Adventure Quote by Anonymous

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

— Lillian Hellman

Nothing is further from the truth than the claim that the American soul is 'open-minded' and unbiased; on the contrary, it is ridden with…

— Julius Evola

“What is truth?" Sometimes people ask this question because they wish to do nothing. Generic cynicism makes us feel hip and alternative even as…

— Timothy Snyder

Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That's why we get into trouble all the time. We're always viewed…

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

There's a distinct unease about Americans when they are outside the United States. I can't say quite what it is, but they are easily…

— Lawrence Osborne

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

— Timothy Snyder

The greater part of the truth is always hidden, in regions out of the reach of cynicism.

— Anonymous

“And where we are met with cynicism and doubt and fear and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that…

— Barack Obama

Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth,…

— Terry Eagleton

My fiction occupies, actually, the very heart of American culture: this eternal question and struggle of what it means to be an American.

— Ken Liu

American culture is one that is so easily in denial. We have such a strange dichotomy, so hypocritical. The truth can be blaring in…

— RuPaul

“Among other things, my own experience has led me to believe that American naivete can sometimes be more than it seems; it can hide…

— Roberto Bolaño