Cynics Quote by Kate DiCamillo Download Open image ““Bah, cynics," said Dr. Meescham. "Cynics are people who are afraid to believe.”” — Kate DiCamillo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bah Cynics Cynics Cynics People Cynics Said Meescham Cynics Pessimism
“Cynicism is what happens when skepticism is given too much latitude.” — Chris Brady Copy Share Image
“I’m consciously shedding the assumption that a skeptical point of view is the most intellectually credible. Intellect does not function in opposition to mystery;… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
“The problem, David, is your cynicism only runs one direction. If somebody comes on TV and says everything is great and wonderful, you don’t… — David Wong 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 can work with skeptics - cynics are a little bit harder because they already have their mind made up. There's nothing that I'm… — Tyler Henry Copy Share Image
Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“The fears and doubts I have are so real, so are they really as childish and silly as you always say they are.” — Lynette Ferreira 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
In luggage claim at the Minneapolis airport, the guy came up to me and said, "Maybe you're wrong, maybe stories do matter." I wrote… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“If every babe who cried were still alive, well, then, the world would be a very crowded place, indeed.” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Reader, you may ask this queston. In fact, you must ask this question. Is it ridiculous for a very small, sickly, big-eared mouse to… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
It wasn't until my fifth or sixth book where I realized I'm trying to do the same thing in every story I tell, which… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
[He] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Everything about writing is hard for me except for that - the names pop into my head. That's one of the reasons why I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“If you have no intention of loving or being loved then the whole journey is pointless” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have found what I am supposed to do and to get to do it. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannot always… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
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
Don't let the doom criers and the cynics persuade you that the best is past. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Cynics and critics wake us up. Kindness often covers up the truth and allows us to sleep on in our ignorance. — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
Cynicism was a school in Greece - the Cynics. Diogenes is a famous Cynic. There was a strong belief in nihilism and narcissism. Those… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
“Never surrender your hopes and dreams to the fateful limitations others have placed on their own lives. The vision of your true destiny does… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
There's nothing more frustrating than seeing cynics sit there and say, 'Well, nobody can make any more money because Microsoft and Intel own everything.'… — Michael J. Saylor Copy Share Image
“Cynics build no bridges; they make no discoveries; no gaps are spanned by them. Cynics may pride themselves in being realistic in their approach,… — Paul L. McKay Copy Share Image
Sometime between when the Summer of Love ended and the Summer of Sam began, America became a nation of cynics about love. — Tracy McMillan Copy Share Image
“It is interesting to observe what the Cynic teaching became when it was popularized. In the early part of the third century B.C., the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Cynics fooled themselves into thinking they had sussed out the worst-case scenarios and were invariably surprised by how life trumped them. Dreamers were often… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
Each of us must work to become a hardheaded realist, or else we risk wasting our time and energy on pursuing impossible dreams. Yet… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
“Apparently, now and again adults take the time to sit down and contemplate what a disaster their life is. They complain without understanding and,… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image