Pessimism Quote by Elizabeth Scalia

“The genius of cynicism is that it is a voice in your ear it does not usually hang around long enough to be interviewed.…

— Dick Keyes

“Your cynicism lies in your willing abuse of others to consolidate your superiority over them. My cynicism is in regard to humanity’s wilful blindness…

— Steven Erikson

“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

“Cynicism is one of the terrible obstacles to progress.”

— Bryant McGill

“Cynicism may seem a mild transgression, but it is a patient predator that suffocates hope, slowly, over many years,”

— Rachel Held Evans

“Generic cynicism makes us feel hip and alternative even as we slip along with our fellow citizens into a morass of indifference.”

— Timothy Snyder

“Although most people never overcome the habit of berating the world for their difficulties, those who are too weak to make a stand against…

— Max Horkheimer

“cynicism is the only reasonable response to the antics of humanity.”

— Terry Pratchett

“I haven't deeply considered the matter [...] but if to look truth in the face and not resent it when it's unpalatable, and take…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“High above the noise and fear mongering of critics and cynics softly speaks your true self.”

— Mollie Marti

“Cynicism places the cynic at the center seat of judgement with the self appointed authority to criticize and condemn. ”

— Jayce O'Neal

“grown up surrounded by a kind of resigned cynicism,”

— Celeste Ng