“I lost something magical in the process of growing up – my disillusionment.” — Bauvard Copy Share Image
Lay down your cynicism, and believe in the transformational power of love. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. — Jean Giraudoux Copy Share Image
“My cynicism continuously undermines her faith in her own ability to master her moods.” — Jerzy Kosiński Copy Share Image
Perhaps no philosopher is more correct than the cynic. The happiness of the animal, that thorough cynic, is the living proof of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Some people will of course accuse me of misanthropy and cynicism. I can't celebrate humanity but I'm not out to indict it… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
Indulge me, John. Cynicism and foul language are the only vices I'm presently capable of. Everything else takes energy or money. — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“An idea? An idea won't get you nothing but another idea. You need money, cash, to make anything happen in this doggone… — Nathan McCall Copy Share Image
“Only three things are real: God, human folly, and laughter. Since we can do nothing with the first two, we must do… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy Copy Share Image
I'm not going to reduce the choices of Canadians at the ballot box by backroom deals or secret arrangements. I think that's… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
“[From Flowering Judas ] She is, her comrades tell her, full of romantic error, for what she defines as cynicism in them… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
I get the cynicism thing all the time, although I don't really know where that comes from, because I think I'm actually… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
One of the biggest mistakes leaders make is to embrace the idea of spurring creativity by letting hundreds of flowers bloom. I've… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
Cynicism, disillusionment, and a dispiriting sense of purposeless has cast a shadow over American society seriously draining it of any language or… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“To sum it all up, the [Ayn] Rand belief system looks like this: 1. Facts are facts: things can be absolutely right… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
It is essential to the sanity of mankind that each one should think the other crazy - a condition with which the… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
What happened is that in the middle of my life I went away and in my own sense of hubris, pride, cynicism,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
An old body when it is loved becomes a sacred treasure; and sex itself must always, it seems to me, come to… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
The recommendation by the Arkansas Supreme Court Disciplinary Committee that President Clinton be disbarred is like a tender green shoot of integrity… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
A superhero is someone who, at some point or in some way, inspires hope or is the enemy of cynicism. — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
“Someone told me I’m a cynical fatalist but I prefer the term realist.” — Wade Kelly Copy Share Image
“Cynicism is like gastro: it goes through your whole system and makes you shitty.” — John Marsden Copy Share Image
I’m actually trying to make sense of the world. There’s nothing cynical or absurd in what I do. — Yue Minjun Copy Share Image
Practice justice, mercy and humility rather than cynicism, arrogance & judgmentalism. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free. — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
“Joshua, cynicism is the only reasonable response to the antics of humanity.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“You're such an optimist Kane -- that's your problem. You only end up disappointed.” — Paul Grist Copy Share Image