--- title: "9 Quite Cynical Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Quite Cynical quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Quite Cynical sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/anonymous-1_cynic_no-man-in-his-heart-is-quite-so-cynical_2603619.jpg" --- > [No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-man-in-his-heart-is-quite-so-cynical-as-a-well-bred-woman/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/anonymous-1_cynic_no-man-in-his-heart-is-quite-so-cynical_2603619.jpg) > [It can be actually quite cynical to go, 'Isn't it nice to be nice to people?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brett-goldstein/it-can-be-actually-quite-cynical-to-go-isn-t-it-nice-to-be-nice-to/) [Brett Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brett-goldstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14b/brett-goldstein-10360_be-nice_it-can-be-actually-quite-cynical-to-go-i_1559942.jpg) > [People can get blinded by a sense of being comfortable or feeling secure, but that's quite a cynical point of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-james-alphonse-franceschi/people-can-get-blinded-by-a-sense-of-being-comfortable-or-feeling/) [Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-james-alphonse-franceschi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/joshua-james-alphonse-francesc_blinded_people-can-get-blinded-by-a-sense-of-bei_535769.jpg) > [People feel quite cynical about a lot of TV and what is happening in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-scanlon/people-feel-quite-cynical-about-a-lot-of-tv-and-what-is-happening-in/) [Angela Scanlon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-scanlon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/angela-scanlon-6852_cynical_people-feel-quite-cynical-about-a-lot-of_1998806.jpg) > [I think most people that do comedy write for themselves. I don't think there is any other way you can do it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-walliams/i-think-most-people-that-do-comedy-write-for-themselves-i-don-t-think/) [David Walliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-walliams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fc/david-walliams-7156_comedy_i-think-most-people-that-do-comedy-write_597863.jpg) > [“I felt slightl superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/i-felt-slightl-superior-to-student-politics-for-instance-i-had-no/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_cynical_i-felt-slightl-superior-to-student-polit_132449.jpg) > [I find myself being quite cynical - and I think we all kind of are - towards the idea that it's associated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-powers/i-find-myself-being-quite-cynical-and-i-think-we-all-kind-of-are/) [Thomas Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-powers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/thomas-powers-53467_all-kinds_i-find-myself-being-quite-cynical-and-i_3057541.jpg) > [I used to work for a succession of software editing companies that would have contracts with state and federal agencies. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/i-used-to-work-for-a-succession-of-software-editing-companies-that/) [Jeff Vandermeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/jeff-vandermeer-1366_business_i-used-to-work-for-a-succession-of-softw_2335940.jpg) > [So it's a dangerous thing and conversely, the other thing I mentioned in that post was that people see guys who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-warner/so-it-s-a-dangerous-thing-and-conversely-the-other-thing-i-mentioned/) [Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-warner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/brad-warner-3919_bigs_so-it-s-a-dangerous-thing-and-conversely_2601716.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/quite-cynical/#itemlist", "name": "Quite Cynical Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, 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