Quotes of: Cynics Keyword

The foolishness of youth with the cynicism of age is a dangerous combination.

Murad S. Shah

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

Rob Morrow

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

Vera Farmiga

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

George Carlin

It's the cynics who never get married.

Jay McInerney

I prefer cynical people. Nice guys grow on trees.

J Mascis

The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.

J. Paul Getty

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

Ang Lee

Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.

Alex Kingston

Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience.

Mollie and Other War Pieces

Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical.

Lili Taylor

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

H. L. Mencken

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

Oscar Wilde

Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.

Roy Hattersley

Avoid cynical and negative people like the plague. They are killers of potential.

Rick Pitino

People grow bitter and cynical about life because they can't bend it to their will.

Marty Rubin

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.

Paul Wellstone

The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their lives.

Joyce Brothers

People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.

Elliot Richardson

Cynicism is the calling card of unhappy people.

Iimani David

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

George S. Patton