Quotes and Sayings About Cynicism
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Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience.
-- A. J. LieblingSource : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.20, Macmillan
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I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few.
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The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence: cynicism.
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Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.
-- Alex KingstonSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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Cynicism is that blackguard defect of vision which compels us to see the world as it is, instead of as it should be.
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the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him.
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The simplest act of surrealism is to walk out into the street, gun in hand, and shoot at random.
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It is cynicism, and not idealism, that is generally the mark of youthful immaturity, or rather it is the cynic who is generally the most foolish romantic.
-- Andrew SarrisSource : Andrew Sarris (1996). “The American cinema: directors and directions, 1929-1968”, Da Capo Pr
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After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.
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The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance
-- Anna FunderSource : Anna Funder (2011). “All That I Am”, p.111, Penguin UK
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We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy.
-- Antanas MockusSource : "Citizenship, Colombia-style" by Yvonne Roberts, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2008.
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In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?
-- Barack Obama -
I never know how much of what I say is true.
-- Bette Midler -
Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world.
-- Cameron CroweSource : Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. September 13, 2000.
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We remain in the Romantic cycle initiated by Rousseau: liberal idealism canceled by violence, barbarism, disillusionment and cynicism.
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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.
-- Carl BarksSource : Carl Barks, Donald D. Ault (2003). “Carl Barks: Conversations”, p.104, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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in rejecting secrecy I had also rejected the road to cynicism.
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I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.
-- Chloe Sevigny -
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Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.
-- Collis Potter HuntingtonSource : David Starr Jordan (1910). “The Call of the Nation: A Plea for Taking Politics Out of Politics”
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It's all about the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism.
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I exaggerate. I oversimplify. I generalize. But there’s no cynicism here. American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.
-- David BiespielSource : "David Biespiel's poetry wire: the cynicism of Mark Edmundson, or poetry is still not dead". therumpus.net. June 21, 2013.
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Despite the unrivaled empirical success of quantum theory, the very suggestion that it may be literally true as a description of nature is still greeted with cynicism, incomprehension, and even anger.
-- David Deutsch -
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It is part of the business of marketing to muddy the distinction between altruism and cynicism.
-- Don Watson -
I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.
-- Donald Sutherland -
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
-- Douglas Horton -
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The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.
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The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.
-- Douglas Horton