Cynical Quotes
The wise man tests before he talks. The critic but follows the fad of a cynical and apathetic age.
At no time do I come from a cynical point of view. I'm coming from a concerned point of view.
Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.
The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.
The management system which makes only a pretense of valuing employee involvement and encouraging employee empowerment merely breeds cynicism.
I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines
I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world's wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical, so distressed, so angry, so ticked of about so many things.
The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget.
Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.
You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.
Before children, even the most cynical people throw down their usual masks and become capable of feeling the purity and love which all human beings seek.
I understand maybe some people are more impressionable than my hard, cynical self, but maybe they need to figure out how to be less of that.
In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.
The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and Africa seemed powerless to do anything to stop it.
I know as a critic I'm required to have a well-armored heart. I must be a cynical wise guy to show my great sophistication. No pushover, me.
Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it.
I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you couldn't be a comedian.
It is a good idea to 'shop around' before you settle on a doctor. Ask about the condition of his Mercedes. Ask about the competence of his mechanic. Don't be shy! After all, you're paying for it.
As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend.
If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it.
It's weird, marriage. It's like this license that gives a person the legal right to control their spouse / their 'other half.
Sometimes life takes hold of one, carries the body along, accomplishes one's history, and yet is not real, but leaves oneself as it were slurred over.
I can say that even in the midst of my most cynical comic stripping: Opus shone through with a bit of heart, anchoring the ugly proceedings with a comforting pull of emotion.
We should take heart from our own experience and performance. In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many.
A woman tries to get all she can out of a man, and a man tries to get all he can into a woman.
Generally I don't like doing remakes, but I think that's more in the cynical world of Hollywood where normally remakes are purely for commercial reasons.
I do not want to be cynical, but if developing nations are kept backward by being told, again and again, you belong to the poor and you are there, where you actually belong, then nothing will change.
A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second.
People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and I am very, very skeptical.
I think the major problem in growing up is to become sophisticated without becoming cynical.
When people call me Sir Anthony I just think oh, that's a bit odd. But I'm not cynical about it. Um, I just feel more comfortable being called Tony or Mr. Hopkins, whatever name I'm called.
It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.
A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction
The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.
Walt had a marvelous intuition. And because he understood people very well, liked them and had great respect for people, there was nothing cynical about Walt.
I'm the most cynical person, and I know what that sounds like when you say, I don't drink and drive, and I don't. But I know people look at that with skepticism, and I understand.
What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concepts. The world is cynical about IBM's promises.
It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not critically attuned are aware of cynical manipulation in film.
