Cynical Quotes

497 Cynical quotes by 414 unique authors

Making love in the morning got me through morning sickness. I found I could be happy and throw up at the same time. — Pamela Anderson
As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend. — Jack Abramoff
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills. — Minna Antrim
The wholly manly man lacks the wit necessary to give objective form to his soaring and secret dreams, and the wholly womanly woman is apt… — H. L. Mencken
Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. — Max Ehrmann
Walt had a marvelous intuition. And because he understood people very well, liked them and had great respect for people, there was nothing cynical about… — John Hench
I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world's wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical, so distressed, so… — William Bennett
I want to suggest to you that the day of the artists has come. That there are things about symbols and the genuine indirectness of… — Unknown Author
I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of nuclear annihilation... I believe… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Values cannot be speedily forgotten if it is inconvenient or commercially expedient. Values have to have meaning and longevity; otherwise they are valueless. You cannot… — Richard Branson
Mahatma Gandhi was a man of peace and non-violence and lived by the Hindu principle of ahimsa, action based on refusal to do harm. As… — Kevin Martin
A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself. — Joseph Pulitzer
Law and freedom must be indivisible partners. For without law, there can be no freedom, only choas and disorder; and without freedom, law is but… — Ronald Reagan
One of the fundamental reasons why so many doctors become cynical and disillusioned is precisely because, when the abstract idealism has worn thin, they are… — John Berger
Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business. — Willie Nelson
Take away the Holocaust and what do you have left? Without their precious Holocaust, what are the Jews? Just a grubby little bunch of international… — Harold Covington
Generally I don't like doing remakes, but I think that's more in the cynical world of Hollywood where normally remakes are purely for commercial reasons. — Gerard Butler
I'm the most cynical person, and I know what that sounds like when you say, I don't drink and drive, and I don't. But I… — Tracey Gold
A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get… — Amber Tamblyn
Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical. — Lili Taylor
As human beings we're so cynical, so uncompassionate. — Alicia Silverstone
We saw too much beauty to be cynical, felt too much joy to be dismissive, climbed too many mountains to be quitters, kissed too many… — Glen Hansard
These are all cases of proved or presumptive baloney. A deception arises, sometimes innocently but collaboratively, sometimes with cynical premeditation. Usually the victim is caught… — Carl Sagan
I think I'm too cynical for L.A. My sense of humor doesn't go down well here, which probably affects my love life. I need to… — Teddy Thompson
I'm not cynical about marriage or romance. I enjoyed being married. And although being single was fun for a while, there was always the risk… — Shaun Cassidy

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