Quotes of: Cynical Keyword

Yeah, it's pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days.

David Byrne

A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself.

Joseph Pulitzer

I'm riddled with cynicism. Whenever anyone says 'trust me,' the hairs go up on the back of my neck.

Charles Dance

I think we sort of are all fans of love really, if you're not then you're too cynical aren't you?

MyAnna Buring

I always believe that it's better to be idealistic in love than be that cynic. That's the only way to survive a relationship.

Sonam Kapoor

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

George W. Bush

Whereas modern cynicism brought despair about the ability of the human species to realize laudable ideals, postmodern cynicism doesn't — not because it's optimistic, but because it can't take ideals seriously in the first place. The prevailing atti...

The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology

Thus did I receive, through the singing of these various hymns and the moral education that accompanied them, not only a religious, but a political schooling of sorts. For though the intertwining of morality and politics does not necessarily make for...

Teta, Mother and Me: Three Generations of Arab Women

When emotions turn and stay sour, when thoughts become cynical and judgmental, good and compassionate treatment is on the line. Helpers who become sour and cynical tend to begrudge their high need clients for their neediness. There is a risk that hel...

Scott E. Spradlin

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.

Shadow Games

Lay down your cynicism, and believe in the transformational power of love.

Voice of Reason

I think I've finally proven something to people who were cynical about me. Because they were cruel.

Nancy Sinatra

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Oscar Wilde

If I was working hard, she bled into my personality. I became more cynical.

Marg Helgenberger

Big business increasingly likes to portray itself as socially concerned, adopting the style of civic action through 'campaigns' of varying degrees of cynicism.

Geoff Mulgan

Cynicism lost and hope won. For the first time, the government of Quebec will be led by a woman.

Pauline Marois

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

Being cynical isn't necessarily being negative or bitter. It's a person who is wary of mistaking love for something that it's not and getting their heart broken.

Charlyne Yi

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

Graham Coxon

Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.

George Carlin

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

Chris Hadfield