Quotes About Cynicism

So he thought of her often: when he could not sleep, when he was too tired to think of anything else, when he dreaded going home after weeks upon weeks wishing for quiet and solitude. All she had to do was lay a hand on his arm, her touch warm with understanding and care, and he would be all right, his cynicism soothed, his loneliness subdued, his nightmares forgotten.

a paz não só é possível, como é inevitável. O otimismo que sinto é função não apenas da minha identidade, mas da História. A História, afinal, é um poderoso antídoto para uma visão cínica do mundo.

It is useless to hold a person to anything he says while he is in love, drunk, or running for office.

I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.

Romantics might like to think of themselves as being composed of stardust. Cynics might prefer to think of themselves as nuclear waste.

Propose to an Englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed to find a difficulty, a defect, or an impossibility in it. If you speak to him of a machine for peeling a potato, he will pronounce it impossible: if you peel a potato with it before his eyes, he will declare it useless, because it will not slice a pineapple.

Some hopefuls believe that the world can be saved, but the cruel and twisted say never.

The hell with "love" anyway, and with every other phony, time-wasting, half-assed emotion in the world.

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

If they only married when they fell in love, most people would die unwed.

As opposed to now, when it seemed like almost everything was either terrible or in the process of being made that way by entrenched assholes, while nobody gave a shit.

Had any visits from this fellow lately? If you find yourself going to church in order to be saved and not because you are saved, then you've been listening to him. If you find yourself doubting God could forgive you again for that, you've been sold some snake oil. If you are more cynical about Christians than sincere about Christ, then guess who came to dinner?

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

There is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

Youthful cynicism is sad to observe, because it indicates not so much knowledge learned from bitter experiences as insufficient trust even to attempt the future.

Promise me, man. If anything ever happens to me, promise me you'll take care of Angelina. She's something special, Micah. Heart way too big for her own good. I worry because she doesn't see everyone for who they are. She's too busy looking for the good. I've tried to get her to adopt some cynicism, but the truth of the matter is, she wouldn't be the same girl if she did.

No friend had I made there, but I wasn't with this group to make friends, and besides, he sneered too much. I've found that people who sneer are almost always sneering at me.

Primero fue De Quincey, se dijo, y luego Dostoievski, los que señalaron que los humanos, en alarde de cinismo o de ociosidad, gozamos con el crimen. En algún lugar nuestro disfrutamos, admirativos, el horror de un asesinato. Podemos condenarlo, después, y seremos jueces implacables, pero en un primer momento el crimen nos deslumbra, nos impacta hasta la admiración.

I said she was wicked, and she said that everyone was – everyone and everything except rivers, clouds, and some rabbits.

It was not often that Flay approved of happiness in others.

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

When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a constructive focus or resolution, we take hope away. In this way critique can become merely an expression of profound cynicism, which then works to sustain dominator culture.

We are encouraged to see honest people as naive, as potential losers.

Cynicism is the greatest barrier to love. It is rooted in doubt and despair. Fear intensifies our doubt. It paralyzes. Faith and hope allow us to let go. Fear stands in the way of love.