Cynicism Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

— Ambrose Bierce

“Your cynicism lies in your willing abuse of others to consolidate your superiority over them. My cynicism is in regard to humanity’s wilful blindness…

— Steven Erikson

Cynicism has its own zealots.

— Mason Cooley

Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could be, much, much better than they…

— Walter Becker

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.

— Carolyn Wells

"Cynic" is a word invented by optimists to put down realists.

— Stefano Benni

Cynicism is the last refuge of those who don't want to do the work of creating a better society.

— Robert Reich

“Although most people never overcome the habit of berating the world for their difficulties, those who are too weak to make a stand against…

— Max Horkheimer

“Cynicism is one of the terrible obstacles to progress.”

— Bryant McGill

“Generic cynicism makes us feel hip and alternative even as we slip along with our fellow citizens into a morass of indifference.”

— Timothy Snyder

Cynicism is only intellectual sloth.

— Henry Rollins

Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them.

— Mason Cooley