Cynical Quote by Lily Tomlin Download Open image “Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it's imposssible to keep up.” — Lily Tomlin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cynical Every day Matter Newspapers
I have no interest in behaving or thinking cynically. But it's an easy trap to be cynical about anything, certainly when you're talking about… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
People really do not have time to read all the newspapers in the world and all the sites that we now commonly use on… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
I'm a news junkie who's constantly reading newspapers and magazines. I look around and see what's happening in the world. — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Journalists are often portrayed as cynical. I often think it's the opposite. — David Grann Copy Share Image
I know that people in the public eye are always being chipped away at by very cynical attitudes in the press. — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
It takes a lot to stop myself scrambling around and reading the news. — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
It's been my habit of mind, over these years, to understand that every situation in which human beings are involved can be turned on… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre. — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack. — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
Every day I tell myself that reading newspapers is a waste of time, but then... I cannot do without them. They are like a… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“So if you've had a good time tonight, or if you've had a good time any night, for gosh sake's why not drop a… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
I bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They'd eaten each other. — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen,… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current is just as hard as it might ever… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn't… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation. — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
“I always wondered why somebody didn't do something about that. And then I realized I was somebody.” — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't be just like they were before. Damaged pieces reassembled with a golden bonding of patience and love will help form a person into an exquisite masterpiece. It is as if people have to be broken before… — Steve Goodier Copy Share
“Writers whose thoughts are expressed with clarity and precision are assumed by readers to be superficial. Where the meaning is obscured, then readers give… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
Sure, I’m dramatic and sloppily semi-cynical and semi-sentimental. But, in leisure years I could grow and choose my way. Now I am living on the edge. We all are on the brink, and it takes a lot of nerve, a lot of energy, to teeter on the edge, looking over, looking down into the windy blackness and not being quite… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share
A well governed people are generally a people who do not think much. — Andre Siegfried Copy Share Image
I love writers who are insightful enough to be cynical but choose not to be. — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
It is a very cynical, skeptical, foolish person that suggests Israel does not need a peace process to have a growing economy. — Richard Quest Copy Share Image
Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business. — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
I've actually always wanted to write like a one-person show that was sort of a romantic comedy - a show that was kind of… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
As the rain falls and the sun shines, they grow, grow, grow; minds so open, they go through life aware and accepting, seeing light… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image