“... cynicism is the only tool that can scrape away the tint off rose-coloured glasses.” — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko Copy Share Image
[Christianity] neither enjoins the nastiness of the Cynic, nor the insensibility of the Stoic. — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“Every rock-thrower needs something to stand on to have any accuracy or do any damage with the rocks.” — Dick Keyes Copy Share Image
“Doing things for others gives you a lovely glow." "So does port," I said cynically.” — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
“I'm getting old, thought Eileen Calder. Old and worn out and cynical. And being cynical is a lot worse than being old… — Charles Sheffield Copy Share Image
HYPOTHESES: Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad habit. Despair is lazy. Joy is fascinating. Love is an act… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I really like dark music and darkness in general and cynicism and pessimism and negativity because it allows you to create an… — Andrew W.K Copy Share Image
“Did you have friend?" "I've read about them, but I don't believe they exist." "Your cynicism is amazing.” — Jodi Meadows Copy Share Image
Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
About California... "I thought it was an appalling place. Then I went through a period of being amused by it. Now it's… — Alex Kingston 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
Obasanjo has openly endorsed violence as a means of governance, embraced and empowered individuals whose avowed declarations, confessions and acts are cynically… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Enforced religion breeds precisely what it most fears: rebellion against religion, cynicism about religion, skepticism about its claims, and, as a consequence,… — Langdon Brown Gilkey Copy Share Image
“I had always believed, and not only out of cynicism, that a man and a woman could tell in the first ten… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism, for… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
There are many different kinds of doubt. When we doubt the future, we call it worry. When doubt other people we call… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“Maybe it's the fact the most of the arts here are produced by world-weary and sophisticated older people and then consumed by… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
The Nigerian storyteller Ben Okri says that ‘In a fractured age, when cynicism is god, here is a possible heresy: we live… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
“Our art is made in cities like New York by people who are running from other places. They feel themselves as misfits… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“It's not a shame to trust another, shame is to grow cynical and bitter.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I know life is not rainbows and butterflies, but I’d rather die delusional than being a mature cynic.” — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
I think that all the anger and cynicism comes from suppressing things that we always wanted. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
I'm riddled with cynicism. Whenever anyone says 'trust me,' the hairs go up on the back of my neck. — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
“Pessimism, cynicism and fear will only lead to a very small life. Don’t live small.” — Neil Abramson Copy Share Image
It is good to be a cynic — it is better to be a contented cat — and it is best not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that every moment you succumb to cynicism, you're taking energy away from change. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. — Jean Giraudoux Copy Share Image
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