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- 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…
- A learned County Court judge in a book of memoirs recently said that the overwhelming amount of his time on the bench was taken up…
- Welcome thy neighbor into thy fallout shelter. He'll come in handy if you run out of food.
- The cynic makes fun of all earnestness; he makes fun of everything and everyone who feels that something can be done. . . . But…
- I think utopianism and eschatology are really two sides of the same coin. They both assume that some massively transformative event is going to happen…
- Cynicism is the humour of hatred.
- The nature of journalism has been the enemy of idealism and the source of cynicism among American reporters and editors throughout our history.
- In a cruel and evil world, being cynical can allow you to get some entertainment out of it.
- Idealism is what precedes experience, cynicism is what follows.
- As I was walking up the stair. I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. I wish, I wish he'd stay…
More Cynicism Quotes
- I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at… — 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… — 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… — 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