"I am skeptical in principle, gullible in practice." — Mason Cooley

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• I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid… — Paul Auster
• Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. — Ambrose Bierce
• Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. — Ambrose Bierce
• Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead. — Ambrose Bierce
• Grub first, then ethics. — Bertolt Brecht
• Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this… — Jeff Bridges
• You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners. — Rita Mae Brown
• I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a… — Ken Burns
• A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on. — William S. Burroughs
• If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign. — George W. Bush
• Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. — George Carlin
• There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home. — Rosalynn Carter

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