Cynicism Quote by S. S. Van Dine

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

— Jeremy Paxman

Cynicism is the easiest of all reactions, right? But it's also so disappointing and self-defeating.

— Chris Hadfield

Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience.

— Anonymous

“Cynicism may seem a mild transgression, but it is a patient predator that suffocates hope, slowly, over many years,”

— Rachel Held Evans

Why does any kind of cynicism appeal to people? Because it seems like a mark of maturity, of sophistication, like you’ve seen everything and…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

“But the problem is that Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings never die: they’re buried alive and come forth later…

— Stephen R. Covey

Cynic' is the sentimentalist's name for the realist.

— Carolyn Heilbrun

Cynicism is an enormous problem. I'm actually a hopeful person. But the way to stay hopeful is to acknowledge and to not accept what…

— Stephen Colbert

Scientists have discovered that the small brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain…

— Natalie Angier

“The business of repatriating emotions emerges as one of the most delicate and necessary tasks of love. To accept the risks of transference is…

— Alain de Botton

Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative…

— Anonymous

“Hesitancy is the surest destroyer of talent. One cannot be timorous and reticent, one must be original and loud. New metaphors, new rhythms, new…

— Stephen Dobyns