For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.
Fantasy Is just another synonym for "having-your-own-crazy-world-bcause-the-real-one-is-too-cynical-to-handle-your-craziness".
I think cynicism lasts. Sentimentality ages, dates quickly.
My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went.
One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us. The disappointments of life, the injustices, the battering events that are beyond our control, and the betrayals we endure, from those we befriended and loved, can mak...
Everyone, no matter what kind of job he or she has, fantasizes about freaking out at work. How many corporate drones, stuck in a boring staff meeting, have had the sudden urge to jump on top of the conference table and start screaming obscenities? St...
I think cynicism often disguises itself as humour.
... cynicism is the only tool that can scrape away the tint off rose-coloured glasses.
Scratch a cynic and you will find a disappointed romantic.
Cynicism makes you feel smart, I know it, even when you aren't smart.
Baseball, of all sports, and maybe of all human endeavors, has no room for cynicism.
I'm a bit cynical that it ever will be addressed properly. I think it is healthy to get some sort of copyright protection. But some of it has gone on forever.
There's so much cynicism around in Britain, especially in the press. The American press might be naive, but at least you feel as if they're on your side.
If someone is cynical and doesn't vote and ends up with a crummy job in a crummy country with a decimated environment, they only have themselves to blame.
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.
Another cause for the increase in alienation and cynicism is a feeling that too many policy decisions that affect individuals have been taken out of any system that has accountability or that they can influence.
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical.
Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical as this sounds, kind of uplifting and strange about watching democracy unfold.
If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger.
I know as a critic I'm required to have a well-armored heart. I must be a cynical wise guy to show my great sophistication. No pushover, me.
