Cynicism Quote by Catherine Marshall Download Open image “in rejecting secrecy I had also rejected the road to cynicism.” — Catherine Marshall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cynicism Pessimism Positive Rejected Rejecting Secrecy
Cynicism and skepticism are the crudest form of quasi-intellectualism... Let the cynic become cynical of his cynicism and the skeptic skeptical of his skepticism… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“Cynicism is what happens when skepticism is given too much latitude.” — Chris Brady Copy Share Image
Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that I could still sustain… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope - an impotence, in short; and that to despise all… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
In my opinion I think there's a difference between skepticism and cynicism; I tend to avoid cynicism because I feel it can err sometimes… — Tyler Henry Copy Share Image
“see the world as a skeptic, not a cynic, while allowing for the wan possibility of human decency.” — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
I have steadfastly refused to make concessions that would undermine my ideals. — Coco Chanel Copy Share Image
“Cynicism is when a small mind and a hurt heart rejects the hope, love, and truth of a big and caring God.” — Jayce O'Neal Copy Share Image
“I soon saw, however, that Creed's obsession with death was typical of most of the children. This came out in their play. "Let's play funeral" was a favorite game at recess. To me, it seemed bizarre and mawkish play. All that saved it was the spontaneous creativity of the children and the fact that, unerringly, they caught the incongruities and… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share
“Living in the middle of beauty like this, we've no call to have puny ideas about God. Why do you suppose His world is so fancy-fine, so full of wonderment if He doesn't want everything to be good and perfect and right and healthy? But we can spoil His good work. When we mess things up, then we shouldn't blame… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share
I believe the old cliché, 'God helps those who help themselves,' is not only misleading but often dead wrong. My most spectacular answers to… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
The unfolding of our friendship with the Father will be a never-ending revelation strretching on into eternity — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
The house, it's already been a-settin' here for a hundred years. It'll be right here tomorrow. It's today I must be livin'. — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
“Evil is real - and powerful. It has to be fought, not explained away, not fled. And God is against evil all the way. So each of us has to decide where WE stand, how we're going to live OUR lives. We can try to persuade ourselves that evil doesn't exist; live for ourselves and wink at evil. We can… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share
Truth could never be wholly contained in words. All of us know it: At the same moment the mouth is speaking one thing, the… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
Often God has to shut a door in our face, so that He can subsequently open the door through which He wants us to… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
Whence comes this idea that if what we are doing is fun, it can't be God's will? The God who made giraffes, a baby's… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
When the dream in our heart is one that God has planted there, a strange happiness flowers into us. At that moment all of… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
“Have you ever watched a baby learning to walk? He totters, arms stretched out to balance himself. He wobbles - and falls, perhaps bumps his nose. Then he puts the palms of his little hands flat on the floor, hikes his rear end up, looks around to see if anybody is watching him. If nobody is, usually he doesn't bother… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share
Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
“Wish in one hand, shit in the other, see which one fills up faster.” — Noelle Oxenhandler Copy Share Image
There's a distinct unease about Americans when they are outside the United States. I can't say quite what it is, but they are easily… — Lawrence Osborne Copy Share Image
If you're going to reach for it, reach all the way for it. Albums like 'Purple Rain' and 'Thriller' and those kind of records,… — Dave Sitek Copy Share Image
There have been times when a particularly heavy dose of such cynicism has caused me to reflect that surely this is the age and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked working for others and they seemed to resent taking orders. On the whole, directors were treated absurdly well, and workers badly, and most industries were weakened by class suspicion and false economies and cynicism. But the… — Paul Theroux Copy Share
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I think growing up in Indiana prepares anyone for a life in comedy. I do feel like there is a certain kind of self-effacing… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“That's what I've never been able to get about religion: that charmless combination of altruism and insanity. Give me a cynical, self-interested bastard any… — Mike Carey Copy Share Image
Nothing is more urgent than a serious, dare I say compassionate, debate as to where we are going at home and abroad. Technicians cannot master revolutions; every great achievement was an idea before it became a reality. Cathedrals cannot be built by those who are paralyzed by doubt or consumed by cynicism. If a society loses the capacity for great… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
What's important is how we use our time on this earth, not how conspicuously we give our money away. What's important is the energy… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
