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Cynicism is only intellectual sloth. — Henry Rollins

There's a fine line between participation and mockery. — Scott Adams

As the nation at last confronts global warming, it is no time for denial, greed, cynicism or pessimism. — Bernie Sanders

It is our birthright to uncover the soul - to remove the layers of fear or shame or apathy or cynicism that conceal it. — Elizabeth Lesser

I had sucked on the tit of disillusionment and teethed on the bitter root of cynicism. I was on the way to the misanthropy that would sour me. — Norman Lock

Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. — Russell Lynes

Cynicism leads to despair, while fixating on the efforts that seemed to work in the past makes an idol out of spiritual states. — Monks Of New Skete

The world keeps ending but new people too dumb to know it keep showing up as if the fun's just started. — John Updike

A calendar was hung in the kitchen as if to say: Expect more of the same. — Gary Lutz

Cynic' is the sentimentalist's name for the realist. — Carolyn Heilbrun

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

He said cynicism's self-protection, a defense mechanism used by cowards who give up on love because they're afraid love's given up on them. — Linda Yellin

There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world. — Bob Newhart

Certainty. Life's last and kindest gift. — Milan Kundera

Cynicism is cheap - you can buy it at any monoprix store. it's built into all poor-quality goods. — Graham Greene

Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as a people. — Barack Obama

I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy. — Patricia Ireland

Cynicism is the calling card of unhappy people. — Iimani David

I think that the memory of Armenia's genocide opened my eyes at an early age to the existence of political cynicism. — Serj Tankian

Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth. — Michael Crichton

Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty. — Sandra Bernhard

The foolishness of youth with the cynicism of age is a dangerous combination. — Murad S. Shah

Our choice is between cynicism and hope. — Jim Wallis

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood. — Rob Morrow

Cynicism is more than a pose; it's also a handy time saver. By deflating your companion's enthusiasm, you can cut conversations in half. — Lisa Birnbach

It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism. — Jacques Barzun

Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world. — Cameron Crowe

Cynicism can blind one to subtler virtues — David Mitchell

There are those who always think the worst of people. That's because they are the worst of people. — Marsha Hinds

Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive. — Al Franken

Say as little as possible, hope some of the undecideds like your teeth better than the other guy's - that's usually the way this business works. — Matt Taibbi

As my father always used to tell me, 'You see, son, there's always someone in the world worse off than you.' And I always used to think, 'So? — Bill Bryson

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism. — George Meredith

It's when the 'international community' expresses 'concern' about your 'situation' that your situation is well and truly fucked. — Michael D. Weiss

Don't confuse my point of view with cynicism. The real cynics are the ones who tell you that everything's gonna be all right. — George Carlin

There is no comparing the brutality and cynicism of today's pop culture with that of forty years ago: from High Noon to Robocop is a long descent. — Charles Krauthammer

You have to try to dismiss the loudness of cynicism. It's certainly going to come. — Kevin Costner

One person's magical thinking is another person's cynicism. — Damon Lindelof

I exaggerate. I oversimplify. I generalize. But there's no cynicism here. American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry. — David Biespiel

All lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that's said with a dismissive giggle. — P. J. O'Rourke

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs. — Paul Auster

You see, cancer is simply nature's way of making you want to die.'

Tatsu. — Barry Eisler

Cynicism and foul language are the only vices I'm presently capable of. Everything else takes energy or money. (64) — Mary Doria Russell

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? — Barack Obama

He see's the world the way cynics do; Not looking for false Hope. — Meredith Duran

You're such an optimist Kane
that's your problem. You only end up disappointed. — Paul Grist

What this generation was bred to at television's knees was not wisdom, but cynicism. — Pauline Kael

They were Archer's second set of children an d paragons of contemporary teenage cynicism. They enjoyed setting fire to the tails of tender thoughts. — Tom Wolfe

Cynicism is the easiest of all reactions, right? But it's also so disappointing and self-defeating. — Chris Hadfield

It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer. — Jeremy Paxman

It's all about the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism. — Craig Ferguson

It's nice to be able to do things for other people, isn't it?

That's why it's fun to talk in the third person sometimes. — Patrick Bryant

You have to understand something about girls, Mick. You see 'em in the winner's circle, but you'll never find horseshit on their shoes. — Miles Watson

If it's a choice between a difficult truth and a simple lie, people will take the lie every time. Even if it kills them. — Paul Murray

Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try.
in Good Housekeeping — Peggy Noonan

Giving full rein to one's cynicism as one goes along produces a normal outlet and maintains an emotional equilibrium. — S. S. Van Dine

I hate cynicism - it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. — Conan O'Brien

That's the hardest thing of all
never to become cynical, never to lose faith, never to become indifferent. — Sergei Lukyanenko

So basically you're sticking around to watch us all fuck up ?"
"Yes. It's one of life's few guaranteed constants. — Iain M. Banks

Cynicism has all the smart words on it's side; idealism uses a nursery school dictionary. — Michael Arditti

The Concerned Photographer produces images in which genuine human feeling predominates over commercial cynicism or disinterested formalism. — Cornell Capa

Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does. — Paul Horgan

We are reformers in the spring, but iin autumn we stand by the old. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Ron Suskind

An idea? An idea won't get you nothing but another idea. You need money, cash, to make anything happen in this doggone world. — Nathan McCall

I enjoy watching children interact with the world, the way they engage their environment without any filters, learned models, or cynicism. — Keith Murray

A true friend is a gift from God. Since God doesn't exist, guess what? Neither do true friends. — Scott Dikkers

Optimisn is a choice. Cynicism isnt smarter - it's just safer. — Jewel

Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths? — Edith Wharton

Birth, n.: The first and direst of all disasters. — Ambrose Bierce

The greater part of the truth is always hidden, in regions out of the reach of cynicism. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Life seemed to him to be a narrow cage, and her iron bars were many and dense, and there was only one way out. — Leonid Andreyev

Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them. — Mason Cooley

Among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all — Tracy Kidder

It doesn't matter if justice is on your side. You have to depict your position as just. — Benjamin Netanyahu

Perhaps no philosopher is more correct than the cynic. The happiness of the animal, that thorough cynic, is the living proof of cynicism. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Fundamental belief consoled him for superficial irony. — Thomas Hardy

Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself. — Diogenes Of Sinope

Your cynicism is simply a pose. — Oscar Wilde

The cynicism that regards hero worship as comical is always shadowed by a sense of physical inferiority — Yukio Mishima

I'm actually equal parts cynicism and apathy. I'm always willing to believe the worst as long as it doesn't take too much effort. — Dennis Miller

We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs. — Kenneth Clark

To paraphrase Antonio Gramsci, cynicism of intellect; promise of the present. — Bill Grigsby

A politician is a politician whether he's wearing a suit or a funny hat. — Reza Aslan

It's weird, marriage. It's like this license that gives a person the legal right to control their spouse / their 'other half. — Jess C. Scott

Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism. — Ben Shapiro

Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics. — Thomas Sowell

Cynicism's always a pose - always. — Grace S. Richmond

Sarcasm is a manifestation of anger, and anger can make you the puppet of your opponents. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

When I was a young reporter, the great vice among journalists was whiskey. Today, it's cynicism. — Paul Simon

With the right kind of touch, sour apples turn sweet again. — Marty Rubin

Cynicism isn't smarter, it's only safer. There's nothing fluffy about optimism. — Jewel

As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings. — Pierre Corneille

I think moral outrage is born not of anger but of love. It comes from the highest in us, not from a low-level sense of anger or cynicism. — Marianne Williamson

Numbness and cynicism, I suspect, are more often the products of frustrated compassion than of evil intentions. — David Hilfiker

My whole life has been about confronting cynicism. — Cory Booker

Cynicism is just an excuse for not helping. — Marianne Williamson

A cheap and easy cynicism rails at everything. The master of the art accomplishes the formidable task of discrimination. — Ambrose Bierce

You mistake my jealousy for good old-fashioned cynicism. — Nicole Williams

Cynicism is a boring and dull old man's disease people have no business getting when they're young. — Erika Lopez

Postmodernism has not overcome the problems of modernism, but only compounded them with a dosis of cynicism, relativism and indifference. — John Walford