Caution and cynicism are safe, but soldiers don't want to follow cautious cynics. — Stanley A. McChrystal 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
They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails." — Yuri Orlov Copy Share Image
All lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that's said with a dismissive giggle. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Both religions and musicals work best with energetic and committed believers. Cynicism or detachment would have destroyed the magic - something true… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
“All men have a natural fear of making a mistake--by believing too well of a person. However, the error of believing too… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“When you succumb to cynicism, darkness, pessimism and sarcasm you are amplifying imbalance and negativity.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I hate cynicism. I wipe it from me. I don't like cynical people. I don't like cynical movies. Cynicism is very easy.… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times. — Alex Kingston 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
“Humans are moving into a new phase, one based on the knowledge that talking about their feelings has never got them anywhere.” — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
Without the confidence to know our democracy is functioning properly, we risk more disillusionment, more cynicism, and even more public apathy toward… — Alan K. Simpson 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
In government, you are pressed by the security agencies. They come to you with very good information, and they say, 'You need… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Tolerating organized crime promotes the cheap philosophy that everything is a racket. It promotes cynicism among adults. It contributes to the confusion… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Promise me, man. If anything ever happens to me, promise me you'll take care of Angelina. She's something special, Micah. Heart way… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
Perhaps the biggest myth about cynicism is that it deepens with age. I think what really happens is that experience painfully rips… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
You're constantly, in human culture, trying to balance between uplifting, heartfelt, sincere, earnestness that empowers and enlightens people, and the sarcastic cynicism… — Seth Green Copy Share Image
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are… — Samuel Ullman Copy Share Image
“Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism – it's my least favorite quality, and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“As for the belief that humanity is mostly good, Secular humanism, when in that alignment, always presumes the existence of a higher… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Your cynicism lies in your willing abuse of others to consolidate your superiority over them. My cynicism is in regard to humanity’s… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass,… — George Orwell 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
“His cynicism - a veteran's cynicism - was a thing that disturbed him all the time. It seemed to him after the… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
“Although most people never overcome the habit of berating the world for their difficulties, those who are too weak to make a… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
“I may be in deep slop if the findings of a new study published in the latest issue of Neurology , journal… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Cynicism creates a numbness toward life. Cynicism begins with a wry assurance that everyone has an angle. Behind every silver lining is… — Paul E. Miller 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
You see, in this world there is one awful thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons. — Jean Renoir Copy Share Image
“cynicism is cheap - you can buy it at any monoprix store. it's built into all poor-quality goods.” — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy. — Antanas Mockus Copy Share Image
“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Cynicism isn't smarter, it's only safer. There's nothing fluffy about optimism. — Jewel Copy Share Image
