Animal Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.

— Barack Obama

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

I think that cynicism can often be mistaken for wisdom.

— Sarah Polley

Cynicism has its own zealots.

— Mason Cooley

Cynicism is only intellectual sloth.

— Henry Rollins

The scholar without good breeding is a pedant; the philosopher, a cynic.

— Lord Chesterfield

“The attraction of cynicism was that it so often put you in the right, as if being right led directly to happiness.”

— Richard Russo

The way people treat each other in society is cruel but in retrospect history shows the cynicism is evident in all.

— Jeremy Limn

Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties.

— Jamie Whyte

I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.

— Hippolyte Taine

“The Cynics emphasized that true happiness is not found in external advantages such as material luxury, political power, or good health. True happiness lies…

— Jostein Gaarder

Cynicism is the largest obstacle to social change. Cynicism is dangerous because people throw up their hands and say, "Well it's not possible. Why…

— Robert Reich