Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lily Tomlin

No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.

Maya Angelou

One of the saddest things in the world is to see a cynical young person.

Mason Cooley

Cynicism has its own zealots.

Oscar Wilde

I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing.

Jewel

Cynicism is for lightweights.

Irving Layton

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

Gore Vidal

Realism has always been called cynicism.

Jeremy Paxman

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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

Rose Byrne

As you get older, you just lose that confidence and narcissism you have in your twenties. You realize you have less time on the planet, and you become cynical and less confident.

Sandra Bernhard

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

Winston Churchill

The only statistics you can trust are those you falsified yourself.

Zadie Smith

The world is now multicultural the same way the world is round. It's not a selling point, it's not a 'quirky' feature, it's not a cynical marketing ploy, it's not an artistic statement, it's not even a plot device. It's a fact, like seedless grapes.

Henry Rollins

When you have to work with and exist amongst cynical, burned-out personnel on a set, it doesn't matter what you're shooting or how much you're being paid - it's not worth it.

Henry A. Kissinger

Intellectuals are cynical and cynics have never built a cathedral.

John W. Gardner

The cynic says, ''One man can't do anything.'' I say, ''Only one man can do anything.''

Yannick Noah

Cynicism is not a good energy for me.

Leonardo da Vinci

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.

Paul Christopher

Cynical is a fool's word for realist.

Oliver Goldsmith

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.

Peter Ustinov

The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.

Joss Whedon

I've become less cynical, which is appalling but kind of cool.

Lily Tomlin

I try to be cynical, but it's so hard to keep up.

Lily Tomlin

No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.

Paul Kagame

I do not want to be cynical, but if developing nations are kept backward by being told, again and again, you belong to the poor and you are there, where you actually belong, then nothing will change.

Emily Mortimer

I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S.

Lou Gerstner

What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concepts. The world is cynical about IBM's promises.

John Fowles

...all cynicism masks a failure to cope.

John Humphrys

The good television of today is probably better than the best television of the old days. The bad television of today is worse. It is not only bad, it is damaging, meretricious, seedy and cynical.

Joe Klein

For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.

Bill Mauldin

'Peace' is when nobody's shooting. A 'just peace' is when our side gets what it wants.

Carlos Santana

The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.

Zac Goldsmith

I am cynical about politicians. My experience of politicians has been thoroughly negative. I have found that politicians are people that can not be taken at face value. There are very few politicians I have been impressed with.