Famous Quotes & Sayings

J. R. R. Tolkien

The greater part of the truth is always hidden, in regions out of the reach of cynicism.

Franklin P. Adams

Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.

Jewel

Cynicism is for lightweights.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

I'm a cynical idealist.

Fay Weldon

I am not cynical. I am just old. I know what is going to happen next.

Jesse Jackson

There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.

Graham Norton

A comedian's a comedian. They're a very kind of cynical bunch. I guess that's why I like them.

Jeremy Paxman

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

Glenn Close

I've found myself getting more and more cynical about what's happening to the planet - it makes me furious.

Paul Thomas

He probably underestimated how cynical people are about politicians' switching parties or deciding they don't want to serve after being elected.

Merle Shain

Cynicism is a form of cowardice, a failure of courage to hope.

Mason Cooley

Cynicism has its own zealots.

Gary Bettman

The cynics were predicting that by taking a year off, which obviously is something nobody wanted to do, we would have destroyed our following and our fans would never come back,

John W. Gardner

The cynic says, ''One man can't do anything.'' I say, ''Only one man can do anything.''

Oscar Wilde

The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Henry Rollins

When you have to work with and exist amongst cynical, burned-out personnel on a set, it doesn't matter what you're shooting or how much you're being paid - it's not worth it.

Henry A. Kissinger

Intellectuals are cynical and cynics have never built a cathedral.

John Ray

They love too much that die for love.

James Gunn

We live in a world where everybody's supposed to be cool and act tough and put up fronts, and everybody is so cynical.

Nicolas Cage

I wasn't any good at romnace. I was a total nerd. My thing is, I was just too romantic. I was the romantic goofball. I wasn't cynical enough or harsh enough. I cared too much, so I always made a fool out of myself.

Emile M. Cioran

Democracy: a festival of mediocrity.

Kevin Spacey

One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.

Louie Anderson

It's so much easier to be cynical.

Lou Gerstner

What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concepts. The world is cynical about IBM's promises.

John Fowles

...all cynicism masks a failure to cope.

John Humphrys

The good television of today is probably better than the best television of the old days. The bad television of today is worse. It is not only bad, it is damaging, meretricious, seedy and cynical.

George Lois

The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it.

Emily Mortimer

I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S.

Elaine Dundy

Oh, Teddy, darling, thank you, thank you, for restoring my cynicism. I was too young to lose it.

Peter Drucker

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.

There is no crime in the cynical American calendar more humiliating than to be a sucker.

Matt LeBlanc

The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.

Maya Angelou

One of the saddest things in the world is to see a cynical young person.