Cynicism Quotes

368 quotes by 309 authors

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs. — Paul Auster
Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. — Ambrose Bierce
Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. — Ambrose Bierce
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead. — Ambrose Bierce
Grub first, then ethics. — Bertolt Brecht
Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them… — Jeff Bridges
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners. — Rita Mae Brown
I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism… — Ken Burns
A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on. — William S. Burroughs
If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign. — George W. Bush
Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. — George Carlin
There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home. — Rosalynn Carter
Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their… — Barack Obama
Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment,… — Stephen Covey
Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals of humanism which… — Nelson Mandela
I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all. — Ralph Barton Perry
If successful people have one common trait, it's an utter lack of cynicism. The world owes them nothing. They go out and find what they… — Mike Zimmer
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even… — Samuel Ullman
Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try to talk about… — David Foster Wallace
The Concerned Photographer produces images in which genuine human feeling predominates over commercial cynicism or disinterested formalism. — Cornell Capa

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