Quotes About Cynicism

You can always tell when a politician has spoken from the heart: he takes it back the next day.

Gratitude is a sickness, suffered by dogs.

This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.

The first thing I've learned is to trust nobody.

All cynics are disappointed idealists. The more stars in the eyes, the harder the fall.

I'm never wrong? Who besides Republican presidents and evil masterminds can say that with a straight face?

You're kind of a smart ass when you're not flat on your face.

Only in academia did people talk such bullshit and expect to be taken seriously

Law enforcement hardened you. It made you cynical about people. Even people you loved. The people who deserved your unconditional trust.

There was nothing like working law enforcement for a few years to give you a jaded view of human nature. No matter how well you thought you knew someone, no one ever entirely knew anyone else.

All cynics are disappointed idealists.

A lot of times, we're just sold these movies that are really cynically conceived and marketed, and they just want you there opening weekend, before everybody finds out it's not so good.

Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets ' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy.

Aprendí, gracias a esos envoltorios vacíos que pretendían llamarse hombres, la risa amarga y un poco superior de quien posee, en relación con los manipuladores de generalidades, la ventaja de la experiencia.

Tal vez era demasiado para el veterano, para sus ganas de creer. "Tiene la sabia redondez de la mentira" pensó sin saber de dónde venía esa frase, la cita escéptica. Eligió la ingenuidad: —Qué suerte...

No pudo dejar de sonreír. Hasta el cinismo podía llegar a ser simpático en ciertas circunstancias.

I mistrust mountebanks—especially of the female variety.

Satire doesn't stand a chance against reality anymore.

Idiots. The world was populated with idiots. She'd long since learned the truth of that, along with the depressing fact that there was very little she could do about it.

I never believed in the institution of marriage, because ever since I was young, I had only seen marriages fall apart, or remain stuck in a rut.

There's a distinct unease about Americans when they are outside the United States. I can't say quite what it is, but they are easily spooked or driven to cynicism - the country is diverse but, paradoxically, extremely insular.

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