Quotes About Cynicism

Do not hope; instead, observe" were words that Flora, as a cynic, had found useful in the extreme. She repeated them to herself a lot.

His brow furrowed in a way that suggested he was calculating my likely ability to be that naive.

There is a saying about relationships in Washington: If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

From Flowering Judas ] She is, her comrades tell her, full of romantic error, for what she defines as cynicism in them is merely 'a developed sense of reality'.

Are you sure about that? Corey muttered once the were gone. Chloe is nice enough, but that Derek? Real charmer. If anyone busts through that door, he's liable to throw us to them as cannon fodder. I wasn't sure I disagreed.

He drank, not because of the darkness in him but the darkness in others.

The boys despised everything their elders valued. They scorned beauty and mocked goodness.

Nothing is too ridiculous for modern politics.

Most of all, she thought bitterly, she had learned that love is not to be trusted. She

[T]he world we live in is governed by the most revolting bunch of crooks ever to defile the soil of this planet... [You] must never take them seriously, which is exactly what they want.

He could never care about you. He sees you in the same way they see all of us: ruthless, cruel and power hungry." He laughed callously. "I guess we're about to prove them right.

I wonder men dare trust themselves with men.

I am Misanthropos, and hate mankind.

Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying!

People are no damn good.

They are all sentimentalists at heart, the Poldarks, Verity thought, and she realized suddenly for the first time that it was a dangerous trait, far more dangerous than any cynicism.

You have no values. With you it's all nihilism, cynicism, sarcasm, and orgasm.

Yes, but–as empty experiences go–it's one of the best!

Never think of a man as a tree whose shade you can rest in. Women are just fertiliser, rotting away to make the tree strong . . . There is no real love. The couples who appear loving stay together for personal gain, whether for money, power or influence.

Personne ne croit au miracle des pluies, aux féeries du printemps, encore moins aux aurores d'un lendemain clément. Les hommes sont devenus fous ; ils ont tourné le dos au jour pour faire face à la nuit. Les saints patrons ont été destitués. Les prophètes sont morts et leurs fantômes crucifiés sur le front des enfants...

Emma está cansada de gritar de entusiasmo al ver gatear a un bebé, como si lo de gatear fuese una novedad completamente inesperada. ¿Qué esperaban, que volase?

I try to limit my exposure to politicians to a bare minimum; they trigger my hypocrite allergy.

If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.

What other people call dark and despairing, I call funny.