Cynicism Quote by Terry Pratchett

“His age was indeterminate. But in cynicism and general world weariness, which is a sort of carbon dating of the personality, he was about…

— Terry Pratchett

“He was six years old this time, and ancient.”

— Red Tash

“I was an estructuralist at the age of seven, which is about the right age for it.”

— William Golding

“The ages live in history through their anachronisms.”

— Oscar Wilde

“He'd observed over the centuries that what made people old was when they could no longer keep up with change. It's the beginning of…

— Alma Katsu

“She was so old, she would have had to be dated by carbon 14.”

— Wallace Stegner

“The earth is over a million years old; respect your elders.”

— Deanna Anderson

“he was a bearded, tranquil Byron, who might live on a thousand years without growing old.”

— Jules Verne

“Life was less of a mystery for every digit that age handed over to him. Time, however, became more cryptic and dealt in destructive…

— Gayendra Abeywardane

“Then the earth grew old, its landscapes mellowing and showing signs of age, its ways becoming whimsical and strange in the manner of a…

— Michael Moorcock

I think cynicism lasts. Sentimentality ages, dates quickly.

— Alexander Payne

“She was old; millions of years old, she felt.”

— D.H. Lawrence