Quotes About Cynicism

R?spunsul meu - singurul posibil la vremea aceea - la r?ut?cioasa nedreptate a sorÈ›ii È™i la t?cuta duÈ™m?nie a oamenilor, a fost convingerea în nesfârÈ™ita deÈ™ert?ciune a tuturor lucrurilor, în tic?loÈ™ia înn?scut? È™i în nefericirea de neînl?turat a speÈ›ei umane.

Malpelo, un monellaccio che nessuno avrebbe voluto vedersi davanti, e che tutti schivavano come un can rognoso, e lo accarezzavano coi piedi, allorché se lo trovavano a tiro. Egli era davvero un brutto ceffo, torvo, ringhioso, e selvatico.

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.

It's no surprise to him what any government does, least of all his own.

La peor soledad que hay es darse cuenta de que la gente es idiota

There have been times when a particularly heavy dose of such cynicism has caused me to reflect that surely this is the age and place of the gifted pickle sucker!

To have a simple, untroubled faith, you must keep your spiritual innocence. That requires avoiding cynicism and criticism. This is the day of the cynics, the critics, and the pickle-suckers. Criticism is the forerunner of divorce, the cultivator of rebellion, sometimes a catalyst that leads to failure. In the Church, it sows the seed of inactivity and finally apostasy.

The will to live, was his thought, and the thought was accompanied by a sneer.

To live continually in thoughts of ill will, cynicism, suspicion, and envy, is to be confined in a self made prison-hole.

It's all shit," he had muttered in English, and felt better.

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like.

In general, I think we're more or less shaped and formed by our late 20s. Things come along during that time that make us cynical. By the time you're in your 30s, it's hard to unpick those mindsets that have formed. It takes years of therapy to undo them.

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

We have for the past year and undoubtedly will be for the next year, dealing with an electorate that is more alienated and more cynical than at any point in modern time.

Scientists are skeptics. It's unfortunate that the word 'skeptic' has taken on other connotations in the culture involving nihilism and cynicism. Really, in its pure and original meaning, it's just thoughtful inquiry.

Management is the set of skills that can help get things done. Unfortunately, its practice is too often a bag of manipulative tricks to advance someone's own interests, which creates cynicism.

Angels are good not simply because they see bad as bad, but also because they see bad as corny.

Don't wait for the good woman. She doesn't exist.

If I'm jetlagging, and I've missed some meals, and it gets to that point in a movie that you're supposed to cry, I'll let my defences down from around my inherent standing level of cynicism, and I'll cry.

I'm not looking for anything. I think all men are dogs, I honestly do. Every man starts barking sooner or later.

The major motivation theories by which most men live can lead them only to depression and cynicism.

The opposite of an idealist is too often a man without love.

"You're a bitter man," said Candide. "That's because I've lived," said Martin.

The wise man tests before he talks. The critic but follows the fad of a cynical and apathetic age.