Cynicism sayings

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◆ That's what I've never been able to get about religion: that charmless combination of altruism and insanity. Give me a cynical, self-interested bastard any day of the week; at least you can play chicken with him and know he'll stick to the rules.

- Mike Carey99

◆ Choosing to live a life in a cynical negative matter, doubting every opportunity, and doubting every God-given ability that you possess, is in effect choosing to live a life bound by the chains of mental slavery.

- Anurag Prakash Ray99

◆ Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired. Reality is the only word in the English language that should always be used in quotes.

- 99

◆ Life is too short to be cynical, So smile dare to believe, and leave the door open for the MAGIC..

- 99

◆ I fight cynicism. It's too easy. It's really boring. It's much harder to be positive and see the wonder of everything. Cynicism is a bunch of people who aren't as talented as other people, knocking them because they make them feel even more untalented.

- Ewan McGregor99

◆ Recently, I found out things about my friends which threw my life off balance. Though a self-proclaimed cynic, there are still some individuals in the world I tend to have a soft spot for. Despite all the selfishness and callousness I see going around in the world, I continue to harbour a tiny hope that there are others who are different.

- Justice Cabral99

◆ Just because you're naked doesn't mean you're sexy. Just because you're cynical doesn't mean you're cool.

- Tom Robbins99

◆ No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American middle class.

- HL Mencken99

◆ Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist...someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.

- Peter Senge99

◆ All I ask is one thing, and Im asking this particularly of young people: please dont be cynical. I hate cynicism, for the record, its my least favorite quality and it doesnt lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and youre kind, amazing things will happen.

- Conan O'Brien99

◆ Practice justice, mercy and humility rather than cynicism, arrogance & judgmentalism.

- 99

◆ Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it...It really is worth fighting for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more.

- Erica Jong99

◆ I like threesomes with two women, not because I'm a cynical sexual predator. Oh no! But because I'm a romantic. I'm looking for "The One". And I'll find her more quickly if I audition two at a time.

- Russell Brand99

◆ Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.

- Leon Trotsky99

◆ It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side

- Molly Ivins99