Cynicism Quotes

Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive.

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.

Cynicism is cheap - you can buy it at any Monoprix store - it's built into all poor-quality goods.

Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty.

There is maybe a cynicism because of my past as a writer.

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood.

Obsessing on evil is boring. Rousing fear is a hackneyed shtick. Wallowing is despair is a bad habit. Indulging in cynicism is akin to committing a copycat crime.

One person's magical thinking is another person's cynicism.

Cynicism is a form of obedience.

I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.

It is a testament to our naïveté about culture that we think that we can change it by simply declaring new values. Such declarations usually produce only cynicism.

Cynicism is carnality that thinks its smart.

Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does.

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

It's weird, marriage. It's like this license that gives a person the legal right to control their spouse / their 'other half.

A true friend is a gift from God. Since God doesn't exist, guess what? Neither do true friends.

Don't confuse my point of view with cynicism. The real cynics are the ones who tell you that everything's gonna be all right.

Young people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart.

Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West, results from the combination of comfort and powerlessness.

[The atheist believes] a world marked by so much injustice, innocent suffering, and cynicism of power cannot be the work of a good God.

Cynicism was a one-way path, and once taken the way back was lost forever.

Irony: Don't let yourself be controlled by it, especially during uncreative moments.

I hate cynicism - it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere.

Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives.

It's all about the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism.

Out of the unconscious lips of babes and sucklings are we satirized.

Cynicism does not cause inaction.

I'm actually equal parts cynicism and apathy. I'm always willing to believe the worst as long as it doesn't take too much effort.

The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.

An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.

A cynic sees little to admire in the world, while the world sees even less to admire in him.

Big business increasingly likes to portray itself as socially concerned, adopting the style of civic action through 'campaigns' of varying degrees of cynicism.

There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.

Cynicism is more than a pose; it's also a handy time saver. By deflating your companion's enthusiasm, you can cut conversations in half.

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

A cynic should never marry an idealist. For the cynic, marriage represents the welcome end of romantic life, with all its agony and ecstasy. But for the idealist, it is only the beginning.

There is no inevitable connection between Christianity and cynicism. Truth is not a salad, is it, that you must always dress it with vinegar?

I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope - an impotence, in short; and that to despise all effort is the greatest effort of all.

...all cynicism masks a failure to cope.

Our choice is between cynicism and hope.

I think growing up in Indiana prepares anyone for a life in comedy. I do feel like there is a certain kind of self-effacing cynicism among all Hoosiers.

Hope cherishes no illusions, nor does it yield to cynicism.

I think that the memory of Armenia's genocide opened my eyes at an early age to the existence of political cynicism.

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the truth as an adventure into cynicism.

The greater part of the truth is always hidden, in regions out of the reach of cynicism.

Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Christianity not only saves you from sin, but from cynicism.