Cynicism Quote by Paul Grist

If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens, you will end up disappointed. Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things…

— Adriana Trigiani

“The only way I’ll end up disappointed is if I can’t make you come in my arms”

— Mila Ferrera

I've always been optimistic. And I have a feeling that it happened because of going to all those movies with my grandmother in the…

— Carol Burnett

I'm actually equal parts cynicism and apathy. I'm always willing to believe the worst as long as it doesn't take too much effort.

— Dennis Miller

I am a personal optimist but a skeptic about all else. What may sound to some like anger is really nothing more than sympathetic…

— George Carlin

A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future.

— Sydney J. Harris

Someone once said, if you scratch a cynic, and you'll find a disappointed idealist. That really rang a bell with me - because I…

— George Carlin

I don't consider myself a cynic. I think of myself as a skeptic and a realist. But I understand the word "cynic" has more…

— George Carlin

Young people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart.

— Bell Hooks

I always look on the black side of life. That way, you won't be disappointed and I'm cheerful if it doesn't work out. I'm…

— Paul Davies

There have been times when a particularly heavy dose of such cynicism has caused me to reflect that surely this is the age and…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

If you're going to reach for it, reach all the way for it. Albums like 'Purple Rain' and 'Thriller' and those kind of records,…

— Dave Sitek