Cynical Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.

— K'naan

I'm a very hopeful person. I mean, I'm an optimistic person, sometimes stupidly optimistic.

— John Lithgow

People think it’s easy to be cynical and pessimistic, but it’s incredibly hard work. It’s much easier to be hopeful.

— Michael Robotham

I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's optimistic, cheerful side is…

— Jo Brand

The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.

— Carlos Santana

“Optimism can be thought of as a cheery disposition to always look on the bright side of life, even despite the evidence. It is…

— Roman Krznaric

In my 20s, I was more cynical/despairing (even though I still wrote comically), but I often sent audiences home with rather dark last moments.…

— Christopher Durang

My quality of life is more amazing than I ever could've imagined in those 20 years of struggling with illness. In those 20 years,…

— Linda Hamilton

I'm just a generally hopeful person.

— Corinne Bailey Rae

My philosophy is that while there's life, there's hope. It's as simple as that.

— Jane Hawking

I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the…

— Linus Torvalds

On one hand, I'm an optimistic pessimist. On the other, I'm a pessimistic optimist. But while there's life, there's still hope, and I wouldn't…

— Helen Caldicott