Cynicism Quotes

This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory.

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.

The simplest act of surrealism is to walk out into the street, gun in hand, and shoot at random.

Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth.

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.

Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.

Adolescence: The stage between puberty and adultery.

I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

Doubt is always accompanied by a pervasive cynicism that unconsciously puts a negative spin on whatever it touches.

I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking.

Perhaps no philosopher is more correct than the cynic. The happiness of the animal, that thorough cynic, is the living proof of cynicism.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.

We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

I need a healthy injection of cynicism right now.

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.

Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom.

A person is as young as their dreams and as old as their cynicism.

Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade)

They were fast-moving opportunists encased in cynicism and proud of it.

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all

Cynics always say no. Saying yes leads to knowledge. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes.

We have to use our discontentment to engage rather than disengage - our hope has to be more powerful than our cynicism.

Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world.

The major motivation theories by which most men live can lead them only to depression and cynicism.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

I never know how much of what I say is true.

[Christianity] neither enjoins the nastiness of the Cynic, nor the insensibility of the Stoic.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism.

in rejecting secrecy I had also rejected the road to cynicism.

Cynicism has its own zealots.

Lay down your cynicism, and believe in the transformational power of love.

It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free.

It is cynicism, and not idealism, that is generally the mark of youthful immaturity, or rather it is the cynic who is generally the most foolish romantic.

Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.

Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism in some of them.