“Doing things for others gives you a lovely glow." "So does port," I said cynically.” — Dodie Smith 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
the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“... 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
I think that every moment you succumb to cynicism, you're taking energy away from change. — Marianne Williamson 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
I hate to create cynicism about politicians. We just need to invade. Regular people need to run for office and keep their… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
“I had no trouble with his readiness to change his attitude. I despise the oppression of social hierarchies and seniority-based systems, unless… — Wataru Watari Copy Share Image
Big business increasingly likes to portray itself as socially concerned, adopting the style of civic action through 'campaigns' of varying degrees of… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
The press is still investing itself, it seems to me, in a sort of cynicism. It comes out better for them if… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Cynicism is the motivator of today's world, kindness is the reality of yesterday's world, empowerment is our de faux of tomorrows world. — Jasmina Siderovski Copy Share Image
By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell - and hell heaven.… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“That's what I've never been able to get about religion: that charmless combination of altruism and insanity. Give me a cynical, self-interested… — Mike Carey Copy Share Image
A deep cynicism is taking hold of the country, with more and more Americans convinced that big money calls the shots in… — John Sarbanes Copy Share Image
The idea that women are actually getting some jobs - whoopee. I can't say that I celebrate it without a hint of… — Anjelica Huston Copy Share Image
“Now the situation could be resolved, and we could put this behind us -- both the awkward misunderstandings and the misguided attempts… — Wataru Watari Copy Share Image
A learned County Court judge in a book of memoirs recently said that the overwhelming amount of his time on the bench… — 1st Baron Greene Wilfred Greene Copy Share Image
I think despair and cynicism are two different things. On the flip side of hope is despair. Belief and doubt are the… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
Whoever we may be, whatever our immediate interest, however much we carry baggage from our past, however much we have been caught… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in… — John Steinbeck 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
“Pessimism, cynicism and fear will only lead to a very small life. Don’t live small.” — Neil Abramson 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
I think that all the anger and cynicism comes from suppressing things that we always wanted. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
“Say as little as possible, hope some of the undecideds like your teeth better than the other guy’s—that’s usually the way this… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
There have been times when a particularly heavy dose of such cynicism has caused me to reflect that surely this is the… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
We remain in the Romantic cycle initiated by Rousseau: liberal idealism canceled by violence, barbarism, disillusionment and cynicism. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Cynicism is the largest obstacle to social change. Cynicism is dangerous because people throw up their hands and say, "Well it's not… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
It is a testament to our naïveté about culture that we think that we can change it by simply declaring new values.… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
The way people treat each other in society is cruel but in retrospect history shows the cynicism is evident in all. — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
Maybe a new religion will rise now. Maybe without it, man will crumble in cynicism and selfishness because he really needs his… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I honestly expected me learning Welsh to be met with a certain amount of cynicism, even outright hostility from some. But that… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
“But in cynicism and general world weariness, which is a sort of carbon dating of the personality, he was about seven thousand… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You know, the cynicism that is in the politics, it is not for my soul. It makes me - out of me,… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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