Cynicism Quotes

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

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

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.

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

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have a different infomercial and people view it with a certain level of cynicism.

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

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

The press is still investing itself, it seems to me, in a sort of cynicism. It comes out better for them if they can predict hard times, bogging down, sniping, attrition.

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.

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

Reforming public education, cutting property taxes, fixing adult and child protective services and funding our budget can all occur when Democrats and Republicans engage in consensus and cooperation - not cynicism and combat.

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth.

Another cause for the increase in alienation and cynicism is a feeling that too many policy decisions that affect individuals have been taken out of any system that has accountability or that they can influence.

The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.

People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

I hate cynicism - it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere.

I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

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

Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism.

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.

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

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism in some of them.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.