Quotes about cynic
cynical benefits matter
Capitalism is being attacked not because it is inefficient or misgoverned but because it is cynical. And indeed a society based on the assertion that private vices become public benefits cannot endure, no matter how impeccable its logic, no matter how great its benefits. Peter Drucker
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There is no crime in the cynical American calendar more humiliating than to be a sucker.
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The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be. Matt LeBlanc
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One of the saddest things in the world is to see a cynical young person. Maya Angelou
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Satan, our adversary, wants us to fail. He spreads lies as part of his effort to destroy our belief. He slyly suggests that the doubter, the skeptic, the cynic is sophisticated and intelligent, while those who have faith in God and His miracles are naive, blind, or brainwashed. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - "Just as good as the real Charles Warner
cynic knows price value
A cynic is someon who knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde
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A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde
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So why must it wound him that the most despairing music is full of beauty? Why must it hurt him and make him cynical and sad and untrusting? Anne Rice
cynical impossible matter
No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up. Lily Tomlin
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American kids are more cynical than any other groups of kids I've worked with. Rosalind Wiseman
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There's a justifiable degree of cynicism about the new coalition. People are unsure about what it will deliver in terms of economic reforms.
cynical democracy want
What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position. Stokely Carmichael
cynical religion atheism
The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought. Peter Ustinov
cynical idealist
No one more cynical than an idealist. Tanith Lee
cynical kind
I've become less cynical, which is appalling but kind of cool. Joss Whedon
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No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up. Lily Tomlin
cynical trying hard
I try to be cynical, but it's so hard to keep up. Lily Tomlin
cynical matter newspapers
Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it's imposssible to keep up. Lily Tomlin
cynical matter enough
No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up. Lily Tomlin
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As the special election has dragged on, one of the side effects have been greater voter cynicism about the reasons the governor called the election, ... The governor has never been able to sell them on the idea and have questioned his motives.
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Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism; Iraq in cynical money-making. And there's no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired of knowledge. Our leaders, the C-students from Yale, know this. We're proud of being ignorant; that leaves virtue at our core. We aren't frazzled by knowledge like foreigners, so we can be trusted. Kurt Vonnegut
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Today's so-called 'Freedom Walk' sponsored by the Pentagon is a cynical exercise in an effort to shore up sagging support for the president and his war policy in Iraq .
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The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance Ernst Toller
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We found that personality traits did little in explaining which employees were highly cynical and which employees were not.
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We'll have to deal with the cynicism and anything that comes our way politically from the policymakers. But people should realize that anything that is wrong with the science is of no value to us either.
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The saddest part is that our people in uniform have been subjected to these cynical and pernicious falsehoods day in and day out, Dick Cheney
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I've been to L.A. before, and I love the sunshine and the fact that people seem so genuinely nice and pleased to see you - which is so different from London. Maybe I'll end up so tired of smiles and helpfulness that I'll long for the rudeness and cynicism of home. Helen George
cynical twenties narcissism
As you get older, you just lose that confidence and narcissism you have in your twenties. You realize you have less time on the planet, and you become cynical and less confident. Rose Byrne
cynical machines band
The Who is now a brand, not a band; but it is a brand that is upheld by its audience, not an industry or a cynical moneymaking machine. Pete Townshend
cynic sewers
A sewer is a cynic. It tells All. Victor Hugo
cynicism jaded
Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty. Sandra Bernhard
cynical cynicism idealism
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. Robert Anton Wilson