It's good to be a cynic. I'm a cynic. But the best part of being a cynic is somebody proving you wrong. — Tom King Copy Share Image
The ultimate cynicism is to suspend judgment so that you are not judged. — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
All cynics are disappointed idealists. The more stars in the eyes, the harder the fall. — Josh Lanyon 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
“Cynicism is what happens when skepticism is given too much latitude.” — Chris Brady Copy Share Image
The cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“Pick out the mirrored shards from your makeshift mask. Strip away the layers of lies from your ramshackle crown. Cut out cynicism… — Cody Edward Lee Miller Copy Share Image
“Some people grow older and more cynical. Some people become just the opposite. Life hurts without hope, and cynicism, once a luxury,… — William Norwich Copy Share Image
What seems conceit, bad manners or cynicism is always a sign of things no ear have heard, no eyes have seen. You… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before… — Ted Koppel Copy Share Image
It is cynicism, and not idealism, that is generally the mark of youthful immaturity, or rather it is the cynic who is… — Andrew Sarris 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
I always feel the cynicism is reality with maybe an alternate spelling or something because I feel that I have real perspective… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still… — James Gould Cozzens 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
“For as fashionable as cynicism always was, the truth was that when it came to basic human responsibility, people rose to the… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“The real inferiority of women to men is shown by their hate of paederasty , which they regard as unfair competition. Men… — Lawrence Sutin Copy Share Image
There's no reason to assume that my idea of what's better would really be better. I resent it when other people try… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Maia Sharp is one of America's great singer-songwriters. Her storytelling runs profound and deep while honoring a pop tradition that urges you… — Don Was Copy Share Image
“Decadence is a moral and spiritual disease, resulting from too long a period of wealth and power, producing cynicism, decline of religion,… — John Bagot Glubb Copy Share Image
People often say that Trump "speaks the truth," right? But I think what really is happening is he's become a symbol of… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“And where we are met with cynicism and doubt and fear and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Life is too short to be cynical, So smile dare to believe, and leave the door open for the MAGIC.. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Cynicism isn't smarter, it's only safer. There's nothing fluffy about optimism. — Jewel Copy Share Image
“It's astonishing what a number of churches and idiots there are in the world.” — Karel Čapek Copy Share Image
“You never say a moral thing, and you never do a wrong thing. Your cynicism is simply a pose.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It's all about the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism. — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
We will need to work hard to break the cynicism, talk straight and rebuild trust in politics. — Hilary Benn Copy Share Image
A cynic sees little to admire in the world, while the world sees even less to admire in him. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
It was lovely to see cynicism in one so young. It positively restored his faith in human nature. — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
