Top 508 Cynicism Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

Cynicism is cheap - you can buy it at any Monoprix store - it's built into all poor-quality goods.

The greater part of the truth is always hidden, in regions out of the reach of cynicism.

It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free.

It seems to me that election season is just a Petri dish for anger and cynicism.

Lay down your cynicism, and believe in the transformational power of love.

You would be naive to suggest that politics isn't complicated or isn't a game, but you don't create change through cynicism.

I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try. ---in Good Housekeeping

We should celebrate when optimism and hard work triumph over cynicism, lethargy, and fatalism.

Cynicism has all the smart words on it's side; idealism uses a nursery school dictionary.

The cynicism doesn't come across in the final; it can be taken as a very sincere plea for someone to not go away.

We must renew democracy itself. We have to fight cynicism and inertia and restore faith in the advancement of our country.

There is no inevitable connection between Christianity and cynicism. Truth is not a salad, is it, that you must always dress it with vinegar?

We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy.

A cheap and easy cynicism rails at everything. The master of the art accomplishes the formidable task of discrimination.

Doubt is always accompanied by a pervasive cynicism that unconsciously puts a negative spin on whatever it touches.

You will get cynicism, and the only way to break through is keep showing people and take actions.

When I was a young reporter, the great vice among journalists was whiskey. Today, it's cynicism.

Never surrender to cynicism, even if you suspect it would get the critics on your side.Never surrender to cynicism, even if you suspect it would get the critics on your side.

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

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

I think that every moment you succumb to cynicism, you're taking energy away from change.

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the truth as an adventure into cynicism.

The aphorism sometimes casts off cynicism and expresses strong feeling.

Cynicism lost and hope won. For the first time, the government of Quebec will be led by a woman.

Cynicism is the last refuge of those who don't want to do the work of creating a better society.

It's not often that you get to play somebody that has absolutely no cynicism or is not judgmental in any way.

I get the cynicism thing all the time, although I don't really know where that comes from, because I think I'm actually the opposite of a cynic.

Cynicism often draws correct conclusions, but nobody could live by its lights.

The cynicism that regards hero worship as comical is always shadowed by a sense of physical inferiority

Postmodernism has not overcome the problems of modernism, but only compounded them with a dosis of cynicism, relativism and indifference.

Don't confuse my point of view with cynicism. The real cynics are the ones who tell you that everything's gonna be all right.

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.

Young people have realised that an artist is in charge of what they're doing - this crazy cynicism that artists were puppets has disappeared.

After years of police work, officers often can't help but be influenced by the cynicism they feel.

Cynicism is that blackguard defect of vision which compels us to see the world as it is, instead of as it should be.

This was the wonder of advertising; the complete absence of cynicism. It may have many mansions, but it has no room for Doubting Thomases.

We will need to work hard to break the cynicism, talk straight and rebuild trust in politics.

Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as a people.

The major motivation theories by which most men live can lead them only to depression and cynicism.

Young people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart.

Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying “yes” begins things. Saying “yes” is how things grow. Saying “yes” leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say “yes'.

I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement.

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

As the nation at last confronts global warming, it is no time for denial, greed, cynicism or pessimism.

It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism.

Giving full rein to one's cynicism as one goes along produces a normal outlet and maintains an emotional equilibrium.

Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local level.

I'm riddled with cynicism. Whenever anyone says 'trust me,' the hairs go up on the back of my neck.

I think the cynicism that you have when you've just gone through a break-up is a luxury that you allow yourself for a while.

As consumers we are incredibly discerning, we sense where has been great care in the design, and when there is cynicism and greed.

I wanted to take the audience on a journey where that transition was funny and awkward. It's the same cynicism that [Strange] has.

I'm sure there's some sort of cynicism or fatalism in Ireland and England. We are fatalistic here, and sometimes we need to be shaken out of that.

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

It is the cynicism that kills all the joy. I'm not that kind of a guy. I look at the glass half-full.

But hard bitten cynicism leaves one feeling peevish, and too much of it can do lasting damage to your heart.

It was lovely to see cynicism in one so young. It positively restored his faith in human nature.

I think that the memory of Armenia's genocide opened my eyes at an early age to the existence of political cynicism.