Cynicism Quotes - Page 5

I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don't really know where wittiness is constructive.

Cynicism often draws correct conclusions, but nobody could live by its lights.

Both faith and cynicism make judgment too easy.

Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them.

The ultimate cynicism is to suspend judgment so that you are not judged.

Cynicism is just an excuse for not helping.

Refuse to be cynical. Refuse to think that things can never change.

Realism has always been called cynicism.

I believe I'm growing skeptical of cynicism.

We remain in the Romantic cycle initiated by Rousseau: liberal idealism canceled by violence, barbarism, disillusionment and cynicism.

Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics.

I am discovering that I can live far better without cynicism than I can without trust.

I have a healthy cynicism, but not anger.

There's a fine line between participation and mockery.

I think that cynicism can often be mistaken for wisdom.

I'm an eternal optimist with a small degree of cynicism.

I've done four records now, and your idea of what it's going to be for that record is never what it ends up being, so there's cynicism in my outlook but there's also some positive outlook in it, like, "I can't really control anything outside of what it is that I do, so I'm going to do my very best and put my best foot forward in everything that I do." The music and whatever else comes outside of that, if something great comes out of it, awesome, if not, I'm going to make another record and another one after that. That's really all I can do.

Cynicism and skepticism are the crudest form of quasi-intellectualism... Let the cynic become cynical of his cynicism and the skeptic skeptical of his skepticism and join the battle.

I think cynicism often disguises itself as humour.

Cynicism is a form of cowardice, a failure of courage to hope.

It seems to me that election season is just a Petri dish for anger and cynicism.

I get the cynicism thing all the time, although I don't really know where that comes from, because I think I'm actually the opposite of a cynic.

Cynicism is the other thing that goes with sentimentality.

Faith builds, cynicism destroys.

Both religions and musicals work best with energetic and committed believers. Cynicism or detachment would have destroyed the magic - something true of religion, too.