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

  • There's something I believe wholeheartedly: Cynicism is the true refuge of the pseudo-intellectual, .. Cynicism is easy. Joy is an extremely advanced spiritual and intellectual tenet.

    Spiritual   Believe   Joy  
  • Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away

  • Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.

  • Promising a revolution that’s simply not feasible really does have the potential to create cynicism when a couple of years go by and it hasn’t happened.

    Couple   Years   Doe  
    "In Which I Respond to My Critics About the Bernie Revolution" by Kevin Drum, www.motherjones.com. April 30, 2016.
  • Cynicism is humor in ill health.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Realism has always been called cynicism.

  • It is crucial to have inspiring leaders who deliver on their promises. Cynicism has run deep, because many people think their vote does not matter or do vote and nothing happens.

    Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
  • Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

    Quoted in Nancy McPhee, The Second Book of Insults (1981)
  • ...all cynicism masks a failure to cope.

    Cynicism   Mask  
    John Fowles (1968). “The Magus”, Pan
  • The simplest act of surrealism is to walk out into the street, gun in hand, and shoot at random.

    Gun   Hands   Cynicism  
  • Someday we'll look back on this moment and plow into a parked car.

    Funny   Humor   Car  
  • Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it...

    Power   Cynical   Belief  
    "Music in London, 1890-94: Criticisms Contributed Week by Week to The World, Volume 27 (The World (18 July 1894))". Book by George Bernard Shaw, 1931.
  • There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world.

    World   Cynicism   Enjoy  
  • Tackle the difficult things first in the morning; make changes in the way you network. Treat everyone with respect and dignity. This stops you from cynicism and negativity. End your day with that same attitude you started. Renew your contract with a day well completed.

  • Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

  • If the essence of cynicism consists in preferring nature to art, virtue to beauty and science; in not bothering about the letter of things -- to which the Stoic strictly adheres -- but in looking up to the spirit of things; in absolute contempt of all economic values and political splendor, and in courageous defence of the rights of independent freedom; then Christianity would be nothing but universal cynicism.

  • What happened is that in the middle of my life I went away and in my own sense of hubris, pride, cynicism, thought, I am an autonomous being in the world, I can control things, I am God.' But my experiment at being God failed! And they do have a great saying in AA: 'Get down off the cross, we need the wood!' And the important thing is to realise you are not the centre of the universe, you are not God.

    Pride   Important   Needs  
  • Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does.

    Doe   Irony   Cynicism  
    "Approaches to Writing". Book by Paul Horgan, No. 398, 1973.
  • There are certain reactions that you aren't allowed to show in Berlin, for example that you feel offended. If you do, the best-case scenario is a sympathetic article along the lines of: Nice guy, but he's not up to it. The alternative is to don a suit of armor and become cynical. But that's not healthy either: Cynicism is the worst characteristic a politician can have. That's why you have to have an internal balance in Berlin, so you can stay true to yourself. And I have that.

    Nice   Guy   Cynical  
    Source: www.spiegel.de
  • Every person has the power to make others happy. Some do it simply by entering a room others by leaving the room. Some individuals leave trails of gloom; others, trails of joy. Some leave trails of hate and bitterness; others, trails of love and harmony. Some leave trails of cynicism and pessimism; others trails of faith and optimism. Some leave trails of criticism and resignation; others trails of gratitude and hope. What kind of trails do you leave?

  • I wanted to take the audience on a journey where that transition was funny and awkward. It's the same cynicism that [Strange] has.

    Source: www.empireonline.com
  • There is a movement bubbling up that goes beyond cynicism and celebrates a new way of living, a generation that stops complaining about the church it sees and becomes the church it dreams of.

    Shane Claiborne (2010). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical”, p.18, ReadHowYouWant.com
  • Well, the good news is that there's quite a lot of cynicism about major labels within radio and the press. I think they have been largely disillusioned by the manner in which the record companies have developed music.

    Thinking   Labels   News  
  • Cynicism is the humor of hatred.

  • It takes the youth, really; they're the ones that should have the energy, it shouldn't be the old geezers, but the signs are very worrying. Half of them, apparently, don't believe in global warming. They think it's a hoax, which is more of that stupid, stick-their-head-in-the-sand attitude. Where is the outrage at the generations that have preceded them spending all the money? But the cynicism is so deep and so ingrained; I guess no one feels they can do anything.

  • Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

    Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”
  • My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.

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

    Funny   Witty   Tired  
  • Being skeptical is part of my job, to question every amazing achievement. That's always there. But I am also capable of turning down the cynicism. The basic idea of sports, the fairness, the competition, remains a beautiful thing.

    Source: www.spiegel.de
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