Cynicism Quotes

This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory.

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

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

Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.

The simplest act of surrealism is to walk out into the street, gun in hand, and shoot at random.

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth.

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.

I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.

Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.

Adolescence: The stage between puberty and adultery.

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

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

I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking.

Doubt is always accompanied by a pervasive cynicism that unconsciously puts a negative spin on whatever it touches.

I need a healthy injection of cynicism right now.

The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy.