Cynical Quotes

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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even… — Honore de Balzac
The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin. — Honore de Balzac
It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody. — Brendan Behan
The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been… — John Berger
Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. — Ambrose Bierce
Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical… — Allan Bloom
I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun sexually. I need… — Ben Affleck
It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio. — Bono
It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not critically… — John Boorman
If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be… — Ray Bradbury
I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people. — Jo Brand
For better or for worse, I've watched people die in front of me. I see how they are in the end. And they're not cynical.… — Mitch Albom
Yeah, it's pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days. — David Byrne
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know. — Lord Byron
I don't think something necessarily has to be mean or cynical to represent 'edgy.' I think 'edgy' can mean a lot of different things. — Steve Carell
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse. — Benjamin Franklin
Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic. — Albert Camus
A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers. — Eddie Cantor
Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. — George Carlin
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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