Quotes about cynical
cynical too-much dies
They love too much that die for love. John Ray
cynical world tough
We live in a world where everybody's supposed to be cool and act tough and put up fronts, and everybody is so cynical. James Gunn
cynical shooting matter
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 Rollins
cynical cathedrals built
Intellectuals are cynical and cynics have never built a cathedral. Henry A. Kissinger
cynical incredibles appeals
Metaphysics is almost always an attempt to prove the incredible by an appeal to the unintelligible. H. L. Mencken
cynical march film
The Ides of March was a fairly cynical film. Grant Heslov
cynical problem realistic
I don't seem to be cynical to myself but how what I say goes down with others is their problem. I'm realistic. Gore Vidal
cynical shantaram bigs
The only force more ruthless and cynical than the business of big politics is the politics of big business. Gregory David Roberts
cynical exercise idealism iraq knowledge leaves mistaken optimism proud tired vietnam virtue
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
cynical effort exercise iraq policy president shore sponsored support war
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 .
cynical next knows
I am not cynical. I am just old. I know what is going to happen next. Fay Weldon
cynical industry music woke
It was a shock, yes, and it really woke me up to how cynical the music industry was,
cynical ourselves prove
It's a cynical city, ... We had to prove ourselves first.
cynical idealist
I'm a cynical idealist. F. Scott Fitzgerald
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 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
cynical easier
It's so much easier to be cynical. Louie Anderson
cynical promise vision
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. Lou Gerstner
cynical television today
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. John Humphrys
cynical journalism cynicism
For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre. Joe Klein
cynical individuality mediocrity
The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it. George Lois
cynical citizens inheritance
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. Emily Mortimer
cynical democracy mediocrity
Democracy: a festival of mediocrity. Emile M. Cioran
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
cynical matter i-can
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.
cynical matter newspapers
Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it's imposssible to keep up.
cynical matter enough
No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.
cynical true-life
Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it. Paul Tillich
cynical want poor
I do not want to be cynical, but if developing nations are kept backward by being told, again and again, you belong to the poor and you are there, where you actually belong, then nothing will change. Paul Kagame
cynical kind
I've become less cynical, which is appalling but kind of cool. Joss Whedon
cynical religion atheism
The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought. Peter Ustinov
cynical mind causes
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism. Thomas Jefferson