Quotes About Cynicism

Don't talk to me about people who are 'nice' cause I have spent my whole life in ruins because of people who are 'nice'.

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned.

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.

In fact I thought life was pretty much a losing proposition, and I didn't mind saying so.

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

We have been called naive as if it were a dirty word We have been called innocent as though with shame our cheeks should burn So We visited with the careful idols of cynicism to learn to sneer and pant and walk so as not to feel the scales of judgment rub wrongly But we say, some things must remain simple some things must remain untouched and pure

this is actualy a poem we have been called naive as if it were a dirty word, whe have been called innocent as though with shame our cheeks should burn so we visit with the careful idols of cynisism to learn to sneer and pant and walk so as not to feel the scales of judgement rub wrongly but we say some things must remain simple some things must remain untouched and pure lest we all forget the legacy we begot us the health of our origins the poetry of our fundemental selves

I told her the world was full of nice people. I'd have hated to try to prove it to her, but I said it, anyway.

young physician obviously didn't give a damn anymore. Her cynicism

I hate everyone, starting with myself. (Title of her autobiography.

What if each child was taught from the cradle to sing the song of peace...would the cynics not call it foolish, saying that to be gentle is to be weak? But I tell you that until we are as innocent and pure as doves, our journey will be long and the way dark. Raise doves, not wolves.

by the age of six he had realized that] it was useless to behave and maybe also to believe

Would it help if I said I was very drunk? Brachio shook his head. - We all were. -Shitty childhood? -Mummy used to leave me in a cupboard. -Shitty adulthood? -Whose isn't?

People would far rather believe a lurid lie than a sorry string of accidents. Would far rather believe the world is full of evil than full of bad luck, selfishness and stupidity.

we're skeptical and filled with cynicism, then we see that in each other. And it's so important that we try to live in the world that we want to live in.

I'm beginning to think there's no such thing as a man worth the air he breathes.

Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically everything everywhere is full of sudden hate and ugliness?

The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance

The far left's mockery of the competitive institutions of "bourgeois democracy" and capitalism, its cynicism about the possibility of any objectivity in the media, the civil service, or the judiciary, has long had a right-wing version too. Hitler's Germany is the example usually given. But there are many others, from Franco's Spain to Pinochet's Chile.

The far left's mockery of the competitive institutions of "bourgeois democracy" and capitalism, its cynicism about the possibility of any objectivity in the media, the civil service, or the judiciary, has long had a right-wing version too.

Evening news is where they begin with "Good evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

Yes, I will promise you anything your little elector heart desires... Of course, I have no intention of keeping any promise I make.