Cynical Quotes

497 Cynical quotes by 414 unique authors

Wonder is very necessary in life. When we're little kids, we're filled with wonder for the world - it's fascinating and miraculous. A lot of… — Doug Henning
Relentless and cynical traffic-trawling is bad for the soul. — Nick Denton
Cynical? Thats my fascination. I do hateful things, for which people love me, And lovable things for which they hate me. I am a friend… — Jerome Lawrence
I live a perfectly happy and comfortable life in Blair's Britain, but I can't work up much affection for the culture we've created for ourselves:… — Jonathan Coe
We muckraked, not because we hated our world, but because we loved it. We were not hopeless, we were not cynical, we were not bitter. — Ray Stannard Baker
My prayer today is to not be negative about anything for one day. It is so easy to be disappointed, critical, cynical. Nothing is easier… — Caroline Myss
We should not view men with a cynical eye, seeing them only as meaningless products of chance, but, on the other hand, we should not… — Francis Schaeffer
I learned to stop being English about things like love. If you make a film in England about love, it's hugely complicated. It's all about… — Simon Beaufoy
I figured even the most jaded and cynical inhabitant might report a bloody girl in a party dress carrying a severed head by its hair. — Faith Hunter
When the Chinese government tells its citizens that they can worship in a certain building on a certain day, but once they leave that building… — Eric Metaxas
The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course,… — J. Irwin Miller
In the midst of my skeptical, cynical, often pessimistic nature exists a slender capacity to believe, if only temporarily, in a guiding, unseen power, and… — Jeffrey Eugenides
What does not kill you will make you stronger and more cynical. — Jessica Zafra
Appalling numbers of youth have been led into a cynical ultra-sophisticated attitude which regards drinking as a badge of social aptitude, which makes a fetish… — Francis Parker Yockey
It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that. — Ann Beattie
The men of the press, who despised their own profession, did not know why they were enjoying it today. One of them, a young man… — Ayn Rand
I think I've finally proven something to people who were cynical about me. Because they were cruel. — Nancy Sinatra
The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and Africa seemed powerless to do anything to stop it. — Ryszard Kapuscinski
For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre. — Joe Klein
So long as human history continues, we will face the perennial challenge of realizing, maintaining and strengthening peace through dialogue, of making dialogue the sure… — Daisaku Ikeda
We should take heart from our own experience and performance. In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many. — Nelson Mandela
Don't give up on your ideals. Don't compromise. Don't turn to expediency. And for heaven's sake . . . don't get cynical. — Ronald Reagan
I could never be cynical, not that I think there's anything wrong with cynicism. I think it can be quite funny at times. But I… — Drew Barrymore
Powerful people doing bad things LIKE cynical, despairing citizens. — Alex Steffen
Faced with today's problems and disappointments , many people will try to escape from their responsibility. Escape in selfishness, escape in sexual pleasure, escape in… — Pope John Paul II

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