at the same time being dispensed of the effort of purifying… — Albert Camus 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
On 'Best Week Ever,' I met a few previous 'Idol' winners, and they were the nicest young people you'd ever want to… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“Didn't Chains tell you about the Golden Theological Principle?" "The what?" "The single congruent aspect of every known religion. The one shared,… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
Representative democracy frequently manifests a disconnect between parliamentarians and the people, so that parliamentarians have agendas that do not correspond with the… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
“There was something in her eyes that made me trust her. Maybe it was because they held the same cynicism, the same… — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs. — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
