Cynicism Quotes

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

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.

I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.

Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.

Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does.

Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy.

I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood.

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.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.

My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went.

Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive.

I have no cynicism at all.

Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

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

And introduce an element of cynicism and darkness into it and just realize that we're all vulnerable. We are humans. There is a finite end to this life and we're all going to face it and a little silliness can help.

Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.

I think that all the anger and cynicism comes from suppressing things that we always wanted.

If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger.

You have to try to dismiss the loudness of cynicism. It's certainly going to come.