Cynicism Quotes

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.

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

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

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.

I have no cynicism at all.

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

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

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.

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

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.

Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.

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.

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.

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

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.