Cynicism Quotes - Page 12

• Italy is a country which is willing to submit itself to the worst governments. It is, as we know, a country ruled by disorder, cynicism, incompetence and confusion. Nevertheless we are aware of intelligence circulating in the streets like a vivid bloodstream.

  Natalia Ginzburg

  Country, Government, Confusion

  Natalia Ginzburg (2017). “The Little Virtues: Essays”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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

  Merle Shain

  Cowardice, Form

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• The worst thing about cynicism is its truth.

  Ethel Mumford

  Worst, Worst Things

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• Cynicism is more than a pose; it's also a handy time saver. By deflating your companion's enthusiasm, you can cut conversations in half.

  Lisa Birnbach

  Cutting, Half, Enthusiasm

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• A beardless cynic is the shame of nature.

  John Milton

  Shame, Cynic

  David Garrick, Arthur Murphy, Edward Ravenscroft, William Shakespeare, Henry Fielding (1792). “A Collection of the Most Esteemed Farces and Entertainments Performed on the British Stage”, p.224

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• There is no comparing the brutality and cynicism of today's pop culture with that of forty years ago: from High Noon to Robocop is a long descent.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Years, Long, Society

  International Herald Tribune, October 31, 1990.

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• The ultimate cynicism is to suspend judgment so that you are not judged.

  Marya Mannes

  Judgment, Ultimate, Judged

  Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”

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• Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them.

  Mason Cooley

  Issues

  "City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1989.

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• Cynicism often draws correct conclusions, but nobody could live by its lights.

  Mason Cooley

  Light, Conclusion, Live By

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• Never surrender to cynicism, even if you suspect it would get the critics on your side.Never surrender to cynicism, even if you suspect it would get the critics on your side.

  Roselyne Bosch

  Your Side, Sides, Surrender

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor.

  Rod Stewart

  Missing, British

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• I find it actually the height of romance to legally bind yourself to someone because you're really taking care of someone, and letting them take care of you. I actually have no cynicism about that.

  Jen Kirkman

  Romance, Care, Height

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets,' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool.

  Josh Radnor

  Thinking, People, Guy

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Freedom, Democracies Have, Government

  "The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw".

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• A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

  Gore Vidal

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Narcissist

  FaceBook post by Gore Vidal from Dec 08, 2011

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• Our choice is between cynicism and hope.

  Jim Wallis

  Choices, Our Choices

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• Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.

  Collis Potter Huntington

  Funny, Humorous, Mines

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• Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

  Vachel Lindsay

  Devil, Helping, Gentle

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• Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.

  Peter Senge

  Mistake, Expectations, Frustrated

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• Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience.

  A. J. Liebling

  Inexperience, Products

  A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.20, Macmillan

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  We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.

  Joe Biden

  Fire, America, Promise

  "Joe Biden: A Life of Trial and Redemption". Book by Joe Biden, October 5, 2010.

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• Essentially, the [New York] Philharmonic is just like any other orchestra-they all have the spirit of kids, and if you scratch away a little of the fatigue and cynicism, out comes a 17-year-old music student again, full of wonder, exuberance and a tremendous love of music.

  Zubin Mehta

  New York, Kids, Years

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• Doubt is always accompanied by a pervasive cynicism that unconsciously puts a negative spin on whatever it touches.

  Adyashanti

  Doubt, Negative

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• Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth.

  Jeremy Paxman

  Block, Journalist, Search For Truth

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• It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.

  Jeremy Paxman

  Giving, People, Answers

  "Paxman answers the questions" by Matt Wells, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2005.

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