You will get cynicism, and the only way to break through is keep showing people and take actions. — Judith McKenna Copy Share Image
“Cynics are, in the end, only idealists with awkwardly high standards.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Feinstein doesn't interact with the people at all, and I think it breeds cynicism. — Elizabeth Emken Copy Share Image
Cynicism was a one-way path, and once taken the way back was lost forever. — Chris Wooding Copy Share Image
“You know that inside every cynic, there’s just a very disappointed idealist?” — Roe Horvat Copy Share Image
“Cynicism and defeated weariness have this in common: They both question the active goodness of God on our behalf.” — Paul E. Miller Copy Share Image
“Our art is cynical and bad-ass and made by people who will not be happy until you join them in the church… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour… — Edward Dowden Copy Share Image
Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could be, much, much better… — Walter Becker 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
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
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
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
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
Tolerating organized crime promotes the cheap philosophy that everything is a racket. It promotes cynicism among adults. It contributes to the confusion… — Robert Kennedy 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
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
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
“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
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
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
The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people;… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“The cynic and the realist both see people and things for how they are, but the cynic still expects them to conform… — Elle Copy Share Image
For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. We can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“FAITH. Too many people have no faith. They are cynical. “This leadership training and personal development stuff doesn’t work.” Or “I’m too… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
I hope that I state your case fairly: One of my great fears is misrepresenting you, even to myself, now that you… — Michael Arditti Copy Share Image
“Those were the terms in which my parents, keen for me to grow up well grounded in cynicism, explained things to me.… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“All Hellenistic schools seem to define [wisdom] in approximately the same terms: first and foremost, as a state of perfect peace of… — Pierre Hadot Copy Share Image
“I’ve recently discovered what I suspected all along – cynicism is overrated and overvalued. It’s the shield people hide behind in the… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
![“All Hellenistic schools seem to define [wisdom] in approximately the same terms: first and foremost, as a state of perfect peace of mind. From this viewpoint, philosophy appears as a remedy for human worries, anguish, and misery brought about, for the Cynics, by social constraints and conventions…” quote by Pierre Hadot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/pierre-hadot-39367_cynicism_all-hellenistic-schools-seem-to-define-w_498386.jpg)
