129 quotes found
“Cynicism creates a numbness toward life.Cynicism begins with a wry assurance that everyone has an angle. Behind every silver lining is a cloud. The cynic is always observing, critiquing, but never ...”
“Sarcasm is waster on the young.”
“She (historian Barbara Tuchman) draws on skepticism, not cynicism, leaving the reader not so much outraged by human ability as amused and saddened by human folly.”
“In the depths of my heart I cant help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.”
“Loving humanity means as much, and as little, as loving raindrops, or loving the Milky Way. You say that you love humanity? Are you sure you arent treating yourself to easy self-congratulation, see...”
“The atmosphere was electrified by the orgasm with which the strong and secure are overcome when confronted with the visible frailty of someone worse off than themselves.”
“There was something in her eyes that made me trust her. Maybe it was because they held the same cynicism, the same world-weariness I saw in my own every morning when I looked at myself in the mirror.”
“Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middlethat is, being human.”
“Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth.”
“Ignore cynicism, appreciate criticism, and embrace optimism.”
“Everyone else felt the need to assure me that Mother's death was part of God's plan. Exactly, I wanted to shout after reading this sentiment half a dozen times--- his plan is to kill us all, and if...”
“Cynicism always comes clothed in "realism". The alternatives to begin with an act of imagination. Can we imagine another way?”
“Humans are moving into a new phase, one based on the knowledge that talking about their feelings has never got them anywhere.”
“On revient toujours a son premier amour." It sounds like a cynicism to-day. As if we really meant: "On ne revient jamais a son premier amour." But as a matter of fact, a man never leaves his first ...”
“I sometimes think that 'friend' is just a word I use for all the people I haven't murdered yet.”
“Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be.”
“A calendar was hung in the kitchen as if to say: Expect more of the same.”
“The world has become jaded. Romance has died, some no longer believe in love, and because of this, they suffer.”
“You cynical shit," he told himself. Then he started to weep."Don't be so fucking sentimental," Crake used to tell him. But why not? Why shouldn't he be sentimental? It wasn't as if there was anyone...”
“When you succumb to cynicism, darkness, pessimism and sarcasm you are amplifying imbalance and negativity.”
