A Quote by Sylvia Plath

I felt wise and cynical as all hell.

Sylvia Plath

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Cynical Felt Hell Wise

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Sylvia Plath
American - Novelist
October 27, 1932 - February 11, 1963

Don’t talk like that, Dill,” said Aunt Alexandra. “It’s not becoming to a child. It’s – cynical.” “I ain’t cynical, Miss Alexandra. Tellin’ the truth’s not cynical, is it?” “The way you tell it, it is.

Harper Lee

That's what 'Hell On Earth' was about: we felt that we were living in hell.

Prodigy

The wise man tests before he talks. The critic but follows the fad of a cynical and apathetic age.

L. Ron Hubbard

From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it.

Bette Davis

we know that our world is corrupt and diseased but we're tired of being cynical and feeling helpless. What the hell, tilt at a windmill.

Cynthia Heimel

Amongst my friends, I am known as the most cynical person they know - I'm incredibly cynical. I don't believe in God, I don't believe in the supernatural, I don't believe in anything! And I'm terribly cynical, and somehow or other, all three of my films and much of my television work has been rather sentimental, and 'heartwarming'.

Nigel Cole

I know as a critic I'm required to have a well-armored heart. I must be a cynical wise guy to show my great sophistication. No pushover, me.

Roger Ebert

Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business.

Willie Nelson

I never felt cynical, and I never felt that I couldn't do what I wanted to do.

Carol Burnett

Knowing the truth about the hell-realms that animals have to endure, it would be wise of us to do our best now not to plant the karmic seeds that would cause us to be reborn as an animal in one of those hell realms.

Sharon Gannon

You are a cynical man, Mr. Pleasant." "We live in cynical times, Miss Cain.

Derek Landy

I'm not cynical when it comes to things that are important. I'm cynical about pop culture and all that horseshit.

Zach Galifianakis

We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, but when we’re faced with purity and innocence, the cynical mask drops off.

Federico Fellini

Guys like me, we have a different style that makes it hard to break in easily. When I was 18, 19, I felt like I was just a boy, body-wise and mentality-wise. I had to fix everything together.