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Quotes About Cynical

I figured even the most jaded and cynical inhabitant might report a bloody girl in a party dress carrying a severed head by its hair." ? Faith Hunter, Skinwalker
~ Faith Hunter
We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, but when we're faced with purity and innocence, the cynical mask drops off.
~ Federico Fellini
Brecht was a cynical bohemian bogey of the middle classes, but also much more than a mere provocateur. He developed and dramatized his political knowledge in remarkable ways, and was an outspoken, radical opponent of the war, its nationalism and its capitalism
~ Harold Bloom
Don't talk like that, Dill," said Aunt Alexandra. "It's not becoming to a child. It's – cynical." "I ain't cynical, Miss Alexandra. Tellin' the truth's not cynical, is it?" "The way you tell it, it is.
~ Harper Lee
I ain't cynical, Miss Alexandra. Tellin' the truth's not cynical, is it?" "The way you tell it, it is.
~ Harper Lee
Because I was from the Midwest and untrained, I was completely open and ready to try anything. Many of my classmates were cynical and jaded; some already had conservatory training, and they were there simply to get that Yale stamp of approval, which they saw as a career stepping-stone.
~ Laila Robins
I'm a bit of a curmudgeon. I don't like Valentine's Day and New Year's and Halloween.
~ Thomas Middleditch
Art?k her ÅŸeyi biliyorlar. Kendilerine yalan söylendiÄŸini, bütün insanlar?n kötü olduÄŸunu ve alçakl?k edebileceÄŸini biliyorlar. Ana babalar?n? da sevmiyorlar art?k, onlara inanm?yorlar.
~ Stefan Zweig
On Mother's Day: It's just a rip-off, to tell the truth, a chance to sell my perfume and other things that ladies like.
~ Elizabeth Taylor
For Bosch such cynical thoughts came easily. He had been around the block a few times.
~ Michael Connelly
I was a man fifteen years older than she, you understand. I had reached that stage in life where I identified with cynical villains in a book.
~ Michael Ondaatje
I had reached that stage in life where I identified with cynical villains in a book.
~ Michael Ondaatje
I was a man fifteen years older than she, you understand. I had reached that stage in life where I identified with cynical villains in a book. I don't believe in permanence, in relationships that span ages. I was fifteen years older. But she was smarter. She was hungrier to change than I expected.
~ Michael Ondaatje
Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.
~ Aldous Huxley
In most of our situations in life, if we take a good honest look at our lives, we are holding to small, limiting thoughts, cynical thoughts.
~ Marianne Williamson
I am incredibly cynical, and I don't think that's something people would guess. People think I'm all positive, but I'm a skeptic.
~ Nikita Dutta
I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.
~ Peter Jennings
It is a very cynical, skeptical, foolish person that suggests Israel does not need a peace process to have a growing economy.
~ Richard Quest
Love is getting to be cynical, passion's just physical.
~ Robbie Williams
I think we sort of are all fans of love really, if you're not then you're too cynical aren't you?
~ MyAnna Buring
We have to do better. We have honest differences. We need vigorous debates. Healthy skepticism is good. It saves us from being too naive or too cynical. But it is impossible to preserve democracy when the well of trust runs completely dry.
~ Bill Clinton
Calvin: Trick or Treat! Adult: Where's your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak! ...Boy, am I scary or what?
~ Bill Watterson
Calvin: As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever. You've taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations.
~ Bill Watterson
C'était vraiment horriblement romantique Ha ha ha...
~ Boris Vian