Cynicism Quotes - Page 16

• I think the cynicism that you have when you've just gone through a break-up is a luxury that you allow yourself for a while.

  Jens Lekman

  Thinking, Luxury, Gone

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• If cynicism is inevitable as one ages, so is the yearning for innocence. To children heaven is being an adult, and to adults heaven is being children again.

  Diane Ackerman

  Children, Heaven, Age

  Diane Ackerman (2011). “Deep Play”, p.20, Vintage

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• Cynicism is the other thing that goes with sentimentality.

  Margaret Mead

  Sentimentality

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• Representative democracy frequently manifests a disconnect between parliamentarians and the people, so that parliamentarians have agendas that do not correspond with the wishes of the electorate. This has led in many countries to apathy, cynicism and large-scale absenteeism in elections. What is needed is not only parliaments, but parliamentarians who genuinely represent the wishes of the electorate.

  Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

  Country, People, Democracy

  "Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred-Maurice de Zayas". July 01, 2013.

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• The wise screen writer is he who wears his second-best suit, artistically speaking, and doesn't take things too much to heart.  He should have a touch of cynicism, but only a touch. The complete cynic is as useless to Hollywood as he is to himself.  He should do the best he can without straining at it.  He should be scrupulously honest about his work, but he should not expect scrupulous honesty in return.  He won't get it.  And when he has had enough, he should say goodbye with a smile, because for all he knows he may want to go back.

  Raymond Chandler

  Wise, Goodbye, Honesty

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• Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as a people.

  Barack Obama

  Moving, People, Giving

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Most of the books and films I love walk a knife edge between romance and cynicism, and I wanted 'One Day' to stay on that line. I wanted it to be moving, but without being manipulative.

  David Nicholls

  Moving, Book, Knives

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• At my years, and with my disposition, or rather, constitution, one gets to care less and less for everything except downright goodfeeling. Life is so short, and so ridiculous and irrational (from a certain point of view) that one knows not what to make of it, unless--well, finish the sentence for yourself.

  Herman Melville

  Life, Views, Years

  Herman Melville, Lynn Horth (1993). “Correspondence”, p.454, Northwestern University Press

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• I always feel the cynicism is reality with maybe an alternate spelling or something because I feel that I have real perspective on this particular issue of punishment in society.

  Woody Allen

  Real, Punishment, Issues

  "Woody Allen Discusses "Match Point"". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. December 20, 2005.

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• There is an institutional cynicism that causes reporters to question everything the President says, and the motives of everything the President and his Administration try to accomplish.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Trying, President, Administration

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• So don't get cynical. Cynicism didn't put a man on the moon. Cynicism has never won a war, or cured a disease, or built a business, or fed a young mind. Cynicism is a choice. And hope will always be a better choice.

  Barack Obama

  War, Moon, Men

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• We must renew democracy itself. We have to fight cynicism and inertia and restore faith in the advancement of our country.

  Paul Wellstone

  Country, Fighting, Democracy

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• Both faith and cynicism make judgment too easy.

  Mason Cooley

  Faith, Judgment, Easy

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• The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence: cynicism.

  Albert Camus

  Temptation, Intelligence, Form

  Albert Camus (1963). “Carnets: 1935-1942”

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• As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings.

  Pierre Corneille

  Self, Feelings, Interest

  "Character: Cornélie". "La Mort de Pompée" by Pierre Corneille, act V, scene ii, 1642.

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• There's something so free about being a fan and being enthusiastic about stuff - you attract all the other people who are also loving and enthusiastic when you're sending out signals of love. When you start to communicate cynicism and hatred, it leads you down a completely different path.

  Caitlin Moran

  People, Hatred, Different

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• Cynicism is a form of obedience.

  Cornelius Eady

  Obedience, Form

  "Breaking into Song: An Interview with Cornelius Eady". Interview with Alexis Orgera, www.anmly.org.

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• We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

  Kenneth Clark

  Motivational, Attitude, Inspiration

  Kenneth Clark (2015). “Civilisation”, p.220, Hachette UK

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• Cynicism is cheap - you can buy it at any Monoprix store - it's built into all poor-quality goods.

  Graham Greene

  Quality Goods, Poor Quality, Stores

  GRAHAM GREENE (1966). “THE COMEDIANS”

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• Giving full rein to one's cynicism as one goes along produces a normal outlet and maintains an emotional equilibrium.

  S. S. Van Dine

  Emotional, Giving, Normal

  S.S. Van Dine (2013). “The Philo Vance Megapack: 12 Classic Mysteries - The Complete Series”, p.1022, Wildside Press LLC

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• I get the cynicism thing all the time, although I don't really know where that comes from, because I think I'm actually the opposite of a cynic.

  Matt Taibbi

  Thinking, Opposites, Knows

  Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. July 11, 2008.

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• 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.

  John Waters

  Pride, Important, Needs

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• Cynics know the answers without having penetrated deeply enough to know the questions. When challenged by mysterious truths, they marshall 'facts.

  Marilyn Ferguson

  Answers, Facts, Mysterious

  Marilyn Ferguson (1987). “The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980s”, Tarcher

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• You can tell a lot about what a man lacks by watching what he is cynical about, and many of us are cynical about love.

  Merle Shain

  Men, Cynical

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• To the Latin, cynicism and middle age are synonymous. Look at our politicians - they move through their careers from left to center to right, like the hands of a clock.

  Helen McCloy

  Latin, Moving, Hands

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