blind wantons like the gulls who scream And rip the edge off any ideal or dream. — Louis MacNeice Copy Share Image
Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade) — Kate Spade Copy Share Image
Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties. — Jamie Whyte Copy Share Image
“The cynicism of utter solitude is a calvary relieved by insolence.” — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
“They were Archer's second set of children an d paragons of contemporary teenage cynicism. They enjoyed setting fire to the tails of… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. George Bernard Shaw.” — Maloy Krishna Dhar Copy Share Image
For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
“It appeared as if the whole world was one elaborate system, opposed to justice and kindness, and set to making cruelty and… — Upton Sinclair 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
“I hate the world. Everything comes into it so clean and goes out so dirty. (from COVER CHARGE - currently not listed)” — Cornell Woolrich 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 was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope - an impotence, in short; and that to… — John Fowles 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
Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it...It really is worth fighting for, risking… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“I believe that you are really a very good husband but that you are thoroughly ashamed of your own virtues. You are… — Oscar Wilde 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
“Now, there's this about cynicism, Sergeant. It's the universe's most supine moral position. Real comfortable. If nothing can be done, then you're… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going… — Eric Stoltz Copy Share Image
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. It is the dishonest businessman's substitute for conscience. It is the communicator's substitute, whether… — Russell Lynes 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
“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
“[James M. Buchanan] directed hostility toward college students, public employees, recipients of any kind of government assistance, and liberal intellectuals. His intellectual… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share Image
The cynics, they can only speak of the dark, of the obvious, and this is not hard. For all it’s supposed sophistication,… — Ann Voskamp 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
Speaking as someone who bought the party line for far too long, you would be amazed what you can believe if you… — John Cole Copy Share Image
Whereas modern cynicism brought despair about the ability of the human species to realize laudable ideals, postmodern cynicism doesn't — not because… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
“No matter what happens, good or bad, Romanians will embrace it with hard-core cynicism.” — Maria Elena Sandovici Copy Share Image
“I love the great despisers. Man, however, is something that must be overcome.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Cynicism has all the smart words on it's side; idealism uses a nursery school dictionary. — Michael Arditti Copy Share Image
“I'll graduate high school with a major in Cynicism & a minor in Irritation.” — Chelsea Pitcher Copy Share Image
The cynicism that regards hero worship as comical is always shadowed by a sense of physical inferiority — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
It is the cynicism that kills all the joy. I'm not that kind of a guy. I look at the glass half-full. — Ravi Shastri Copy Share Image
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