Cynic Quote by Tracy Chapman Download Open image “I'm a hopeful cynic.” — Tracy Chapman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cynic Hope Hopeful Pessimism
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Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
There have been some gains made in terms of more equality for women in the workplace and in the way the legal system deals… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
If you wait, I will come for you...remembering your touch, your kiss, your warm embrace. I'll My find my way back to you. Please… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I can't think of anything worse, really, than to try to live up to someone else's expectations of what you should be. You don't… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I don't know - I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I mentioned that I received a scholarship to Episcopalian school, and the model for the school was 'From each according to his or her… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I always considered trying to make a living playing music. But it was always really clear to me, at the various stages in my… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
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Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down? — Eliza Cook Copy Share Image
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An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
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The cynic makes fun of all earnestness; he makes fun of everything and everyone who feels that something can be done. . . .… — George Edgar Vincent Copy Share Image
To me it seems to be important to believe people to be good even if they tend to be bad, because your own joy… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image