If a certain person in your life is making you feel more negative than positive, more cynical than open, more of a… — Anonymous 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
To give [the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba] even covert support is on a par with the hypocrisy and cynicism for… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
There's something so free about being a fan and being enthusiastic about stuff - you attract all the other people who are… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
Avoid head trash. Don't be a garbage can for anything that does not feed your intellect, stimulate your imagination, or make you… — Les Brown Copy Share Image
For decades, the plight of the Palestinian people has been exacerbated by internal corruption, a lack of effective investment, and the political… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
“Ce sper eu e sa fac de ras lumea literara. Sa rad pe cat pot de netrebnicii astia lingusitori, adunati ca intr-un… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“My lord, will you be true? Who, I? Alas, it is my vice, my fault: Whiles others fish with craft for great… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Obviously, if people love a movie, and it has the possibility of continuation, then there is going to be a question of… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
“We are literally in the heart of Jesus,” he said. “I thought we were in a church basement, but we are literally… — John Green Copy Share Image
Things of the spirit are what count: brotherhood – in a day when there is too much hatred at home and abroad;… — E. Urner Goodman Copy Share Image
[Two of the most unpopular presidential candidates selected by the two parties in history] indicates that there is a lot of cynicism… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“I won’t desecrate beauty with cynicism anymore. I won’t confuse critical thinking with a critical spirit, and I will practice, painfully, over… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What seems conceit, bad manners, or cynicism is always a… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
The state of interbeing is a vulnerable state. It is the vulnerability of the naive altruist, of the trusting lover, of the… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
Take action. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.… — Bradley Whitford Copy Share Image
Why does any kind of cynicism appeal to people? Because it seems like a mark of maturity, of sophistication, like you’ve seen… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Get involved in an issue that you're passionate about. It almost doesn't matter what it is ... We give too much of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What Rob Brezsny does with words is grammarye, the Old English term for magic. With his strange brew of macho feminism and… — Antero Alli Copy Share Image
“There is a tendency to imagine the loner ensconced in a dark corner, but in point of fact, as the resident loner… — Wataru Watari Copy Share Image
There's a distinct unease about Americans when they are outside the United States. I can't say quite what it is, but they… — Lawrence Osborne Copy Share Image
Scratch the surface of any cynic, and you will find a wounded idealist underneath. Because of previous pain or disappointment, cynics make… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Nothing ever guarantees you anything-that's my rule. My other rule is never believe anything that anyone tells you, and then you'll never… — David Hyde Pierce Copy Share Image
On 'Best Week Ever,' I met a few previous 'Idol' winners, and they were the nicest young people you'd ever want to… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
This was how you wound up in the Inquisition. When you stopped being able to see any difference between Light Ones and… — Sergei Lukyanenko Copy Share Image
Acceptance is supposed to be a good thing - Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Also compromise,… — A.S.A. Harrison Copy Share Image
Scientists are skeptics. It's unfortunate that the word 'skeptic' has taken on other connotations in the culture involving nihilism and cynicism. Really,… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
A superhero is someone who, at some point or in some way, inspires hope or is the enemy of cynicism. Even if… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
It was all wrong, ugly, unhappy and coloured with cynicism, but nothing was tragic, there were no moments that could change anything… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“And you that sought for magic in your youth but desire it not in your age, know that there is a blindness… — Lord Dunsany Copy Share Image
I am a personal optimist but a skeptic about all else. What may sound to some like anger is really nothing more… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Our line of work is very cynical, and a lot of it is driven by cynicism, cruelty, and meanness. It's easier to… — Shawn Michaels Copy Share Image
“Cynics build no bridges; they make no discoveries; no gaps are spanned by them. Cynics may pride themselves in being realistic in… — Paul L. McKay Copy Share Image
It is not OK in this culture to talk to friends about causes you believe in, much less to ask them to… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
We hardly need to be reminded that we are living in an age of confusion - a lot of us have traded… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
Representative democracy frequently manifests a disconnect between parliamentarians and the people, so that parliamentarians have agendas that do not correspond with the… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
So don't get cynical. Cynicism didn't put a man on the moon. Cynicism has never won a war, or cured a disease,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“What is truth?" Sometimes people ask this question because they wish to do nothing. Generic cynicism makes us feel hip and alternative… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“I spoke one time at the Library of Congress, in 1972, or so. A man stood up in the middle of the… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image